Rodenbach Alexander

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Sour Ale
Roeselare, Belgium

Bottel. tasted with beermouth, Pours with no head. Aroma is sour, just a bit. The beer is just a little too fruity and tart.

In both ways sweet and sour. It works very well together. Well balance. Beautiful golden orange and amber colour. Some wooden and dry finish and aftertaste. Wood, citric, orange and green apple in palate. Fantalastic brew!

Bottle shared by moejuck and spector, thanks for this one guys! Pours an amber-brown with no head. Aroma of cherry, sour, some malt and spices. Nice flavor of sour cherry, sweet malt, oak, spices and a bit of chocolate. Smooth mouthfeel with a nice amount of sour vs. sweet...finishes dry. Really nice brew, a big thanks to the Lancansterians for bringing it!

A HUGE thanks to beerguy101 who was kind enough to supply me with the last known bottle of his in existence. This beers pours a fairly cloudy, murky ambery color with a light white head, moderate sized lacing, and small yeasty chunks in the glass, though few and far between. The aroma is funky sour with grapes, vinous notes, oak, wood, cheese, alcohol and holy schmoly...LOTS of cherries..sweet sweet cherries. The flavor is, as should be no surprise...SWEET sweet cherries with a remarkably smooth mouthfeel. That is what really got me most about this beer was the absurdly silky mouthfeel for a flemish sour ale. Prickling carbonation in mid-sip followed by a tart sweet and sour finish. Cherries, fruits, nectarines, hay....an outstandingly aged beer. This is the pinnacle of flemish sours...I honestly don’t see how this could be outdone.

Bottle several times over the years. I never really rated it as much as Grand Cru which to me has a more delicate balance. I alwas found this a little too sweet at the expense of the sourness. It’s a shame that it’s been retired and maybe those bottles still around have aged superbly. I am keen to find out.

#700 - Bottle shared by the South FL crew. HUGE thanks! Vintage 1989. Poured a murky red/brown. Nose is ripe fruits, fig, grapes, over-ripe cherry, some earthy wood, lactic sourness, funk, basement, musty and vinegary. Flavor was insane! So complex. Ripe fruit, tart cherries, sweet malt, burnt sugars, cinnamon, wood, musty earthy cellar, oxidation, tart acidity, apple cider vinegar, fig, and prune. Unreal!

Bottle at CT4 shared by moejuck and spector. Aroma of slight sour and sweet maltiness with cherries coming through bigtime. Had a lot of sediment floating around but i drank it anways. Flavor was sour cherries. Very balanced and actually very smooth in the mouth for a sour beer. Tart and fruity. Great beer for number 200.

Really a very nice flemish sour. A good nose, though more potency would have been better, and a very nice flavor and palate.