Zoetzuur Flemish Reserve Ale

(Bottle 50 cl) Yellowish golden with a nice, dense head. Starts malty sweet but quickly gets drier to end on a hoppy finish. 021199

Date: 08/17/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy dark red, fine white head, streaks of lace,
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with lots of tart woody cherry pit character,
Flavor: sweet fruity flavor, nice balancing tartness,
Overall: much more fruity than tart
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Date: 04/15/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: brick store

more tart than fruity this time around, funky character is growing nice and big,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Hazy amber colour. Fruity (mainly cherry) aroma, a little bit woody as well. Candyish character, a little grapey. Sweetish with a hint of sour. A little on the fizzy side.

(Bottle, RBSG05) Very cloudy amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, cherry, peach. Taste is medium sweet strong cherry, light sourness, light chocolate. Light body with some tartness.

Bottle. [thank you, after4ever]
Pours a great red, slightly brownish. But it is bordering on kriek colur. Great, frothy, off-white head with super duration. Sweet sugary aroma, brownish malts, light tartness, raspberries, strawberries and plums. Highish carbonation, dry mouthfeel with limited fullness. Flavour is a bit weak compared to the aroma. Tarness and wet malts at first, then sugary sweetness before a fine, dry, fruitiness in the aftertaste. With strawberries and raspberries. Fine and really refreshing.

Dirty red-brown. Long lasting off-white to light tan cover. Intense brettanomyces nose, explosive cherries, atomic woodiness. Very big and directly to the point aroma. Sweaty, horsey, leafy. This has all the school elements of a good funky flemish sour. On the palate, the brett is as dominating, but the integration is not as efficient. Initially, tart cherries, strawberries and the likes have claims over the earthiness and genuinely evolve into a drying stone-like dryness full of green grapes, but then it hits a wall and every flavor escapes reality. At the same time than the short-flavored nature kicks in, those prickly big bubbles do a last effort to taunt you and expands into a big foam that has nothing worth keeping in your mouth any longer. Solid beer just because it’s a flemish sour, but just above average compared to other contenders in terms of palate. Spectacular beefy aroma on the other hand.

750ml caged and corked bottle. Poured a medium and cloudy amberish color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of vinegar, caramel, raspberries and other berries, and fruity. Tastes of vinegar, caramel, and berries. Lightly tart and sweet.

Bottle... RBSG2005... Lightly hazy amber ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Great retention. Tart, tangy aroma with notes of barnyard, dry sherry, wood, maybe mango or papaya. The flavor is lightly tart and a bit too sweet. Medium-bodied with a watery mouthfeel and light to medium carbonation. Lengthy, sweet-tart finish.