patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA Jan 25, 2009 draft at Trion in New Haven, IN - Pours ruby red with a thin pinkish head. The rich aroma is all cherries. The flavor is really dominated by the cherries. There’s a bit of malt flavor in there and I think even a little hops in the finish, but the cherries, and they are good cherries, overwhelm everything else. For me it’s just short of being cloying and manages to be a pretty good beer, but it could use a little complexity. Pyrozoid (352), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Jan 25, 2009 Bouteille de 330 ml. Dégusté avec french tickler au bistro L’autre oeil. Bière de couleur rouge foncé avec un mince rosé non collant. Odeur de bonbon, semblant de halls, sucre, cerises, très fruité et un peu d’alcohol. Saveur de cerises, un peu de stle médicament, sucre et une bonne carbonation. french tickler (642), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada Jan 24, 2009 Dégusté avec Pyrozoid a l’autre oeil. Couleur rouge/cuivré avec des reflets rubis, petit collet blanc mat. Aromes de cerises de cocktail, licorice, fraises, sucre de candi, alcool et une petite touche de menthe. Prédominance sur le sucré, tres bonne rondeur tout de meme, bonne sensation d’alcool avec une finition un peu huileuse. Gout tres sucré et acide des cerises et canneberges. Une note subtile d’alcool reviens. ChainGangGuy (2523), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA Jan 23, 2009 Appearance: Pours a clear, deep, dark ruby-hued body capped by an inch of pink foam.
Smell: Candy-like nose of sweet-smelling concentrated cherry juice. Jolly Ranchers cooked down into a pot of Kool-Aid where somewhere didn’t add nearly enough water.
Taste: Super sweet blend of melted lollipops, Luden’s Wild Cherry cough drops, and grenadine. Very light cherry tartness. Some meager perceived hints at actual malts, but it’s pretty much straight-up cherries through and through.
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-low carbonation.
Drinkability: A bit simple with it’s delivery of just cherries and jolting sweetness. Me, I’d sooner reach for something a bit more graceful, like New Glarus Belgian Red. Still though, I found it reasonably enjoyable, but I could see many people considering this to be outright cloying. grandgenie (252), gatineau, Quebec, Canada Jan 18, 2009 Dégusté à l’autre oeil bistro dans un verre trappiste. Version de 330 ml avec l’inscription Kasteel rouge. Une bière d’apparence rouge profond avec une légère gazéfication et un filet de mousse. Une odeur de cerise boisée et de réglisses. Une bière très liquoreuse avec de la pomme grenade et une légère amertume. Une finale bien gazéfier suivis de sucré agréable et de crême soda rouge et de gingembre. Une bière surprenante! JFGrind (1346), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA Jan 14, 2009 Sampled as Kasteel Rouge from a bottle @ World Cafe Live Winterfest. Fellow attendees thought it tasted like ’Robitussin’. I had a different take, I thought was an well done blended Belgian Ale. Cherry dominates the flavor but backed up well with malts and a hint of Belgian yeast. I agree with most raters, I couldn’t drink it all night, however it was a well done fruit beer. Slipstream (734), USA Jan 6, 2009 On tap and called Kasteel Rouge. A light and pleasant fruit brew. Strong cherry aroma and flavor. Its weakness is a soda poppy quality. jerohen (1603), Bussum, Netherlands Jan 4, 2009 Bottled 2 years old, thanks to a friend (Arjen). Dark red coloured, pinkish head. Strong cherry aroma. Very sweet cherry flavour, cloying. Overly sweet imho.
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