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Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Harelbeke, Belgium
Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

bottled
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common

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RATINGS: 944   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.33   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
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Top-fermented dark beer brewed with the finest hops and malt varieties. Matured on oaken barrels during 20 months. Serve by preference at 8 to 12 deg. C.


hogan873's rating

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
hogan873 (449) - Joliet, Illinois, USA - SEP 10, 2009
Dark brown pour with a thick, lasting beige head. Aroma of vinegar, brown sugar, and sweet fruit. Smooth and easy drinking. Sweet-sour flavor. The caramel sweetness is bookended by vinegar and tart cherry. Only mildly puckering. A good brew.


most recent ratings

3.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
milewide (1219) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - JUN 19, 2013
Little sour or oak. Mostly a faint brown ale taste. Clear brown with average head and body. $2.99 for 11.2 oz. makes it not worthwhile!

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
stevoj (975) - Ramstein-Miesenbach, GERMANY - JUN 17, 2013
Interesting take on the oud bruin style, leaning towards the sour ales. Brown in color with minimal head, and some cider/wine aromas. Taste is tart, and slightly sweet. A good dessert beer.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Imaena (1073) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - JUN 15, 2013
Bottle. This is the classic widely available Flemish sour ale. Its decent but not the best.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
zvikar (2070) - Ramat Gan, ISRAEL - JUN 15, 2013
Bottle shared at a sour tasting at Noam’s office. Pours red to brown with a beige head, aroma is sourish with wood, malt, some fruits, flavor is sour with malt, medium bodied

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Beergeek23322 (532) - Chesapeake, Virginia, USA - JUN 13, 2013
33 cl. bottle. Pours red brown with a tan head. Aromas of yeast, spice and dried fruit. Flavors have a bit of tartness from sour cherries, but over all good balance and complexity.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Beaver (1077) - Fort Collins, Colorado, USA - JUN 11, 2013
11.2 oz bottle. Pours ruby amber with a big fizzy light tan head that goes to a thin film that leaves some lacing.

The aroma is subdued - some acidic fruity sourness and some funk. As it warms it’s more sweet woody cherries.

The flavor is sweet acidic malts with tart fruits and some light sourness and funk. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with some sharp carbonation.

Overall, an OK mild acidic sour that is more sweet than sour. Probably a good beginner sour.

2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Lunkie (1208) - Glen Iris, AUSTRALIA - JUN 10, 2013
Nutty malt rich hop aroma. Clear dark brown red colour with fair head and lacing. Malt nutty flavour with spices. Smooth palate. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
JuliusCaesar (162) - New Hampshire, USA - MAY 29, 2013
Not the best Belgian sour I’ve had. With the exception of the smell, everything is a little weak. I would have loved some more tartness and complexity. It’s not a bad beer but it doesn’t really have the flavors to stand out from the crowd.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 15/20
M82 (102) - Kansas, USA - MAY 27, 2013
12oz bottle code 41022 from Sour Power pack @45° into Zwiesel 14.7oz cognac snifter; pours up a lively but controlled off white head over a mahogony body; aromas and flavors of cinnamon roll filling, apple skin, faint cherry and dusty wood with a mild spike of tartness from a light-medium body; decent, but leaves me looking for more intensity from the fruit, funk, and sour components

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
trapped (352) - TURKEY - MAY 26, 2013
Bottle. Pours brown with beige spongy head, cinnamon aroma, caramel-cinnamon flavor, sour taste, abrupt finish. Interesting sour ale.


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