Category Archives: Sour Ale
#195 – Rodenbach
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.2 % Rodenbach is a name that many beer afficionados will immediately get excited about, primarily for the highly rated Rodenbach Grand Cru (#17) which is likely the finest example of a Belgian Sour ale that … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Rodenbach (Palm), Sour Ale
Tagged as beer, Belgian, brettanomyces, condition, De Dolle, Grand Cru, lactobacilli, Lambic, Rodenbach, sour ale, Wesvleteren
#146 – Vichtenaar
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.1 % The claim to fame often laid at the feet of the Flemish oud-bruin Vichtenaar, is that it is the family favourite. This isn’t just any old family either, when you consider that since 1817, … Continue reading →
#105 – Duchesse de Bourgogne
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6.2 % My third beer of the night, and something of a switch after two heavy tripels. I had heard a lot about the Duchess of Burgundy, and was served this one up by Andrew in … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Sour Ale, Verhaeghe
Tagged as accident, Asterix, Austria, beer, Belgian, Bourgogne, Brugse, Burgundy, Charles, Charles the Bold, Coudenburg, Dauphin, Dikke Mathile, Duchesse, Duke, falcon, Ferdinand II, Flanders red, Gribousine, horse, Isabella of Bourbon, Mary, Maximillian, Siege of Nancy, sour ale, TinTin, Zot
#102 – Echt Kriekenbier
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6.8 % Echt Kriekenbier is a famous traditional Flemish cherry ale made by Verhaeghe, and is based on the brew Vichtenaar (#146). After being matured in oak casks for about eight months, in a similar style … Continue reading →
#42 – Bacchus
Size: 250 ml ABV: 4.5 % We have already come across a Bacchus (#38) whereby raspberries were added to brown ale – well this is the brown ale in question – Bacchus Vlaams Oud Bruin. ‘Oud Bruin’ is Flemish for … Continue reading →
#38 – Bacchus Frambozenbier
Size: 375 ml ABV: 5% Raspberry beer – it might sound odd but historically raspberries have often been added to beers after initial fermentation. Lambic beers in particular, where the term ‘steeping’ is used to describe the process of adding … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Sour Ale, Van Honsebrouck
Tagged as ale, Bacchus, beer, Belgian, cherry, expensive, fermentation, Framboise, Frambozenbier, Fruit, Ingelmunster, Lambic, Raspberry, sour, steeping, Van Honsebrouck
#17 – Rodenbach Grand Cru
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6 % Rodenbach is an extremely unique brewery in that after brewing and fermenting in the normal fashion, the beers are aged in oak casks – something of a Flemish tradition. There are about 300 … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Rodenbach (Palm), Sour Ale
Tagged as Belgian beer, Flemish, Grand Cru, Michael Jackson, Rodenbach, Roeselare, sour ale
