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Rodenbach Grand Cru

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Sour Ale

Roeselare, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
11813.84/5.03.83/5.06%81.7Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Bottle: Filtered.
A blend of 1/3 young beer and 2/3 of beer aged 2 years in large oak vats. The more important proportion of oak matured beer contributes to its fruity taste, complexity and intensity. The finish is worthy of a great wine.
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deadguy (37), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/518/20
Feb 11, 2008  
nice sharp fruit with sour overtones and a hint of wood only Sisyphus has staggered up that mountain with greater burden


peterlueb (1), Nuenen, Netherlands
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3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 11, 2008  
flavor of oak, and red fruit, Molasses, Caramel, red wine, bitter and sweet. Nice to drink.


 fredandboboflo (1404), East Setauket, New York, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 11, 2008    Updated: Aug 6, 2008
Bottle 750. Wonderful aging! Aroma winelike with the oak present, sour fruits. Flavor includes sour apple, sour cherry, a bit of vinegar (but not misplaced) on the finish, and overall very vinous. Plenty of tartness too. Not as overpoweringly sweet-sour as the classic. Very impressed. 8-4-8-4-15/3.9

Rerate 8/6/08 Bottle, 750. Aroma upfront with wood, though never overpowering, then tons of fruit, cherry, plum, red apple, and a good dose of sourish malt beneath it all. Flavor really maintains the fruitiness with lots of tartness and a hint of sweetness, although more of a sweet-sourness. Retains a semi-dry tartness despite the generous quantities of malt and that "balancing" sweetness. Coming back to this beer after having now dabbled a bit in the world of more trendy, smaller-scale sours, I actually couldn’t be more impressed by this classic. 8-4-9-4-17/4.2


BonVoeux (40), Beveren-Leie, Belgium
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 10, 2008  
Bottle, 33 cl. Last friday. Deep, dark brown color, nice creamy head. Sweet aroma a mix fruit and dark malts. Flavor is complex, bit sour, fruits, dark malts, finishes with a bit sour cherry. GOOD.


 rustychiles (1018), Mesa, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 9, 2008  
On tap at Papago Brewing in Scottsdale AZ. Pours a nice red translucent color with a decent sized head. Smells like sour cherry with a hint of vinegar. Taste is pleasantly surprising and plays a number on your tongue. Excellent balance between sour cherries and a underlying sweetness along with hints of oak. Delicious!


 armando629 (965), Budapest, Hungary
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Feb 6, 2008  
0,33 l bottle. i was surprised because of the big head and the beautiful red-copper color. Nice appearance. In the nose is some cherry with a little acidic aroma. Fine sour taste with a light carbonation goes down on the tongue. You can feel the woodiness with cherry-sour finish Fine sour beer.


 grant (792), Long Beach, CA/Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Really interesting red-tinged brown with a relatively white eggshell head developing. Aroma is quite acetic with prominent oak as well, cherries, dried cranberries, light acetone. Very punchy sourness up front which quickly fades, leaving sour and sweet cherries, complex woodiness and a lightly bitter, tobaccoey finish. Great stuff, ridiculously drinkable.


 pantani (1896), Salinas, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Brown ruby with a thin tan head. Aroma is alcohol, oak, a rum like tinge to it, a little bit of caramel, vinegar and dried fruit. Taste is a very pleasant sourness, light alcohol, black cherries.



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