4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20Decent light brown head with dark brown murky body. Molasses, plum, cherry, wood, smoke and tobacco aromas. Creamy body with livey carbonation. Strong sweetness at first but fades into a balanced sourness and moderate bitter finish. Excellent beer, one of my favorites.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
11.2 Fl. Oz. Bottle. Pours cloudy reddish brown with a small tan head that dissipated quickly. Aroma of dark fruits and wine. Taste is also of fruit quite consistent with aroma, sweet but with a nice mild sourness to it and a malty finish; nice flavor easy to drink and very enjoyable also quite refreshing (I wasn’t expecting that). Very good beer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured from a bottle. Nice Belgian, ales, but this beer was overly sweet for my taste; could have used some more balance..
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
330 ml bottle. Best by 9.21.13. Pours a murky brown with a tiny off-white ring for a head. Aroma of brown sugar, berries, plums, earth, cookies, and oak. Flavor of brown sugar, plums, cola, caramel, toast, and chocolate. Very mild sourness. Medium-bodied, with low carbonation and a sweet, fruity mouthfeel. Seems like there is some oxidation present. Not bad, and glad I finally got to try this classic beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep cherrywood, thin off-white head; sour cherry aroma; fruity (cherry, raspberry), slightly sour flavour; some oak, some coke; miles better than the vinegary Grand Cru (no, I can’t explain it either), and as such a pleasant and refreshing surprise.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
33cl bottle @ home. Its a nice red beer with a great head. Taste and smell is like a wine. I’m not a wine-drinker but I liked the beer.
3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle 33cl. Head: beige, small, avg. retention. Colour: deep red-brown. Aroma: dark dry fruit (prune), wine/vinegar, sharp yeasty / barnyard. Taste: sour, but not really acid, some dried fruit too. Not really my thing, but interesting. Y
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
corked 750: pour is brown with ruby/amber highlights.
aroma of dark fruit, plum, cherry, oak.
flavour is tart dark fruit, woody oak. bready malt. cola like sweetness at times combines with low acid tart sourness.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2012 Vintage. 250mL bottle at DHVL, pours a opaque dark amber brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of dark stone fruits oak, and bready malts. Flavour brings out muted dark stone fruits, a tinge of oak character, and bready malts. Pretty simply beer, which is nice to try so you can appreciate all the other Rodenbach beers for a point of comparison. Not very complex or with many layers -- but solid stuff and drinkable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 10, 2013 Bottle at Stubbies in Gaineville poured ini Rodenbach tulip. Not what I was expecting after having their Vintage 2010. Really more of a quad, dubbel, or Belgian dark. Pours dark brownish res with a thin fluffy head on top. Aroma of plums and cherry, with verry littke sourness. Flavor follows, with some additional strong malt flavor and a bit of molasses, black cherry and a hint of funk. A very good and flavorful beer but not on style here. Medium to heavy slick mouthfeel, soft and smooth on the palate.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
250ml bottle. Dark brown-red colour, thin beige head and aroma of wine, vinegar, dark fruits, barnyard. Taste is sour, with tart lemon, sweet cherry & plum, plus woody oak & cola-like notes and some light bitterness & biscuity malt in the finish. Slick mouth feel, light bodied, medium carbonation. Quite drinkable.
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