Bios Vlaamse Bourgogne

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Sour Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Murky red in color. I got a lot of sweet cherries on the nose. Taste is sweet/sour cherries but not as sour as I expected.

11.2 oz bottle. Pours dark ruby with a fluffy head. Aroma of sour cherry and moist soil. Initial flavors of sweet cherries and grape juice. Flavors move towards tart undertones by mid-palate, forwarding lemon juice, citric acid, and candi sugar. Overall, a tasty beer, but after awhile I’d prefer the cherry-sweetness to be toned down.

This beer poured a ruby, hazy red color with a very thin head. The aroma was teh best part of this beer. It smelled of candy, sugar, and cherries. I found the beer to be overly sweet at first sip but as the beer warmed it started getting more sour. This would be a great transitional beer for someone getting into sours.

33cl bottle, as Monks Cafe Flemish sour Ale. Crystal clear dark crimson with a lasting light beige head. Sweet aroma, with fruity cherry, light apple vinegar, and some wood. Sweet and fruity, with a light tart finish that comes off like a berry cider. Medium bodied with a slightly sticky feel. This got considerably better as it warmed if that makes any sense, as I initially thought that it was all sugary sweetness. Something about the aroma is captivating, but the flavor is a little to sweet and not sour enough for my tastes. It seems odd that a lot of ratings mention this as hazy or murky and not very sweet, because my bottle was clearly filtered crystal clear and was on the sweet side

Bottle@home. Pours a reddish brown with yeast traces and a thin head. Aroma is green apple and vinegar. Vingar and sour cherry flavor. Medium body. Sweet sour finish. Good drinkability.

Great beer Sparky. Liked to sour cherry smell and the nice vinegary taste. carbination was well balanced. very easy to drink

A so so sour ale on tap at Barley’s and Hop’s in South Park. Aroma was decent. Sour cherry with light fruit and just a hint of cough medicine. Pour was a nice deep murky dark amber/near brown with a one finger tan head. Taste was a little on the weak side as far as the sourness goes, but not too bad. All sour cherry with nice carbonation. This is a good stepping stone for those who don’t like sours to get into the style.

On tap at FFF this poured a dark brown with a nice thick tan head and had taste of sour cherries and apples but was a mild sour not overwhelming at all very easy to drink and had hints of oak in it.CHEERS!