Rodenbach Grand Cru

bottle best by 12/12/08: pours a dark crimson brown with a light tan head, good reds come through when held up to light. aroma is a tart and sweet, good amount of tart cheeries and a very woody aroma, slight flower honey and maybe a sweetness of brown sugar vanilla creme but light. flavour is very nice full of the cherries and plenty of wood accents, the vanilla cream from the nose comes out nicely and adds agreat sweetness to the tart fruits. finishes with a touch of tartness and a good sour finish. real nice beer.

Bottle. Body is brown with reddish highlights and a minimal head that dies quickly. Aromas are balsamic vinegar, tart cherries, etc. First sip reveals that it’s not quite as sour as I would have guessed. There is a kind of cherry/fruit sweetness that holds off the tartness until it blossoms in the late part of the palate and aftertaste. There is kind of a balsamic vinegar edge to it at that point in the game, but it is pretty welcome.

Pours a cloudy, darker copper with a rocky off-white head. Oak, cherries, sour yeast, an ethyl. All the Flemish sour tastes are there: cherries, funky yeast, oak. Nice blend with a sweeter malt which gives off a bit of a graham-cracker taste. Kind of like a very, very tart cherry pie with some funk. Thought this was better than their classic.

best before 2010. might be useful as a chemical for removing paint. aroma was acid, very acid. flavor was acid too. very acid. more acid than vinagre. it burnt in the mouth. i braved up another sip to get the palate - palate is that it grows in your mouth.. yuck. hard to imagine something worse than this. i’m not sure it was meant to be THIS acid and sour.

750 ml bottle from GM Liquors; Nose has a medium light tartness with some cherries, oak, and light toffee; very lightly hazy brown with a very small beige head; flavor was tart with some berry and grape notes; finish light tartness. Better than their classic!