Kasteel Rouge

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Fruit Beer
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Shaker

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   update pic

Aroma of cough medecine. SOme red when held up to the light, but body looks more dark brown, almost non-existant head. Taste is also cough syrup, cherries. High ABV for a fruit beer. Palate is just overly sweet stickiness. I think you could put his side by side with Robitussin and not tell the difference.

I am not sure if I liked it or not. On one hand it tastes like a medicine on the other hand it doesn’t last long and have a refreshing end. But it is not my kind of beer.

33 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20110115.
Pours reddish-brown color with a medium head. Aroma of fruits, juicy berries and grass. Flavor of juice, fruits, some yeast and grass.

33cl bottle at Rembrandt in Tongeren. Dark ruby colour. Nice glass, didn't like te palet. To short but nice fruity taste ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Draft pour dark ruby. Nose of maraschino cherry. Taste like a cherry life saver. Sweet and cherry, long lasting, and thick mouthfeel. This one had even more cherry flavor than New Glarus Belgian red

Tasted in 2010 (backlog). Deep red in color with a decent pink head. Aroma is of cherry lifesavers and cough drops. Taste is of cherry, cough drops, and sweet pastry dough.

Deep ruby pour, pinkish head; smells of roses and my children’s bubble bath; tastes like a melange of soft fizzy drinks, with Dandelion & Burdock, Dr Pepper and Coke being the chief reference points; more like a sophisticated alcopop than a beer; strange but not unenjoyable.

Draft at Cafe De La Gare, Den Haag. Poured a deep ruby colour with a thin but frothy tan head. The aroma is unsurprisingly fruity with that unmistakable Belgian yeast smell. The flavour is hugely rich and fruity with lots of chewy cherries. When served cool its extremely refreshing. It will probably suit the ladies a little more than the men, but its great in small quantities.

330ml bottle at BXL East. Pour dark red without much head. Aroma is huge of cherry juice. Taste is sweet with a tart finish. Taste is of red fruits; cherries, raspberries and strawberries with a citrus (lime) hit at the end. Different, a nice change.

Pours dark brown with no head. Smells like a kriek lambic and tastes like one too with lots of artificial sugar and cherry sweetness. Think jolly rancher candy and fundip.