Rodenbach Redbach

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Fruit Beer
Roeselare, Belgium

Bottle sampled. Pours red with a pink head. aroma of fruit, yeast, and sour. The flavor is sweet at the start with a sour fruit finish. Not a bad flemish sour.

It’s funny to me that New Glarus fruit beers can make the top 50 but any other sweet fruity attempts at beer can be so heavily hated on. This one smells and tastes like a cherry Jolly Rancher and it’s delicious. I could see myself enjoying this with a strawberry rhubarb pie or cherry glazed chicken breast.

this shit is damn tasty wutever u want to classify it as. yes it’s kind of girlie but cherries and vinegar are great together. much better than rodenbach grand cru. yea i went there

The aroma has cherry, and is sweet and sour. The appearance is red with a small head. The flavor is like te aroma. The palate is nice. This is the best sour ale that I have had.

This is a first for me since this is probably the first Flemish Ale (definitely the first Flemish Sour Ale) I’ve had. This beer was very red (dark red) with a light red head and a fair amount of carbonation. Smelled like cherries, neither sweet nor sour. Tastes like cherries at first and then a sours a bit through the finish. Good palate, maybe a bit heavier than expected. I wasn’t a huge fan of this one, but I’m just starting to make a forray into this style, so I will probably have to re-visit this one again after I get some more experience in this style. 11.2 oz bottle, $4.05 at the Winking Lizard Tavern (Crossroads).

Neither sour nor Flemish. Ok, maybe it is the latter but that’s all it’s got going for it. Juicy-juice red, overly sweet cherry and under-carbonated. Ah! The refreshing dissonance of Eurotrash alco-pop.

Bottled. The body was a very pretty dark red with a light pink colored head. The aroma was lemons with some cherries and flowers. There was also a bit of dank funk, but the fruit over powers that character. The taste was fairly sweet with cherries and some 7 Up. There was also a bit of dry wood in the finish. PLenty of carbonation. Decent for what I woudl consider more of a fruit beer rather than a Flemish Sour.

(draft @ The Old Toad - Rochester, NY) Nice red color with a thick and puffy pink head. Aroma has a nice and distinct sour cherry smell to it mixed with other dark fruits like plums and prunes. The taste starts with a light cherry flavor and then moves to a nice, sour finish. Really has a nice kick to it that if you’re not expecting, really gets you. Easy drinking and very smooth, with that delicious sour twang at the end.