Rodenbach

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle at Governors Island BrewFest. A nice beer, a very accessible Sour. Pours a muddy red with a moderate, white head. Heavy berry aroma with plenty of sour notes. Flavor is quite fruity and sweet, with lots of tartness. A bit acidic. Light to medium bodied with tingly carbonation. Finishes sweet with plenty of tartness lingering. Good beer.

Bottle pours a dark cloudy red with medium tannish head. Scent of sweet fruit in the nose. Taste is sweet tarts, like a pomegranate. Don’t think sour is a style I will have often.

330ml bottle best before 10-06-2010. Bought at Capital Market, Salem darker amber almost cola coloured ale..small delicate light brown head. Good sour and fruity aromas,slightly phenolic and earthy. mainlly very malty with sourness underneath,very balanced. Some astringency at the end, but its welcomed. Smooth and balanced again on the palate Overall very refreshing, but not sour enough for me.

Not a great beer at all, not terrible, I wouldnt buy it again. I was expecting substantially more. I liked it more than the grand cru and the 2007 grand cru. Not as much vinegar, but still too much for my taste, a little fruitier, decent at times, painful at others. ust not for me.

25cl bottle. Poured a dark ruby with a small and disappearing beige head. Sour cherry and oaky notes, some vinegar and funk too. Not as upfront on the tongue as in the aroma. The tart cherry is there with some apple and a delicate apple skin bitterness. Medium to full carbonation, thin and light body but not watery with just a light lingering acidity on the swallow. Pretty easygoing and crisp but left me wanting more.

bottle. pours a deep red with a 1/4" white carbonated head. tart apples and lots of vinegar on the nose... but is not extremely sour... Rodenbach is a very drinkable light sour - very good entry level Flanders Red sour. medium slick body with more tart apples, some lingering oak, sweet cherries and more vinegar. sweet and sour finish with a bit of dryness - but overall more sweet with light cherry notes.

750. Cork pops quite easily out of the bottle. A rather murky medium-brown in the glass, with a medium tan head that quickly dissipates to just a small film. Nose is a bit woody and definitely acetic, along with a little cherry-like sweetness, maybe some vanilla. Flavor opens tart like vinegar, followed with pleasant wine-like acidity and fruity sweetness, although the finish is rather dry. Sourness definitely lingers on the palate for a while. It’s pretty clean for a Flanders Red - not a lot of the funk you might encounter in some others. Enjoyable.

I feel like I’m tainted by so much Grand Cru. Pours opaque brown with a disappearing head, smells faintly acidic. Slightly sour, actually very well balanced sweet and sour in this beer. But the flavours seem very muted in comparison to the Grand Cru. Should have been more sour I think, but overall, not bad.