Zoetzuur Flemish Reserve Ale

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Sour Ale
Lochristi, Belgium

Reminds me partly of my homemade wine. Very fruity and exciting! This beer tingles the tongue and has an entertaining palate. Red amber in color and worth drinking again.

750 ml Bottle. Pours a nice reddish amber with a thick white head. Has a strong aroma of fruits...fermented apple cider, sour cherries, and yeast. Flavor is a struggle between sweet and sour with a overriding tart finish. Lighter than I expected, quite refreshing, and definitely unique.

750 that I’ve had in the cellar for a while, I believe this came from bevmo. Shared with my gf cyn. Pours deep orange wiht a tan head. Nose is sweet and slightly acidic with hints of sourness. Taste is slightly sour with a strange oaky woodyness. Can’t say I hate but can’t say I love it either.

Pours brown/red with a slight haze. Big lasting head. A very clean barnyard aroma (is that an oxymoron?). Leathery is a very good adjective here. Not as sour as I was expecting, but a whole lot more aroma/flavor. Pretty light in body. Refreshing. A very nice change of pace.

Lightly hazy red beer, with a lasting, foamy head - the aroma is only mildly sour, with a decent amount of cheese and barnyard funk - however, the nose has a strong character of decomposing/rotting fruits (bananas, cherries, apples) and a light phenolic quality, too (very earthy) - fairly soft in the mouth - a little funky and leathery up front, followed by a lot of over-ripe, nearly rotten fruit (oxidized banana, cherry pits and skins) - starts to get a little bit sweet as the fruit flavors develop, but a subtle acidity cuts it off, and allows the earthy, almost cheese-like flavor it starts with to manifest itself again - a bit more mellow than a lot of sour ales, but also a lot more balanced - not as complex as I was expecting, but still pretty nice.

This cork and caged bottled brew from Indainapolis, IN poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized off-white colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a transparent soft carbonated light brown orange colored body and an excellent lacing. The mouth feel was tingly and crisp from start to finish with a slightly acidic aftertaste. The aroma was of coriander malt hops and Ireish red type malts. The flavor contained notes of mild coriander, red malt and was tart sharp mildly acidc.

Bottle. Pours a mahogany color with a nice beigh head. Aroma of sour cherries, funk, dark berries, and some oaky notes. Flavor is tart cherries, earthy, funky, fruity, wood, sour, with a balancing dose of sweetness. Medium body with a sour ale dry finish. VERY NICE.

On tap at Trappeze. Pours dark amber, clear, with a decent-sized off white head. Aroma of tart fruit, spice, and yeast. Taste is tart, fruit, spice, though not overly sour. Medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation and a dry finish.