Ommegang Rouge Grand Cru

Brewed by Bockor
Style: Sour Ale
Bellegem, Belgium

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.

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.

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.

On tap at Coles. Appearance: Dark ruby red with a vague white head. Aroma: sour, copper, tart, malt and raspberry. Flavour: tart as fuck. Sour, dry, yeast, rasperry again and an incredible long dry finish. Awesome.

Pretty close to a Rodenbach Grand Cru! What a delight. Nose of sour funk and strawberry juice. Reddish brown pour. Taste of lactic acid, sour fruit juice, a little grain, just wonderful stuff. The oak barrels must be older than I am.

Growler gift from a buddy who stopped at some place called coopers. Rusty pour with big aroma of oak, cheery and bread. Tart fruity flavor. I am not a fan of the style but it was good.

TAP: at the Muddy Pig Belgian event on 9.19.09 - clear amber pour, fluffy white head. Vinegar on the nose. Ridiculously sour on taste, almost cider-like. Wife liked it, but not my style. I’m still puckering from this beast.

Growler brought to the Rochester Gathering. Ruby red color with a soapy head. Good funk to the aroma and flavor. Sweetness to the flavor. Good tart finish.