Rodenbach

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

Dark amber/ruby color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of malt, yeast, & dark fruit; Flavor of slight sweet malt, yeast, sour dark fruit (notably cherries), hops, and spice; Finish is sour/tart (almost vinegar like); Overall, solid example of the style.

Pours hazy reddish brown with a low head. Aroma is vinegar and malts. Flavor is vinegar, sour apple and malts. Very sour and enjoyable.

750 ml bottle into oversized wine glass, best by 11-28-07. Pours crystal clear red color with a small off white head with decent retention that reduces to a thin lacing cap that lasts. Small bits of lacing cling to the glass as well. Aromas of cherry, vinegar, oak, and some spiciness. Decent aromas here, a tad bit more muted than I was expecting. Taste of big cherry, oak, vinegar, and apples. Nice sweet taste with a slight bit of apple and cherry tartness on the finish. The finish is surprisingly dry, with only some light sweetness and tartness on the finish. Medium carbonation and body. Very smooth drinking with no alcohol in the taste or finish. This is quite a refreshing and easy going beer due to the light amount of sourness present in this. Overall, a very nice Flanders red, I would like to try a younger bottle of this sometime.

11.2 oz bottle into tulip. Stamped "Best Before 10-6-2010." Dammit, why do I keep falling for these expired beers? Pours muddy brown with a one-finger beige head that falls pretty fast. Aroma is funk, plums gone bad, raisins, cloying. Taste is sweet and sour. I was hoping for mouth-puckering and this didn’t deliver. Flavors of overripe fruit. Reminds me a bit of Riunite Lambrusco, LOL. Medium-high carbonation, full-bodied. Very disappointed. I hope I didn’t do the beer an injustice by rating it expired, but this beer is supposed to age well, right?

Aroma: cherries (both tart and sweet), some sweet maltiness, earthy, plum and dates. Pours a deep red color, good clarity, head is minimal and retention is poor. Deeply fruity flavor; dark cherries, slightly sour but there is a definite balancing sweetness, earthy and mellow. Medium body, nice and smooth on the palate, low-medium carbonation.

interesting and complex but easy to drink, not palate-killing sour acidity. fruity and enjoyable.

Pours a ruby red with tan mixed in. Small off-white head with little lacing and it fades rather quickly. Funky wood and sour aroma. Fruity. Like sour cherry fruity. Tartness is the first thing that hits my tongue. Then a tea-like taste. Mixed into that is a sourness that fades to a subtle sweetness. A vinegar-ness is present as well. Very acetic in the back. Sour cherries make a visit again. Very crisp, refreshing sour beer.

Pours a dark ruby red color with a small khaki head. Aromas and flavors onsisting of yeast, grapes, cherries and other fruit. Dry and slightly tart finish. Overall this is a decent Sour Ale that provided good refreshment on a hot summer day.