by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm Breweries)
This is another sour alert for our members who aren’t (yet) partial to the pucker! We’ve had several sour beers over the past few months, and I wouldn’t normally put them in so frequently, but sometimes I think beers are too good to leave out.
And so we have Rodenbach’s Alexander, and what a joy it was to find they were now packaging this in the much more affordable 330ml bottle format.
Rodenbach Alexander was first made in 1986 to celebrate what would have been the 200thbirthday of Alexander Rodenbach. He was one of four brothers who started the Rodenbach brewery back in 1821. From when this beer was first brewed in 1986, it took another 30 years for the beer to become a regular in the Rodenbach portfolio.
And thanks goodness it has. The beer is the Rodenbach Grand Cru (a mix of 2/3 old beer aged 24 months in barrels, with 1/3 young beer) then macerated with sour cherries. It makes for a very inviting beer which is at once fruity and sweet and then tart and acidic. It might even convert some sour-phobes!
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)
A Flemish Red Ale featuring 67% aged beer and 33% young beer
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)
A Flemish Red Ale featuring 67% aged beer and 33% young beer
