Zoetzuur Flemish Reserve Ale

Brewed by De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Sour Ale
Lochristi, Belgium

cloudy brownish beer with a red hue under a small off-white head. aroma of strawberry, brett, oak, and other berries. flavor is of brett, green olives, oak, plastic, and strawberry. mild to moderately sour. an excellent beer. a must try for brett fans.

All over the country there are morons taking macho stances against beer with fruit in it and all over the country those people are missing out on something complex and enjoyable like this beer here. Mostly clear reddish ale with a noticeable cherry aroma from the moment I pop the cork. I quickly notice a woodiness as my face gets close to the glass along with a faint spice. Tart and sour upfront with a wonderful candied cherry finish. Oak, vanilla, cinnamon, and orange peel round things out nicely. Drinking this beer made me want to continue drinking beer.

Bottle(thanks, 5000!). Poured red-amber with a moderate sized brown head. Really nice aroma with some sweet malt, sour cherry, cherry pits, wild yeast, and some wood. Flavor is tart at first, with sour cherry and wild yeast, which is then joined by sweet malt, white grape and woody flavors. Overall, its a nice sour, but the flavor is not nearly as enticing as the aroma.

Brilliant sour ale. Very sharp yet full of damp dark fruits. Yum. Dark cherry on the nose and mouth. Lasting palate pleaser. Yeasty sourfruit finish.

Peoria BeerFest. This was a pretty crazy beer- sour, sharp aroma and flavor to match, but plenty of sweetness- malts, raisin, and cherry fruits to make it incredibly well-rounded and interesting. Very complex.

Clear brown-red pour with a thick white long lasting head. Very sour funky aroma. Some grape and fruit with hints of flowers and berries. Slight sweet and sour start. Change to a bitter yeast and grain finish with some alcohol. Lots of fruity tones and some cream on the finish. Very strange, didn’t really know what to make of it.

Corked & caged bottle.Medium sized ivory head that was fizzy and frothy and mostly lasting, fair amount of lacing, carbonation noted, transparent, and an orangish red hue. Nose was sour, tart, cherries, sweet, and sweaty feet.Flavor was sweet, sourt, tart, cherries, funky, and dry.Medium in body.Too sour and funky tasting for my own personal liking.Okay for the style, but not my beer style.

Pours a cloudy brown-amber with a potent sour aroma! Taste is, of course, sour with slightly stronger hopping than I was expecting, and really great yeastiness. Nice body with good carbonation. This was an unusual sour, a style I’m not normally fond of, so I found the slightly more aggressive hopping rather engaging. Thanks to Oakes for the taste!