Rodenbach Grand Cru

Brewed by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Sour Ale
Roeselare, Belgium

Poured from bottle a dark reddish brown with tan head. aroma of tart sour cherry and wet wood. Flavor comes off with a candy sweetness leading to a mouth puckering sour cherry and sour apple. There is a aging oak flavor that permeates the beer ending in a vinegar-like dryness. Overall a good beer but the overaged oak flavor detracts from the overall experience.

Raspberry taste, smells wonderful. Mmmm mmmm. Smooth finish. I want one right now.

I think I’ve seen this a million times but never actually had it... Pours a dark red-brown with a quickly dissipating head. Aroma was woody, funky, sour, and a bit malty-sweet. SUPER sour and fruity... sour cherry, green apple, a really nice funky bacteria-sour flavor with some nice woodiness and a hint of acetic acid. Well-carbonated, light and a bit syrupy. Great stuff, would drink this any time...

Pours a beautiful deep brick red with a good looking light tan head. What a great aroma! Sour cherries and apples, but has a noticeable sweetness to it. Dark fruits and malt also join in. I’m a fan of this beer before I’ve tasted it. Tart. Cherries, and cranberries. Cider like. The sourness loosens up as you continue to drink, but stays tart in the finish. Body is full and rather bubbly.

Pours a clear, dark garnet brown, with fizzy, collapsing offwhite head. Nose is very vinous, with a strong oaky character, like wooden balsamic vinegar. On the palate tart cherries leap to the front, to slowly recede into mild dark caramel and faint chocolatemalts and medicinal tingly hops. Really well balanced, with a nice moreish finish. One of the better flemish sours I’ve tried, and much, much better than regular rodenbach.

Pours dark reddish brown with a mostly receding wispy tan head. Aroma and taste of oak, balsamic vinegar, sour cherry, and lots of acid. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with lively carbonation and highly acidic. Honestly, I like sour beers and I considered this to be much too acidic. Not very far removed from drinking vinegar. Might be good with some salty food though.

Pours like coca cola from a 12 oz. bottle with a quickly dissipating beige head with lively bubbles. A light sourness followed by a huge vinegar kick dominates the aroma and flavor, and to me, nothing could overcome that vinegar phenomena. Kind of tough to get through the whole bottle, to be honest. Not great at all; no cherry, oak, or other expression making it complex or noteworthy beyond the slightly unpleasant vinegar character.

Pours a deep rootbeer/amber color with short-lived tan head, absolutely no lacing. Wonderful aroma of apples, apple cider, (exotic fruits?). Light taste of apple cider swiftly turns sour apple and apple vinegar. Finishes sour sour sour! Interstingly complex, will try with seafood next time.