Evolved Caractère
Brouwerij Rodenbach in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.12
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This new beer is inspired by the Evolved Caractère Rouge from 5 years ago with an exotic twist (mango & raspberry). The new Evolved Caractère is an answer to a new trend combining sour beers with fruit to get a more balanced taste. Former Caractère Rouge consumers will love this new SKU, and with the fruity twist we expand to an even broader audience.
— Rudi Ghequire
— Rudi Ghequire
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A copper amber ale with with no head. In aroma, sweet mango, berries, light lactic notes, so-so. In mouth, tart mix of ground cherry, light mango, papaya, Epsom salts, OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2026
at 19:56
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap @ Taplokaal Gist, Utrecht.
Hazy pinkish red with a white head. Fruity aroma. Tart taste with a tart finish. Not as sour as the standard Rodenbach or the Grand Cru but decent enough.
Hazy pinkish red with a white head. Fruity aroma. Tart taste with a tart finish. Not as sour as the standard Rodenbach or the Grand Cru but decent enough.
Tried
from Draft
at
Taplokaal Gist
on 16 May 2026
at 21:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
EB - Bottle 750ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍀 ☁️☂️ [ As Rodenbach Evolved Caractère ]. ABV: 7.2%. [20260511]. 7-/3-/7-/3-/15
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2026
at 14:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Clean, caramel-amber colour with some golden highlights, a small whitish cap, not much lacing left. Some nice raspberry aromas with their fruitiness, tartiness, sourness. Some good sour notes in the flavours with the raspberries blending a tad more, with the mangoes. The lingering finish is nice with a little dryness, hints of tannis, tart, but staying fresh on the tongue. A really nice, refreshing, Belgian Sour with lots of raspberries, and a little mangoes.
Tried
from Bottle
from
LCBO #624 - Innes Rd. & Tenth Line
on 10 May 2026
at 02:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Alko web. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is raspberries some mild earthy and a bit tartness. Flavour is raspberries, some tartness, wood and mild herbal tones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2026
at 18:19
7.5/10
Bottle from LCBO in Toronto. Taste is aserbic sour, with vinous notes, mildly sweet with raspberry and mild tropical on the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2026
at 19:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
0.75 l bottle from 'SpeciaalBierPakket.nl', best before June 2028. Hazy, deep reddish amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish, slightly sourish, quite fruity, slightly artificial and minimally vinous aroma of mango, sherbet powder, raspberry, traces of balsamic vinegar and hints of oak. Slightly sweetish, rather sour, fairly fruity, a bit artificial and minimally vinous taste of lots of lemon, rhubarb, mango, raspberry, a touch of balsamic vinegar, hints of oak and traces of sherbet powder, followed by a medium long, fairly tart, a bit woody-dry finish. Medium body, rather astringent and quite effervescent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Smells like one of those excessively sweetened sours, but it tastes totally different, very much on the citric side, resembling a fruited kettle sour. Not nearly as good as Rodenbach's classic offerings, yet still far from being mainstream, just much different.
Tried
from Bottle
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 31 Dec 2025
at 20:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gylden brun klar med noe beige skum. Lukter skogsbær og bringebær. Fruktig og sur. Smaker noe husholdningssaft og lime. Kort. Ble litt kunstige smaker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2025
at 20:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rød med tynt hvitt skum. Lukter bringebær. Syrlig med smak av bringebær, lime og rød saft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2025
at 20:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Draught @ Rodenbach. Pours a generally clear pinkish red, good white head. Aroma of a fruity cherry-tinged flemish red. Can't detect too much raspberry to taste, alongside the naturally fruity rodenbach, no mango. A lovely beer all the same, but marked down for not quite being as marketed.
Tried
from Draft
at
Rodenbach
on 02 Nov 2025
at 09:44