Bios Vlaamse Bourgogne

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

(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 26 Sep 2009) Dark ruby colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, sourish nose with red berries, cherries and a touch of vinegar. Fruity, sourish taste with notes of cherries, red berries, ripe fruit and a bittersweet finish. Slightly more than medium body, sweet and sour. A solid and well made sour red ale, but there are better.

Tap at Flying Saucer, listed as Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Red Ale."
Retired? Must’ve had one of the last batches. Pours a deep, opaque mahongany with a nice head. Aroma is putrid; garbage bin trash and berries. Flavor is slightly tart strawberry that shifts to cloyingly sweet strawberry jelly. Full and coating mouthfeel. Good, but the sweetness (and the stench) detracts. More lambic than sour.

12 oz bottle served in a tumbler. Pour was a deep mahogany with 3 or 4 inches of thick off-white foam. It was quite remarkable looking actually. It humped over the top of the glass (1/4 inch) in a solid form that looked like a thick root beer float; the lasing is also as good as I’ve ever enjoyed. Nose is sour cherries and harvested barley. Taste is sour cherries, barely, and light malt. Very bubbly, I’d swear I was drinking an odd champagne or a version of hard cider. This is a very tasty brew, but because of the carbonation, I could only drink one or two at a time.

bottle received as an extra in trade. Pours brown into dark red with a large, fluffy white head, Nice lacing. Nose is of sour fruit. Loved the smell! Taste is of sour cherries. Mouthfeel is sticky sweet and super carbonated. Liked this although it was not complex.

12 ounce bottle (Monk’s Flemish Red) in tulip. Reddish brown with lasting ring and lace. Brown sugar and cherries eartha nd wood aroma. Sweet brown sugar sweet and sour cherries with a a sweet woody finish. Light-medium body. Very good and just about unbeatable for a sour at the price.

My first Sour. Listed as Monk’s Cafe at the Gingerman Dallas. Ridiculous and weird. I like it, but really don’t know what to say about it.

On tap at Monk’s Café Philly as Monk’s Café Flemish Sour Red Ale. Winy with a slight vinegar note in aroma. Clear deep amber brown with a fine lacing head. Malty sweet with caramelized sugar and candi sugar notes and a hint of something metallic. Medium body and mouth feel with a sweet malty finish.

Bottle pours medium brownish rocky head. Bready, yeasty and sour aroma. Almost vinegary. Light body with a tart finish. Sweet on the lips. Nice middle of the road sour.