 Crosling (1856), Loveland, Colorado, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jan 7, 2006 Very pretty ruby/violet colored with a small, wispy and quickly diminishing head of white foam. Vibrant aroma, strange smelling, with hints of barbeque sauce, ranch, balsamic vinegar and grapes. Body is very thin and one dimensional and it can’t decide if it wants to be sweet or sour. A totally dull red, lacking complexity.
ABUSEDGOAT (1934), California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 6, 2006 Poured into my new Duchesse De Bourgogne glass. Clear reddish brown body with a small diminishing head. Aroma is very fruity with dark fruits, mainly cherries and also some wood. Flavor is the same, a little spritzy going down. Not as much acidty as others I’ve had, but excellent in its own way. I love this sour stuff!
badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 4, 2006 pours and looks of a fine red wine...nice lacing, with small, whispy off-white head...aroma is very vinous, and resembles most flemish sours, with touch of raspberry and red wine...flavors of white grape, concord grape, vinegar, cherry....nice and tart aftertaste, with quite a bite...nice palate, and a great beer
OldMrCrow (1202), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 3, 2006 Updated: Feb 26, 2006From the bottle
Pours a dark red-brown with a small and short-lived head. The aroma is the expected vinegar and green apples, with oak notes and a hint of cinnamon. The flavor is slightly sweet though not as much so as the Verhaeghe’s Duchess. The flavor is delicious and offers a complex suite of taste: cherries, sour apple, heavy oak, cognac. At fridge temperature, the mouthfeel seems a bit thin (and slightly prickly) but as the beer warms, the palate shines and the mouthfeel becomes rich the way that apricot nectar is thick and rich and buttery and warm and delightful all at once. Amazing, especially at 5.1%. The finish draws out the sweetness but gives way to an oak dryness that is really quite pleasant.
As an aside, this one was my personal introduction to a style which is now among my very favorites.
CampbellWilson (533), Scotland
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 1, 2006 Bottle from Beers of Europe. 25cl really isn’t very much! Gorgeous aroma with balsamic vinegar and cherries to the fore, little bit of oak, vanilla, chocolate. Taste is actually slightly on the sweet side, but with all the flavours indicated by the aroma. Finish is soft and slightly oaky. I wish I had more.
bkurtz (276), Peru
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 28, 2005 Poured a clear reddish brown with some lacing. Cidery, sweet and sour. I prefer a gueze to this.
joss (3687), Garching b. München, Germany
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 12, 2005 Bottle
Nice lactic sour, berry and ripe wood aroma.
Hazy ruby, low tanned head.
Considering the aroma remarkably mild sourness - lactic and vinegary, quite fruity berrylike, wooden notes, barrique dryness.
Sparkly dry mouthfeel.
Wood and berry aftertaste.
Thanks secret santa Nat :-)
TBone (6850), Pori, Finland
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 3, 2005 Bottled (BB 02/2006)
Deep ruby red, decent creamy tan head. Coffee, balsamico, sourness and toffee in the nose. Carbonated, metallic, typical sour toffeeish flemish sour ale. Reasonably complex, hints of burning alcohol in the finish.
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