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Ommegang Rouge Grand Cru


 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Bockor
Style: Sour Ale

Bellegem, Belgium

bottling
unknown

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2584.05/5.04.01/5.05.5%92.3Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Brewed by Bockor for Ommegang. Draft only. Authentic Flemish red ale aged 18 months in French oak.
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ruffhauser (27), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 31, 2009  
On tap at Collins. I used to drink sours all night; this would have been a great choice to add any lineup. Sour cherry, but still sweet. Finished nice, drinkable.


 Nena (116), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Poured mahogany with a thin white head and visible carbonation. Aroma is vinegar, yeast, and sour cherry. Flavor is extremely tart and cherry like, with some yeast, lemon, and oak also present. This was my first taste of this style, but I quite like it.


 Leighton (234), New York, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/516/20
Oct 19, 2009  
Caveat: I am not a huge fan of sours, but I’ll try to be objective here. Of all the sour beers I’ve had this one is not that bad. I don’t know if I could finish a whole serving, but perhaps one day my palette will learn to love the sour. Anyway, it pours clear, light red with a fine, bubbly head. Nose is sour fruits and a little bread. Taste is sour, with notes of lemon, cherry and grapefruit (maybe). Very tingly in the mouth. Tart. Finishes crisper than anything I’ve ever had.


 SuIIy (1405), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Sample at NotF. Pours a red color with a small off white head. Nose is sour fruit and toast. Palate is quite full in the mouoth. Flavors of toasty malt and sour fruit. Quite sour.


 TheBeerGod (3142), Newport News, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 16, 2009  
Draft at Tyler’s Taproom in Apex. Short white head. Maroon body. Aroma is wine, vinegar, sour cherries, tart fruit, wet wood and cat urine. Taste is more sour fruit notes, cherries, oak, wet wood, lemons, light vinegar. Body is acidic with puckering tartness. Light carbonation and light-medium body. Ends with more sour cherry, vinegar, oak, lemons and cat urine.


 msante79 (775), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 15, 2009  
My first sour. On tap at Three Floyds. Pours reddish brown with white head. Aroma is sour, yeast, dark fruits and malt. Flavor is sour cherries, dark fruits, yeasty and really tart. Mouthfeel was nice and had really good carbonation. Seems like this is a pretty tart sour from all the ratings. Glad I started off with a good example of the style given all the sours I have sitting in the cellar.


 1FastSTi (2551), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/510/105/518/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Tap at Sugar Maple. This beer is simply phenomenal. I didn’t know it was actually brewed in Belgium. Here I was thinking it was the first good American Flemish sour. :( Either way, it’s a great beer. Super sour. Cherry and clean pale malts. Sour mouth watering texture. I usually drink multiple glasses of this when I’m there if it’s still on tap.


 Ceebs25 (217), Naperville, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 1, 2009  
On tap at the 3Fs brewpub in Munster, IN. This one started a bit simple with some imposing tart and sour notes, but showed more complexities as it went down. In the aroma, fruity sour candy candy, apples, and mild mixed fruit sour are the notes I got. A nice bright red-orange color and pretty wispy white head. A good amount of funk yeast and fruits, with a tartness that is slightly too much for me but still enjoyable. I do like the nice fruit profile from berries to mild fruits to sweet apples. Not my favorite sour, but I did like this one overall.



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