Rodenbach Vintage 2007 Oak aged ale

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

75cl, new exclusive brew Anno 2009, brew anno 2007, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex sour brew, balanced, clear, small head, very good brew

Clear amber with a medium beige head. Aroma had plenty of lacto, sour berries, toasted malt and wood. Sour flavour with lacto, toasted malt, wood and sour berries. Finished sour. Very drinkable and a nice session flemish red.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours a deep reddish amber with a tiny off-white head. Tart woody nose with notes of cherries and marzipan. Medium body, very tart yet with an underlying sweetness and again elegant woody edges. Tart finish. A delicious beer yet not really with enough complexity to be a world classic. 141109

Bottle, 7.0%. Mild but good citric aroma, quite lactic. Hazy red brown colour. Very small tan head. The flavour is nicely citric, lactic again, raisiny. But not extreme, quite well-balanced. The finish has more lactic acid, dries out a bit, but is still sweetish.

75 cL bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with a huge and light tan head. Aroma is fruity, light acetone and sweetish. Sweet malty and mild citric flavoured. Slight phenolic and dry malty with milky base flavoured. Somewhat sweet into the finish, yet with a growing acetone dryness and bite. Dry and acetone lasting impression once the initial sweetness has declined.

Bottle. Pours beautifully deep reddish brown/chestnut coloured with a small bubbly lasting off white head. Aromas of raspberries, dairy, caramel, balsamic vinegar and wood. Smooth flavour with notes of tart wood, sweet sugar, sour berries and spices. Great beer!

750ml bought at Vinens Verden Odense. Hazy deep red with lasting off-white head, sort of creamy. Red wine dominates the aroma, with wonderful vineous oak and raspberry notes, lacto, and definite diacetyl. Smmooooottthhh flavour, with wood, berry, tartness and sweetness and extreme deliciousness. Over a couple of years, this may very well turn out to be not just a superior Rodenbach but a plain masterpiece

2 years on foeder n°230..guess not all foeders are alike..i like foeder n°132(Vin de Céréale) more. Still a very good beer, very smooth, soft balance between sweet n sour. "The Vin" is more outspoken and has more punch to it ;-) Hereby i wish to place another order for some Vin dC please! Maybe next year?