 mj (4971), Colorado, USA
Jan 8, 2006 Updated: Mar 31, 2009Dark murky plum brown colored body with sandy toast colored head. Yeasty sour nose consisting of nutmeg, cinnamon, maple, plums, cedar and sour sour sour? those brett phenols are beautiful. Initially smooth and creamy texture with a medium to light lambi sourness over the middle and across the back of the tongue. Brown sugar, toast and nutmeg flavors ? overall very light compared to things such as Cantillon - but very nice? smooth and creamy without being thick. A bit lacking of flavor depth, and not as sour or pungent as lambics and sours that I really like, but I?m just nitpicking. Good beer.
Lubiere (4463), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jan 4, 2006 Tasted at Belgium Comes to Cooperstown, July 16, 2005. Hazy red brownish ale with thin off-white head. Light sour cherries in aroma, with barnyard notes, and grapes. Sourness abounds in mouth, pleasing and definitely flemish. Wonderful ground cherries with light lactic notes, vinegar, balanced horseblanket. Rich and smooth. Mmmmm...to style 100%
frylock (998), Buffalo, New York, USA
Jan 1, 2006 Chocolatey brown color with red tints and nearly no head. Aroma of dust, brown sugar, grapes and vinegar. Light vinegar flavor, a bit dry and dusty. Not overly acidic like Rodenbach GC or La Folie, more tart than sour. There is a slight balancing sweetness in the finish. Very nice.
CamdenD (606), Madrid, Spain
Dec 31, 2005 Big wine beer. Taste is bitter and fruity, but the nose is fantastic, nebbiolo and sour. Glad I finally had this one.
Philip (436), Illinois, USA
Dec 29, 2005 Updated: May 11, 2006Bottle purchases at the Corkscrew, Urbana. Poured with some apple spice tea bread that made for a nice pairing. Very low carbonation, to the point where I thought I had sampled a bad bottle, although a second bottle revealed the same. Flavors of apple cinammon, nutmeg, lots of clove, brown sugar, molasses, and vanilla. Certainly sour and pervasively earthy with a warming alcohol finish. A bit more carbonation would be appreciated to draw out the flavors. RERATE: Another bottle, and I’m still annoyed by how little carbonation is in the beer. Flat.
Thaichile (599), 10aFly, New Jersey, USA
Dec 27, 2005 Bottle. Pours a deep reddish brown with a neglitiable head. Scents of vinegar and wood on the nose. Although sour to taste, it tastes like an oaked port that has had acidity introduced. Very disappointing for the result as well as the amount wasted on the cost of the bottle.
apoptosis (1316), Long Island, New York, USA
Dec 23, 2005 Sour cherry aroma...yeasty, mouth-puckering...Beautiful-looking with a dark body and slight bright white head. Very low carbonation, which I appreciate in a Flemish Sour Ale, and it’s very wine-like. The flavor is tart, and not sweet at all, leaving one to taste the true flavor of the fruits. Something musty and cellar-like qualtiy to it.
notalush (2627), Denver, Colorado, USA
Dec 23, 2005 Dark reddish-brown color, with very minimal carbonation and a small tan lace - not a very sour aroma at all, almost sweet, actually - a bit of must and brett, chocolate and cherries, even a bit of toffee - flavor is not nearly as mouth puckering as others in the style, esp. Rodenbach Grand Cru, but in some ways that makes this beer better, because you can more easily appreciate the other flavors the beer has to offer - lots of oak and red wine qualities - chocolate, plum, fig - a hint of smoke and ash - earthy, very - extremely dry, but warming finish - perhaps my favorite of the style so far.
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