Roots Organic Flanders Red

(RETIRED)

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96		67
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Formerly brewed at Roots Organic Brewing
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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RATINGS: 29 MEAN: 3.81/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.62 SEASONAL: Special EST. CALORIES: 276 ABV: 9.2%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This is exquisite ale made with a blend of wild and domestic yeast strains. Brewed two years ago, 3/4 of this beer spent eleven months of it’s life in neutral Pinot Noir French Oak barrels. It was then re-blended with the remainder of the original Flanders Red that had been cellaring since it’s conception. After going through a secondary fermentation, we cellared it again for the last eight months. This Belgian beer is extremely smooth with a fruity nose that will leave no senses untouched. This will be available in limited, one liter bottles and on draft at Roots Organic Brewery exclusively. At 9.2% ABV, the brown-amber bodied puckerer is available in one-of-a-kind 750ML bottles for $25 a pop. and features the artwork by Ezra Johnson-Greenough, who also designed the Epic labels over the last two season. The official release party for the Red will take place at Roots Brewpub on Wednesday January 14. 2009.

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AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

mar (3546) - Dallas, Texas, USA - DEC 18, 2011

2009 bottle thanks to hannont. crisp amber pour with a cream head. nose is tart, wood, fruits, and funky. smooth on the palate, funky wood, tartness in the back, fruity, and earthy as well.

4.2

AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

Mora2000 (2732) - Dallas, Texas, USA - OCT 30, 2011

Thanks to mar for sharing this big, 1L swingtop bottle. The beer pours a reddish-amber color with a tan head. The aroma is quite tart and features apple and lemon notes, as well as some toffee and brown sugar notes. The flavor is full of tart lemons and apples, with some brown sugar and toffee. The tartness is low, as it is balanced out by the sweetness from the sugar and malt. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

3.7

AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

thirdeye11 (3909) - Dallas, Texas, USA - OCT 11, 2011

(1L fliptop bottle brewed 2007 bottled 2009 thanks to mar) cloudy brown-ruby with tan fine bubbled head. Nose is very tart, currants, woody, funky, smells delicious and very tart. Taste of currant, pipe tobacco, mildly tart, tangerine and wood. Nice linger, bit of nail polish/acetone in the finish.

3.2

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

bu11zeye (9586) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - JUN 23, 2011

(1L bottle, brewed in 2007, courtesy of mar) Pours a lightly hazy orange body with a small beige head. Aroma of caramel, vinous, leather, some oxidation. Flavor of caramel, brett, earth, and some cherry.

4.2

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

skoisirius (1029) - Seattle, Washington, USA - JUN 11, 2011

GODDAMN. Wait, hold on, let me say that again: GODDAMN!!!!! If only there was another bottle of this around. This was delightfully shared with me by a friend who had aged it around a year when we drank it. Drank in a dark room so I couldn’t tell the color. The nose was jack full of wood, dark fruity malts, wine, and perfectly soured cherries. Flavor is a FULL ON BOMB of goodness touching on cabernet, oaked cherries, lovely tart pie of fruits, oak, and vanilla oak, and of course, underneath it all, a very subtle brown ale of some sort. All in all, simply incredible. Yum, yum, yum, I want more.

3.7

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

Swalden28 (2535) - McKinney, Texas, USA - JUN 9, 2011

Bottle thanks to Mar. Pours hazy brown. Aroma of sour cherry with some barnyard. Flavor is much the same....overall, not bad at all.

3.1

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

Cavie (3249) - Fort Worth, Texas, USA - JUN 8, 2011

Pleased to see this, courtesy of mar. Pours a cloudy orange color with a ring of white head. Aroma is sour notes with some fruit. Cherry and tart grapes. Flavor is sweet fruit with a nice blueberry tartness. Finishes a bit sour and bitter. Not bad.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

beerbuzzmontreal (3412) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - JUL 13, 2010

The pours reveals a cloudy amber color with ruby highlights and a thin white head. Nice aroma of fruits, sourness and wood. Very good flavor of fruits, sourness and wood. The body is light to medium with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation. Very well done.

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