4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
330 mL bottle at St. Veronus. (2008 vintage). Dark brown with a medium brown head. Nice lacing. Oak, balsamic vinegar, and port in the nose. Lotsa sour cherries in the flavour. There’s also a sweet & sour thing going on, along with some oak and the vinegar again. No alcohol. Carbonation is great - seemingly not affected by the age. Nice beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
330 ml bottle bought @ Etre Gourmet. 2008 vintage. Rating number 500! Pours very dark reddish brown with no head to speak of giving it a very vinous look. Smell is sweet and sour with prunes, raisins, balsamic vinegar, burnt sugar, wood and cherries. Taste is slightly sweet, sour, slightly bitter and very vinous with wood, vinegar, sour cherries, gooseberries, orange zest, cherry pits, very ripe grapes, minerals, black currants and prunes. Finish is rather subtle and tart with our cherries, burnt sugar and black currants.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured a flat almost headless dark dirty brown.
This smell is great, big and tart fruit flavors, very classic flemish red. A nice bit of sweetness mixing in with a touch of cedar.
The flavor is very mild, a mixture of light tart dark fruit flavors and a touch of tartness, a little bit of cedar and sourness, but not quite enough to balance out the sweet fruit flavors.
Has a nice medium silky mouthfeel.
A good but not great flemish red.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
reish brown color some beige foam. nose is funky, some tart vinigar and port. flavor is similar with the port wine flavors really shining through, some earthy malts there as well. really well done. Thank you Beer bistro for bringing this to Ontario
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
33cl bottlle. Pours dark ruby, almost brown, unclear, with some bubbles only. Not a real head to speak of. Aroma is vinegar, balsamic vinegar and alcohol. Some wood and tart cherries, but moslty balsamic vinegar. Aroma is sweet-ish with a sour balsamic vinegar base and some woody notes. Cherry peel and alcohol. Very acidic. Mouthfeel is quite thin, completely flat brew. Overall, this is not bad by any means, but it lacks a lot in appearance and mouthfell. Aroma is quite monoline and straight balsamic vinegar too. Taste is more balanced but overall this brew seems to lack in balance, the straightforward acidity kills some subtleties.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at the beer bistro
Dark mahogany pour, with no head. Huge aroma of balsamic vinegar, tart apples, and touches of dark fruit. Zero carbonation, medium body. Tart finish, big vinous quality, port wine, and red wine vinegar. A true classic.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, 2008 vintage, courtesy of Nino from Sherwood. Pours a brownish red. Smells sour, with tart cherries, grapes, Brett. Tastes sour with a mild bitter. Balsamic vinegar taste is quite strong with it. Quite amazing.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, 2008. Much thanks in recent trade. Pours out a moderate brown color with a small, then fading to nothing head. Aroma is of sweet, sugary tart fruit, funk and balsamic vinegar. Taste is an odd balance of sweet and sour, with some fruity notes and some earth. Think tart balsamic glaze....
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