Grapevine - Trebbiano d'Abbruzzo
Brouwerij Brasserie De Ranke
- From:
- Brouwerij Brasserie De Ranke
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Fruit Lambic
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.38 | pDev: 6.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 24, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 22, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Brouwerij Brasserie De Ranke "Grapevine - Trebbiano d'Abbruzzo"
75 cl green glass bottle. The cap is labeled "GRA MAA 22 EX 17/03/27". Sampled on 24/12/25
$9.98 @ Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Omaha, NE
Notes via stream of consciousness: The neck label reads "2022", and on the left side it lists Trebbiano D'Abbruzzo grapes from Italy while the right side notes 25% Chaselass grapes so I'm not sure what's going on. It's poured a lightly hazy gold colored body. An initial short head of white foam rose up but then immediately dropped down - which is to be expected. There's something really special going on in the aroma on this one. I've never smelled a beer quite like it. It's got some soft Brettanomyces character to it, which is nice, but the grape must has given it a really nice almost strawberry-like note. It's more complicated than that of course, but you get the idea. It's sweetish and fruity with apple, and grape, and berries but also suggesting some tartness. On to the taste then, and I'm hoping it can continue with that magic - yes, it's splendid! I totally get the white grape, although I have to admit I certainly couldn't pick it out as Trebbiano D'Abbruzzo or Chasselas (or whatever the case may be), and it works really well with the sweetish and grainy malt base. The Brettanomyces is there quite clearly with wet leather, wet straw, dry straw, "barnyard", old and dried out wood that's been dampened, "horse blanket", and a little bit of dusty earthiness and mineral character BUT it's not so bright that it dominates. There are notes of apple, nectarine, sweet pear, and some lemon and/or orange zest. It's tart, as a lambic should be, but not biting, perhaps because of the added residual sugar from the grapes. It finishes dry and a bit acidic and mineralish but not biting. In the mouth it's medium bodied and smooth but with a little bit of zip from the acidity. It doesn't seem strong, so how strong is it? It's 6.5% ABV which makes sense. All in all it's quite unique in my opinion, and very well put together. Despite being a "wild ale" there's nothing too harsh in its funkiness, and all of the good notes from the Brettanomyces are present. Perhaps that has a little bit to do with aging, and perhaps not. The fruitiness is wonderful, and it's a pleasant and refreshing glass to nip at steadily.
Review #9,407
Dec 24, 202575 cl green glass bottle. The cap is labeled "GRA MAA 22 EX 17/03/27". Sampled on 24/12/25
$9.98 @ Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Omaha, NE
Notes via stream of consciousness: The neck label reads "2022", and on the left side it lists Trebbiano D'Abbruzzo grapes from Italy while the right side notes 25% Chaselass grapes so I'm not sure what's going on. It's poured a lightly hazy gold colored body. An initial short head of white foam rose up but then immediately dropped down - which is to be expected. There's something really special going on in the aroma on this one. I've never smelled a beer quite like it. It's got some soft Brettanomyces character to it, which is nice, but the grape must has given it a really nice almost strawberry-like note. It's more complicated than that of course, but you get the idea. It's sweetish and fruity with apple, and grape, and berries but also suggesting some tartness. On to the taste then, and I'm hoping it can continue with that magic - yes, it's splendid! I totally get the white grape, although I have to admit I certainly couldn't pick it out as Trebbiano D'Abbruzzo or Chasselas (or whatever the case may be), and it works really well with the sweetish and grainy malt base. The Brettanomyces is there quite clearly with wet leather, wet straw, dry straw, "barnyard", old and dried out wood that's been dampened, "horse blanket", and a little bit of dusty earthiness and mineral character BUT it's not so bright that it dominates. There are notes of apple, nectarine, sweet pear, and some lemon and/or orange zest. It's tart, as a lambic should be, but not biting, perhaps because of the added residual sugar from the grapes. It finishes dry and a bit acidic and mineralish but not biting. In the mouth it's medium bodied and smooth but with a little bit of zip from the acidity. It doesn't seem strong, so how strong is it? It's 6.5% ABV which makes sense. All in all it's quite unique in my opinion, and very well put together. Despite being a "wild ale" there's nothing too harsh in its funkiness, and all of the good notes from the Brettanomyces are present. Perhaps that has a little bit to do with aging, and perhaps not. The fruitiness is wonderful, and it's a pleasant and refreshing glass to nip at steadily.
Review #9,407
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