Vintage 2017 (Foeder No. 198)
(Batch of Vintage)
Brouwerij Rodenbach in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.71
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Rodenbach Vintage is the unique result of selection by our Rodenbach brew masters, the barrel after two years of maturation has produced the best beer, "the best barrel of the year". The label is always the number of barrel stated and the year which marks the beginning of maturation. Rodenbach Vintage is 100% matured old beer, resulting in superior Rodenbach Grand Cru. Its taste is complex, round, intense and refreshing. Typically, the apple tart fruitiness combined with caramel, wild honey and oak with a hint of vanilla, cherry and licorice. Its aroma has hints of caramel and oak, as well as notes of green apples mixed with honey and chocolate. The soft sour, fruity aftertaste is long and nicely balanced like a grand cru wine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Cherries, sherry vinegar, young red wine. Lighter and sweeter than some years - lacks a bit of depth. Oak and twigs at the end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Short-lived, cream-tinted head over clear, deep cardinal-red to brown beer. Acetic acid, lactic acid, yoghurt, dried red fruit, overripe banana, babymilk. Dried fruit, red but also dates, figs, on red wine vinegar, brown candi sugar in buttermilk, lactic acid, malonic acid, biscuit. Acidthinning, light -burn, lipsmacking acidity, slick. As it is, not the best from the Vintage series, but might improve.
Som alltid nydelig, men kanskje en tanke mer robust i syrligheten enn jeg hadde forventet. Men for et drikkeøl til en anledning med litt småsnacks, så er det jo bra.
