Rodenbach Redbach

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

bottle-im going against the grain here. to me, this is definately no grand cru or even the regular rodenbach. however, this is a very refreshing fruit beer if you ask me. yea, maybe it is too "chic oriented", but for what it is, i enjoyed it. raspberry hue with a fizzy pink head. tart cherries on the nose with a faintness of funk/sourness/vinegar. nice cherry pie filling flavors with some nice vineous/sour quality to make this beer stand alone from the pack of fruit beers. nice dry sweet finish. very refreshing-i could drink many of these at a sitting. An easy drinking kriek? maybe so.

Pours a dark cherry red that is highly carbonated and leaves a thin red lace that leaves this brew quickly. The aroma is cherry candy, dark fruit (figs, plum, dark cherries) with a faint vinegar sour candy backdrop. The taste starts super sweet like cherry cola, it then moves to a slight sour twang that finishes sweet and rough on the throat from the carbonation. This is a decent brew, IMO "dumbed down" with sugary sweet cherry syrup for people not accustomed to a true sour ale.

(33cl bottle) Creamy pink head atop clear red-violet body. Aroma is medium sweet, cherry. Taste is moderately sweet, cherry, light sourness. Light body with light stickiness and acidity. Call this a starter Flemish sour.

Is this for real? Did they actually take this well regarded beer and blend it with cherries? I thought it was a joke...anyhoo, bottle shared with Hogtown Harry and Blankboy, Harry’s bottle. Nice cherry red, dark, very little head. Sour cherry aroma - very fruity, but ultimately quite bland. Taste - initial sour metallic cherries - like out of a jar that has been sitting too long on the grocery shelf. Hardly any of the original’s sourness at all, which might have given this character. Maybe a hint of sourness in the finish. I dunno, it just tastes like the original "dumbed" down and mixed with a cheery beverage - I’m not a fan of the original at all, but at least it had character, this is just completely bland.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry & tupalev -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a cloudy dark pinkish-red with an average size diminishing light-pink head. Slightly subdued aroma of tart cherries. Decent flavour of tart cherries and spices but there’s some metal in the aftertaste that I didn’t care for. Medium bodied. I must say I did not mind this, I thought it was decent.

Bottle (330ml). Shared with blankboy and tupalev, my bottle. Deep pink-ruby, clear, foamy/frothy pink head. Backbone of pleasantly sour/funky sour ale almost totally stomped on by cherry syrup - very much like President’s Choice Black Cherry cola - not all that bad really, but needs to be sweeter or more sour. Taste is metal, sweet cherry cough syrup, metal, sligh sour ale, and metal - with sour milk in the finish. Thickish body, flat, sticky, sweet cloying finish. Did NOT like that taste. Smells okay.

Bottle... RBSG2006... Clear ruby ale with a small, creamy, pink head. Terrific retention. Smells like Cherry Kool-Aid. Tastes like fizzy, Black Cherry Kool-Aid with not quite enough sugar thrown in the mix (the way I liked it as a kid). Gets tarter as it warms. Medium-bodied with a dry mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Finishes fruity, tangy and fairly dry. Should compete quite well with Lindeman’s Kriek on the "dumbed down; sweetened up" Belgian Lambic/Flemish Sour shelf. I like it!

Has an oaky, sour aroma mixed with a cherry, fruit punch. Pours a dark red. Cherry jolly rancher up front, tart, watermelon after taste.