Bios Vlaamse Bourgogne

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

Draft @ Monk’s: Titled Monk’s Café Flemish Sour Red Ale. This brew poured a reddish brown color with a nice head. The aroma was apples and sugar. The flavor was sweet and tart apple cider. Some yeast was present. Overall, a tasty sour.

Amber brown and hazy with a large beige head. Aroma is of apple cider and wood chips. Tadte is the same. An average beer that doesn’t really stand out in its category.

Bottle (as Monk’s Cafe). Sweet-sour berry and fruity aroma. Deep reddish brown body, small head. Flavor is tart, then sweet, lots of berry, a bit of yeast. Quite nice.

12oz bottle with the Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Red label. Pours a lighter redish-brown color with an off-white head. Sweet and sour apple, cherry and balsamic nose. Taste is more of the same with the malt jumping into the party a bit and a touch of wood in there. Easy drinking but not overly complex or nearly sour enough for me. This is a good ’gateway’ sour though for the virgin palates.

Pours dark amber with a decent sized off white head. Aroma is malty, with big sweet and sour notes as well. Taste is malty sweet and sour, slightly oaked taste. Pretty good.

A- Pours a dark ruby hue with good translucency, off-white head is bubbly and lively like a soda that dissipates, slight lacing S- Nose is sour and tart fruits, full of acidity, cherries, and vinegar T- Initial taste is slightly sweet fruits, that transitions to a mildly tart and sour body that transitions to a very wine-like drying finish M- Medium-bodied, texture is watery with a very dry feel, carbonation is very amped D- I think this ale holds well to the Duchesse, a bit more dry and acidic, well-balanced and unique sour beer that is a nice break from some of the bolder styles out there

Re-rate 9/8/09: Bottle at Bier Circus in Brussels. Dark reddish-brown color with a bit of beige foam. Aroma of wood, cherries, caramel and cookie hints. Sweet-sour flavor with some slightly sugary maltiness, cherries, wood, some earth and a nice soft semi-dry finish. Medium-bodied. I like it. 7/3/7/4/15=3.6

[11/12/08] Draught at Monk’s Cafe in Philadelphia. As Monks Café Flemish Sour Red Ale. Deep red-brown color with a big rocky beige head. Aroma of malt, sugar, some cherries, some woody and musty notes and light soapiness. Sweet sugary flavor (too sweet) with some cherries notes, mild oaky sourness and yeasty notes. Medium-bodied. Enjoyable but too sweet. 7/4/7/3/13=3.4

brown body with a light brown head.smells like vinegar,and rotten fruit.flavor is slightly better with some funk,fruit,and caramel malts.