Rodenbach Grand Cru

Brewed by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Sour Ale
Roeselare, Belgium

Unusual aroma.. sour, hint of cherries and yeast. Dark brown amber color. Light carbonation on the tongue. Starts fruity with a tart sourness. Such an unusual beer. A little acidic. Would love to find another one of these. Found this beer at Grapes of Mirth in Columbus.

I’m not sure how I haven’t rated this.. Bottle, BB 8/24/08. Poured clear coppery amber with a creamy initial cap of tan head. Sour oak and cherries were awesome on the nose.. sweeter cherry meat and dry yeasty funk came through shortly afterward.. sweeter than expected, yet very good! The flavor found sour vinegar and cherry skins on the tip of the tongue with seeds and funky lemon notes tailing afterward.. dry, powdery sweet cherry dust showed on the middle, and the finish was sour, dry, and cherry-ey. Well-balanced with a fine use of the oak-aging. Great stuff!

Poured a medium brown with reddish hues. Aroma was of sourness, cherries, fruity and a little yeast. Flavor was a little tart and sour. Not much acidity or excessive sweetness which was good. Pretty good sour that i enjoyed a lot.

Rated 1.10.08 Rootbeer colored pour slightly red with a fine beige head. Faint aroma, dusty, vegatables. . Very nice sweet and sour flavors, very true. Acidic and sour, slightly dry, not as annoyingly sweet as others. Nice palate, crisp but doesnt interfere with the flavors. Excellent. 6 4 9 5 18 . . . . . . . . . ReRate 1.1.09. Pours a reddish tinted dark glowing brown with a pinkish beige creamy froth. Aroma is slightly stingy in the nostrils, varnish, slightly woody, light tart cherries, not as strong as some sours. Delicious first taste, really attacks the palate, very acidic tart cherry and really sour, candy like but still a bit dry, medium amount of vinegar. Really sharp fine carbonation that tickles going down, light bodied and lightly sticky. I really loved this beer at first, but trying it now after having tried sooo many other fine sours, it might be a little too ruthless, I really don’t remember it being this over-the-top. 4 7 8 4 17

Just introduced to San Diego, I tasted the first bottle in PP bottle shop during Logan’s tasting. I think Brad bought the bottle. Nice sour woody flavor. Smooth slick lactic acid mouthfeel. Sweet. Will age well. Red amber color. Great to have around for dinner. I love sweet and sour beers.

Bottle. Pours a pretty clear amber brown with very little head. Wonderful sour aroma, with some vinegar in there. Flavor is more of the same- sour, vinegar, and oaky. One of my favorite sour ales. I will definitely enjoy plenty of it in the future.

bottle. pours a clear reddish brown with a thick off-white head that starts to fade quickly but slows down and fluffs up, leaving a good amount of lacing as it hangs around. fantastic smell of sour grapes, balsamic vinegar, some sour cherries, and some wood. strong oaky flavor with sour cherries dominating a solid fruity ester profile, maybe a bit of lemon and sour apple as well. the finish is unlike anything i’ve had: intense, biting sour (in a good way), with a touch of sweetness backing it up, leaving a sort of grape preserves flavor lingering in your puckering mouth. lots of carbonation, and a medium body, with a mouthfeel that disappears quickly as the acidic sourness thickens in your mouth what would be a coating, astringent beer and turns it into something else entirely. i’ve never had anything this sour that wasn’t a candy. a damned interesting beer that i have to be in the mood for, but when i am, it has no replacement.

The aroma is great. Very much like a fine wine. Flavor is sour at first then fruity and slightly sweet. Crisp and clean finish. Very good.