Rodenbach Vin de Céréale

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

(Bottle on 2008-03-23) Golden orange colour. Malty, bit acidy nose. Taste is acidic at the beginning and moves towards quite strong malt taste. Even hints on rye bread.

Poured from a 375 ml bottle. Still pour of apple cider consistency and clarity. Musty apple and earth nose. Crusty pastries and cheeses, brown spices and tart alcohol presence. First flavor is a bogged down bran and oatmeal graininess, lilting lazily into a hot acidity of white wine and dulled lactic acid. Acidity is very sharp and brisk, but seems somewhat polished off in an atypical way with less balsamic and acetic acid and more heavily concentrated pear and lemon juice. More searing with ripe sourness and alcohol in the mid palate; texture is soft and acidic as a fairly syrupy white wine, with a peppery, somewhat foul alcoholic finish. Some residual, clinging sweetness of honey and white grapes. Though friendly and simple, it seems stripped down in some vague and hard to describe way, and a bit lifeless somehow. Thanks for sharing, Zac!

375ml. No... wait... 37.5cl. Sorry Eben. Tart and vinous aroma. Lots of musty grape skin. Lesser notes of tart cherry. Plenty of wet wood. Some phenolic hotness. Pleasant for sure. Deeper and warmer sniffs reveal a fairly large bready and malty base that initially hides behind the tartness. Pours a nearly still light copper with gold accents. Quite pretty actually. Flavor is quite odd. Bready, cracker malt at first with an abrasive sourness on the back of the tongue and all the way down the throat. Wood tannin throughout. Very acidic on the finish. Simple, but without any major flaws. Thanks Zac!

Pours very still and a golden orange. Aroma has some sour and a bit of dough. Light and fruity at first, develops sourness and complexity. Sour on the tip of the tounge, has some grain and lightly sweet malt parts to it. Coats the back of the tounge and leaves some lactic sour in the back of the throat.

Bottle at toncatcher’s tasting. Pours golden with no head. Lightly sweetness with lots of sourness. Aromas of cereals and hints of cassis. Also a bit of rye. Light alcohol notes. Very full flavoured. Lots of residual sugars that gives a stong effect as you swallow,

Het koperkleurig foederbier heeft een fruitig aroma waarin de houtsmaak een bijzonder streling op de tong veroorzaakt. De smaak is behoorlijk zoet-zuur en vooral van hetzware alcoholgehalte is weinig merkbaar. Een waar genot voor de echte bierproever

Vintage 2004/004622. Warm golden with almost no head. The aroma is sour with notes of rye, fruit and malt. The flavour is sourish with light notes of vinegar, rye, fruit and malt. I know a lot like this very much. I think it’s nice, but obviously it’s talents are wasted on me.

2004 Vintage bottle shared with Ronald and Carita in Finland. Realesing this bottle from its wooden presentation and white wrapping paper builds up a sense of expectation that is met in every detail. Zero head and a beautiful congnac colour. Aromas of young apples, oak and honey - reminds me of a big fat US chardonnay. Flavours of cloudberries and acidic cider. 10% ABV - where is it? Light, delicate and spectacular beer.