UPDATED: AUG 13, 2023 Can, as Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Ale. Pours cloudy reddish amber with large spongy beige head, acidic aroma, mildly tart medium bitter caramel taste with basement flavors, smooth thin body, long earthy tart finish. Smooth and satisfying.

UPDATED: JUL 25, 2023 330ml bottle as Monks Café Flemish Sour Red Ale. Pours opaque brown with a medium-sized light-brown head. Aroma is dried fruit, cherries, faint vinegar. Taste is light sour, dried fruit, caramel, red wine vinegar. Light dry and sour finish. Medium bodied.

UPDATED: MAY 24, 2023 Közepes, tartós hab, vöröses árnyalatú, sötétbarna szín. Édes-savanykás, karamelles, hordós illat. Édes, karamelles, kissé savanykás, cseresznyés, szilvás ízek, nemi hordós, vaníliás aromákkal. Könnyű, közepesen testes, alig keserű. Isteni, mint tesója, a Grand Cru.

UPDATED: APR 18, 2023 Tap at the monks cafe in Philadelphia PA. A chestnut brown coloured pour with a sticky beige head.. Aroma is nice jammy prune juice. Red currant. Grape jelly. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, prune juice, jammy red berries mellow dusty funk. Palate medium sweet z sticky moderate. Carbonation. Nice.

UPDATED: APR 8, 2023 2007 bottle. No idea where I got it. But it's a good night to dig into my cellar dwellers and see how they drink. Mindful of possible gushers, I opened it in the sink. But luckily no problems. Still some fizz under the cap. Pours a kind of iced-tea color, with some bubbles on the side and an edge of foam. A light, fruity smell, with just a bit of tartness on the nose. Maybe some brett. Taste is just fine. They may describe as a blend of old and new ales, but this 16-year old bottle is all old by now. Light sourness, notes of cherry and maybe tobacco leaf. Smooth and, let's call it 'drinkable,' because it is. Some burn on my tooth enamel, perhaps. Kind of wish this was a bigger bottle, but I'm glad it's just been waiting for me! A lot of dregs in the bottom of the bottle that I swirled into the end of the glass. This gives me a bit of umami, but no dead yeast taste.

UPDATED: MAR 25, 2023 Rötlich bräunliche Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, säuerlich fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, fruchtig, säuerlich. Mittlere Süße mit mittlerer Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

UPDATED: MAR 12, 2023 Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate blitter slightly acetic flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

UPDATED: DEC 1, 2022 330ml bottle from Gulden Draak Bierhaus, Porto (€5.30): Dark cherry fed with a thin, soapy surface lacing that has a little build up stuck to the sides too & looks quite still. The nose is surprisingly light with some background malts but very little sourness other than a tiny hint of tart at the end. The taste is thankfully stronger, some nice cherry & dark berries with a little tart following on behind then a faint sweetness to close. The body is about medium & it's a very balanced, easy going beer with soft carbonation; not what I'd expected but a nice surprise bar the non-existent nose.

UPDATED: JUN 11, 2022 On tap at Monk’s Café. Pours dark brown. Tart, fruity, sweet, malty, cherry. Medium body. Nice.

UPDATED: JAN 25, 2021 Rouge carmin à pétillement nerveux, superbe mousse beige persistante, dentelles. Arômes vifs et acidulés, avec caramel, notes fruités rouges, cerise et boisé. Le goût est pareil, lactique et aigre, avec caramel, cerise et noyau. Corps léger avec des notes aigres douces, balsamiques et fruitées.