Rodenbach Vin de Céréale

Brewed by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Roeselare, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle, 37,5 cl. Thanks to Tom. Almost clear gold-orange color, no head. Aroma bit sweet, sour, fruits, wood. Medium body. Taste complex, very great ! Sourness, woodimpression, fruits, dry. Don’t have the feeling it’s 10 % alc. Perfect lovely beer !

2004 Vintage bottle shared with Ronald and Carita in Finland. Realesing this bottle from its wooden presentation and white wrapping paper builds up a sense of expectation that is met in every detail. Zero head and a beautiful congnac colour. Aromas of young apples, oak and honey - reminds me of a big fat US chardonnay. Flavours of cloudberries and acidic cider. 10% ABV - where is it? Light, delicate and spectacular beer.

from 37,5 cl bottle. (saterday 22 march @ beerfest WBF) Golden orange colour and almost no head. Grainy, cereal, woods aroma . Medium bodied. Tastes like woods, good sourness, alcohol is well hidden. Very good.

Bottle procured from the Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam. Clear orange/gold pour, no head. Rich aromas of wood, berries, quite vinous, caramel, cheese, some herbs. The aromas continue through to the back of the nose. Sharp, funky sweet/sour flavours of caramel, oak, forest fruits, pears, baked apple, acetic acid. There’s even a light lemon tang in there too. Beautiful sweet/sour balance totally reflected in the mouthfeel. Dry bittersweet finish. Wonderful stuff!

Honey color with no head. Wonderful sweet and sour fruitiness. It’s vinous and with a great caramelliness of the likes that I’ve never encountered in a sour before. Very complex! Holding up very well. Might need to lay my hands on another bottle.

Bottle at BA Buffalo bottleshare. I failed to mention in my previous reviews from the other night, that all tastings where blind. This was to atempt to remove prior notions of said brew. This bottle was a 2006 bottle. Pours a amber red hue with white silky head, light wisp of lacing. The nose is lovely with sweetness, slight cherry. Taste is balanced but moderatly puckering, but continues with the cherry caracter. Add vinegar and vanilla. This was by far the best beer of the evening. Body is light and slick. Very sip able.

UPDATED: JUL 8, 2008 Thanks to William Roelens for the bottle. A clear dark orange, copper colored beer. The head is small and disappears at once. The aroma is beautiful, it’s sour and grainy, with woody tones and sweet tones in the back. It’s a complex aroma. The taste is great and complex as well. Also sour and sweet, of peaches with a little citrus. There are the notes of oak. A long staying warm mouth feeling. In the aftertaste there are some notes of cookie. A well balanced beer. A very great beer.

2004 Bottle. Pours a luminous clear golden with a clear white head that vanishes quickly. Aromas of wet newspapers, Asian pear, some green grape, and a nice dose of funk. The flavor of this is so well balanced it is truly extraordinary with muscat grapes, great geueze funkiness, and green apple. There is just the right amount of carbonation which offsets the sour finish. This is one of the smoothest, most elegant beers I have ever tried. It reminds me of the 3 Fonteinen J&J Blauw, which is most certainly a good thing. A pleasure to drink.

UPDATED: JUL 26, 2010 2004 bottle #5108 graciously opened by psprings and shared with nbutler11 on 6/21/2009... holy crap paul! crystal clear and still. coppery/red orange color. it smells of cherries... big time! also, notes of wood, white wine (burgundy), some minerality and a touch of malty sweetness. a ton of peppery spice and cinnamon flavors make the mouth feel feel like it has bubbles even though this is dead flat... cool. other notes of ripe sweet red cherries, crisp white wine, tart green apples, malt powder, vanilla, mineral funkiness akin to mild bleu cheese and some cereal grain. 10%?... no effen way! full bodied and slick with an awesome texture. unreal... 8/4/9/5/18/4.4

now yer just being silly, dak. bottle 9233 on 3/8/10. much, much more sour this time around. dry, crisp, clean and too easy to put away!

UPDATED: AUG 28, 2011 Bottle, 10%. 2004 bottle, cask 132. Very nice aroma, mouthwatering citric, a bit like white wine. With a faint hint of mold. Clear amber colour, looks quite flat. It does have quite low carbonation. Small frothy head. The flavour is very citric, not vinegary, but getting very close. Has a little sweetness to balance. Again a faint hint of mold, probably the oak casks coming through ever so slightly. The aftertaste is of course citric, very cleansing, but it does not seem to hurt my throat. It does not really taste its 10%, perhaps the oak and the alcohol balance each other out.

Bottle, 10% - 2.5 years later, same year and cask as the original rating. I do not get any moldy or cellary notes this time. The acidity seems sharper, though, it burns and cuts a bit as it goes down.