by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm Breweries)
Our usual ‘sour beer alert’ goes out for this one. But for all those heathens who are not (yet) sour fans, I do urge you to try this one.
Rodenbach is famous for their sweet and sour Flemish Red. But this one is the big brother, and not because it is just more sour.
The beer begins as a brown ale of around 5% ABV, which is then ‘ripened’ in oak barrels for a period of around 2 years. It is this time in the oak ‘foeders’ that the beer picks up the vinuous and vinegar characteristics.
The Grand Cru is a mix of 67% aged beer and 33% young beer. There is a malty Madeira-like sweetness, while the sharp vinegar sourness competes. They take turns dominating, in a dynamic flavour profile which also has with lots of wood and esters adding to the complexity.
The late Michael Jackson (beer hunter) once referred to this beer as the ‘Burgundy of Belgium’, and a ‘World Classic’.
This is a mixed fermentation ale aged in oak barrels for one year
The classic Flanders Red Ale - the Duchesse of Burgundy
Verhaeghe's Duchesse with 20kg of sour Limburg cherries added per 100 litres of beer
Verhaeghe's famous Duchesse De Bourgogne with the addition of sour cherries and chocolate essence
A delicious blend of two Petrus beers used to create this traditional Flanders Red ale
by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm Breweries)
The tribute beer to Alexander Rodenbach, reintroduced in 2016, 30 years after it was first created
A typical Flanders Red Ale from this seventh-generation family brewery
The original flanders oud bruin from the old family brewery Verhaeghe, this is an unblended cask aged beer
by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm Breweries)
The tribute beer to Alexander Rodenbach, reintroduced in 2016, 30 years after it was first created
