Rodenbach Alexander

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

Excellent red ale. Flavor is much more intense than aroma. Not much head, and pretty cloudy.

Beer pours deep dark reddish brown and is somewhat murky. Initial head formatin is significant, but that settles down fairly quickly to a mostly diminished head. Aroma is largely vinegar with a little cherry aroma and a little oak. Flavor is much sweeter than one would assume from the aroma. Wonderfully and deftly balanced between fruit sweetness and pleasent sourness. Also a little barnyard action. What a treat. Thanks very much to hopsrus for this gem.

I was really suprised when I first drunk this beer. Sweet, sour... It’s a great pity that they don’t brew this beer anymore.

Distinguished cherries herald a wooden sourness…A poem or two later, they hail a caramelly sorbet with vanilla coulis…Awe-inspiring, sweet and acidic class…

Hugely fruity aroma. Noticeable sourness. Murky brown with red tones. Sweet roasted balsamic flavour. Mouthfeel is fairly still but enjoyable. Has a farmhouse cider-like feel to it. Bottle (enjoyed with MartinT, mr_kimchee, Oakes and Rastacouere).

Bottle: Nice aroma of wine and fruit. There’s a touch of model airplane glue that I would not have noticed except the comment from wolhfs. Pours a dark transparent amber. Very malty up front with a little apple and wine flavors. Nice sour and tart flavors. Excellent. Another thanks to Eyedrinkale.

Rating #1000, 33cl bottle, big thanks to BigErn for this one. pours ruby with not much head. nose has aged notes like port-wine, cherries, and some funk to it. a wonderful aroma. flavor has big sweet cherries at first but a then the notes becomes pretty tart with cherry pits. as it warms the malts take more notice with toffee and sorta rustic and vinegary. really interesting, and hard for me to rate.

9/17/08 - Courtesy of santoslhalper, shared with Exec Board. ’96 bottle. Pours orange/amber with red hues, eggshell, fizzy head that reduces quickly to a thin, rimming film. Nose is caramel, raisin, figs, chery and mild chocolate - slight sherry notes. Taste is lots of cherry with caramel notes, leading to a candied chocolate, nice crisp tartness fro mthe sour cherry. Very, very solid beer. Yummy in the tummy. Thanks for the treat, Jon.