Bockor Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge

Brewed by Bockor
Style: Sour Ale
Bellegem, Belgium

Tap at Capone’s. Pours out a reddish hued brown color with a thin off white head. Nice aroma of sour cherries, oak and some yeasty-bread notes. Taste is very complex, tart cherries, tart granny smith apple, raspberry, some earthy notes and a touch of some sour dough bread in there too. Nice and balanced, a very well done sour with a huge taste in a smaller ABV.

On tap at Capone’s and beautiful. Pours brown with ruby highlights. Aroma of cherries, raspberries, and vinegar. Tart cherry and raspberry flavor with yeast flavor intertwined. Sour ending. Impressive.

Serving: Draft. Appearance: Ruddy brown color with small, off-white head. Lesser head retention. Aroma: Sour cherries, some oak notes, a strong whiff of vinegar. Clean and nice. Flavor: Lots of fruit notes with cherries and raspberries chiming in. Nice tart note and a slight bit of funkiness. Very refreshing. Mouthfeel: Highly carbonated, light on the tongue and it finishes surprisingly clean. Overall: One of the best sours I’ve had. I could have a couple of these.

Reddish brown color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of wood, some vanilla, vinegar, cherries, and wild yeast. Taste of cherries, wood, nuts, some acidity, and a tart finish.

Tap @ Toronado S.D. Pours a deep reddish brown with a small off white ring. Nice nose of tart cherry, oak tannin and a touch of vinegar. Flavor starts tart with cherry and other berry fruits, then gives way to dry oak and some wine tannin. Awesome stuff.

Pours a reddish brown with a thin egg shell halo. Nose is tart with cherries, oak, and hints of vinegar. Taste is fairly sour, slightly puckering up front, cherry, cranberry, nice woody middle, hints of oak, finishes with a touch of vinegar heat. Great beer that is sure to cause ring sting.

On tap at Churchkey into tumbler. Pours a deep red with almost no head. No lacing. Aroma is very intense Flemish sour: big sour cherries, port wine soaked oak, some lactose, light balsamic vinegar. Taste is similar: sour cherries, raw raspberries, and wild yeast give this an insane sour body that is addictive to the palate. You just want more and more of this! Super drinkable. Just awesome.

On Tap at Toronado San Diego. Deep red color; minimal head. Well-soured acidic aroma. Quite sour flavor, medium carbonation; tastes great. This is the kind of Flanders Red that I prefer, more sour cherries and less balsamic vinegar. I don’t know if this is the same beer as the Ommegang Rouge, but I can’t tell any difference and they are both stand out Flemish sours.