2011 Vintage Oak Aged Ale (Barrel No. 95) | Brouwerij Rodenbach N.V.
Brewed by:
Brouwerij Rodenbach N.V.
Belgium
rodenbach.be
Style: Flanders Red Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7.00%
Availability: Limited (brewed once)
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by samEBC on 10-25-2013
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
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Ratings: 263 | Reviews: 38
Reviews by roblowther:
4.84/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
It pours a clear ruby brown with a heat that quickly disappears. The smell is sour cherries, wood, leather, and delicious. Is delicious a smell? The taste is biscuity, sour cherries, and a really nice balanced dry but malty finish. Its the kind of taste that makes you thirsty for more. Mouthfeel is soft and very slightly carbonated. Overall this is fantastic. This is probably the best I've had of the style.
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look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
It pours a clear ruby brown with a heat that quickly disappears. The smell is sour cherries, wood, leather, and delicious. Is delicious a smell? The taste is biscuity, sour cherries, and a really nice balanced dry but malty finish. Its the kind of taste that makes you thirsty for more. Mouthfeel is soft and very slightly carbonated. Overall this is fantastic. This is probably the best I've had of the style.
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More User Reviews:
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Review from memory, I think I sampled this about a year ago. Tart, cherries, grapes, vinegar. Dry mouthfeel with a very sour aftertaste. Very refreshing.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Review from memory, I think I sampled this about a year ago. Tart, cherries, grapes, vinegar. Dry mouthfeel with a very sour aftertaste. Very refreshing.
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4.6/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.41/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.76/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.59/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Very similar to the beer at Toronado. Even after a weekend full of sours, this was a good one.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Very similar to the beer at Toronado. Even after a weekend full of sours, this was a good one.
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4.48/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Possibly clouded auburn colored beer. Head is a good sized pile of kahki colored tight foam which fades to a sheet and a ring. Sweet and tart cherries, light wood musk, interesting, unique floral, strawberries and cream, and a variety of other subtle aroma nuances. Taste is loaded with tart, acidic cherries, smooth woodiness, all sorts of fermented fruits, packed into a light fluid body. Carbonation is softly blended throughout. Pitted fruits and berries, all soaked in cherry juice and tangy. Mouthfeel is fantastically smooth.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Possibly clouded auburn colored beer. Head is a good sized pile of kahki colored tight foam which fades to a sheet and a ring. Sweet and tart cherries, light wood musk, interesting, unique floral, strawberries and cream, and a variety of other subtle aroma nuances. Taste is loaded with tart, acidic cherries, smooth woodiness, all sorts of fermented fruits, packed into a light fluid body. Carbonation is softly blended throughout. Pitted fruits and berries, all soaked in cherry juice and tangy. Mouthfeel is fantastically smooth.
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4.09/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
750ml corked and caged bottle poured into pint glass
A: almost no head whatsoever dirty brown red hue with a slightly hazy body.
S: wine grapes, vinegar, oak, apples, maybe a little cherry
T: nice wine taste grapes, cherries, maybe very light vinegar slight apple lots of oak barrel a little bit of a musty taste
M: very soft, carbonation is almost non existent almost no bitterness makes it seem like drinking a wine
O: This beer has such a nice flavor. Its got a nice wine oak flavor the soft carbonation I am not as crazy about, but otherwise it is a great beer.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
750ml corked and caged bottle poured into pint glass
A: almost no head whatsoever dirty brown red hue with a slightly hazy body.
S: wine grapes, vinegar, oak, apples, maybe a little cherry
T: nice wine taste grapes, cherries, maybe very light vinegar slight apple lots of oak barrel a little bit of a musty taste
M: very soft, carbonation is almost non existent almost no bitterness makes it seem like drinking a wine
O: This beer has such a nice flavor. Its got a nice wine oak flavor the soft carbonation I am not as crazy about, but otherwise it is a great beer.
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4.55/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Minimal head production and similarly short life. Brew is a lovely dark brown, clear and garnet at the edges.
Nose is redolent, carrying thick oak notes, tannins, flowers, wine, vinegar, brown sugar, and prunes. Very light funk, hinting at hay, dirt, and mushrooms.
Flavor is both sour and earthy, leaning toward the tartness of unripe fruit rather than the sharpness of pure vinegar. Rich tannins and oak; raisins and prunes; plump red grapes; dark wheat grains, sweetened with a hint of brown sugar and pineapple juice. Wonderfully complex and rich, yet somehow light and delicate; an absolute delight.
Not quite puckering in its sourness, although it comes close. Smooth and oily feel.
I've never had a Rodenbach aged on oak I didn't find fantastic, and this vintage is no exception. Complex, rich, and with an impressive depth of character, enjoying this brew is a rewarding experience.
2011 vintage enjoyed in 2017.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Minimal head production and similarly short life. Brew is a lovely dark brown, clear and garnet at the edges.
Nose is redolent, carrying thick oak notes, tannins, flowers, wine, vinegar, brown sugar, and prunes. Very light funk, hinting at hay, dirt, and mushrooms.
Flavor is both sour and earthy, leaning toward the tartness of unripe fruit rather than the sharpness of pure vinegar. Rich tannins and oak; raisins and prunes; plump red grapes; dark wheat grains, sweetened with a hint of brown sugar and pineapple juice. Wonderfully complex and rich, yet somehow light and delicate; an absolute delight.
Not quite puckering in its sourness, although it comes close. Smooth and oily feel.
I've never had a Rodenbach aged on oak I didn't find fantastic, and this vintage is no exception. Complex, rich, and with an impressive depth of character, enjoying this brew is a rewarding experience.
2011 vintage enjoyed in 2017.
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4.35/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.84/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.5/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2011 Vintage Oak Aged Ale (Barrel No. 95) from Brouwerij Rodenbach N.V.
Beer rating:
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263 ratings
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