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Rodenbach Grand Cru

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Sour Ale

Roeselare, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
11873.83/5.03.83/5.06%82Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Bottle: Filtered.
A blend of 1/3 young beer and 2/3 of beer aged 2 years in large oak vats. The more important proportion of oak matured beer contributes to its fruity taste, complexity and intensity. The finish is worthy of a great wine.
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 gam (1103), brisbane, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 29, 2008  
Good strong head to start,back to meek cover on a burgundy coloured pour with good carbonation.Aroma,cider apple vinegar,a mild floral note,wine.Flavour acidic to billyo,finger nail polish,cider,vinegar strong,a wine taste sautern excuse the spelling,sure it,s right,bitter cherries.Not my style but some of these are great,this is overdone with vinegar.Finish,sour vinegar overdone,other good tastes,acidic.


 kiefdog (1604), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Jun 29, 2008  
75cl bottle from Jans Wine and Boos #2. Rated on 4/2/08. Pours a reddish-brown with a frothy tan/white head. Aroma is fruity with notes of oak, sour, ripe fruit, apple cider, malt. Flavor is very sour from start to finish with hints of sweetness, dill pickle, plum and just a faint subtle note of worcestershire. Seems like it would also be good for marinating.


 SamGamgee (1436), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Draught at the red. Something about this just looked perfect sitting in a tulip glass with a dark ruby body and small, creamy head. Tart, fruity, acetic aroma with some woodiness. The flavor has a biting acidity with some white wine character and fruitiness. What I loved was that the malts didn’t throw any conflicting flavors at the sourness; it just worked. Oily, medium body. This was really refreshing and surprising.


 TeamTrappist (393), jericho, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/514/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Tap at the Tiger. Preface this with me not really being a sour fan, yet. And that when I ordered it I didn’t l know it was a sour.This poured dark brown with a thin white head. The nose was a bit scary, vinegar, and dirty socks. Pretty sour flavor, nicely carbonated, and yes tart. A bunch of berry flavors popped out too. Nice dry finish. Slowly but surely my taste buds are maturing, lol.


 azlondon (662), Fribourg, Switzerland
0.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/52/20
Jun 27, 2008  
Appearance: Dark brown, redish. Little bit of head. Aroma: Sour, winey. Red wine vinegar? Taste: Very sour. Vinous. Sour fruit. Quenching. Info: 330ml bottle, 17/2-2006, 76/300, 45/500

Looks like I am one of the few people here not liking this sour red stuff.


 Nightfall (647), Athens, Greece
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jun 23, 2008    Updated: Sep 20, 2009
Bottle. Brownish red color.Beige head. Sour ales are really not my type but since I never tried it before I took a bottle. Fruity acidy taste. Rather complex. Not bad


 KnN (738), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Pours an absolutely gorgeous deep runy color with a very small white head. Aroma is cherries, sour-wood and plum. The flavor is sweet and tart all at the same time with a really nice dry kick at the end. Really a wonderful Flemish sour.


FilmLabRat (1), North Hollywood, California, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Rodenbach Grand Cru does not count
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jun 20, 2008  
If there was only one beer in the world, and this was it. I would be a happy man.



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