Roodbruin
Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor) in Bellegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
6.94
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Originally called "Ouden Tripel", this ancient beer has found a new élan as a regional specialty under its current name: "VanderGhinste Roodbruin".
The main ingredients of our Vanderghinste Roodbruin are malted barley, wheat, hops, water, and caramelized malts. These are used to brew a top-fermented beer.
Blending this beer with lambic beer aged in oak barrels for 18 months, results in this specific West Flanders Red-brown beer. Its typical flavour is characterized by a well-balanced, hardly noticeable sourness. This first flavour impression is soon followed by a second pleasant discovery: a slight bitterness followed by a hint of sweetness.
The main ingredients of our Vanderghinste Roodbruin are malted barley, wheat, hops, water, and caramelized malts. These are used to brew a top-fermented beer.
Blending this beer with lambic beer aged in oak barrels for 18 months, results in this specific West Flanders Red-brown beer. Its typical flavour is characterized by a well-balanced, hardly noticeable sourness. This first flavour impression is soon followed by a second pleasant discovery: a slight bitterness followed by a hint of sweetness.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
24.03.2014, tap (as VanderGhinste Oud Bruin) @ Crowbar:
Small creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish, caramel, sour winegum, grass, butterscotch, sour apples, soda powder, hints of paint. Taste is slightly sour-ish fruity, sour winegum, sour apples, sorrel, soda powder, butterscotch, caramel malts grass. Little bitterness, kind of a metallic mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Small creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish, caramel, sour winegum, grass, butterscotch, sour apples, soda powder, hints of paint. Taste is slightly sour-ish fruity, sour winegum, sour apples, sorrel, soda powder, butterscotch, caramel malts grass. Little bitterness, kind of a metallic mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2014
at 14:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rerating, a year later, this time on draft at the Seattle IBF. Pours a reddish brown color with a thin foam ring head. Not nearly as sour as I remember it. More sweet, with a grape juice like flavor. Sweet and sour berry and grape finish. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2014
at 15:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Flaska från belgianbeerz.com. Rödbrun vätska med vitt skum. Dofter av citrus, röda bär och ekfat. Syrlig smak som krullar roten på tungan. Efter den första chocken träder sedan karamelltoner och sura bär fram. En törstsläckare för riktigt varma sommarkvällar.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2014
at 12:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
3oz pour at Max’s Belgian Fest 2014. Pours a clear caramel amber with a ring of brown head. Nose is malty, sugar, cherry, mild vinegar. Flavor is well balanced, tart, sweet, cherry, vinegar, malt, grass, vegetal. Lightly acetic finish. Pretty solid.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2014
at 18:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
gedronken als "vanderghinste", mooi helder bruin/rood met minimale witte kraag. Aroma is licht zuur in de neus, donkere fruiten. Smaken zijn redelijk zoet, redelijk zuur, zacht/glad in de mond, mooie donkere fruiten en kersen in de basissmaak, mouten. De smaken zijn prima gebalanceerd (wel wetende dat je een zuur biertje drinkt), mooie zuur/zoetbalans. kruidigheid komt langzaam naar boven, maar wederom goed gebalanceerd. mooie complexiteit. erg goed ! --- Beer aliased from original tick of Oud Bruin on 18 May 2018 at 10:04 - Score: 8
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 09:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Ruby-red with hints of brown in the glass with a beige head. The nose is not too sour,slightly fruity. The beer starts fruity, not too sour. Full of aroma. The mainpart has hints of dark cherries, nice sourness, hints of wood. Probably a bit too sweet. The aftertaste is long, intense. Wood, dark red fruits, moderate sourness, only hints of hops.
Nice brew, but for me a bit too sweet. Nice fruity-sour characteristics! --> 12/12/10/11
Nice brew, but for me a bit too sweet. Nice fruity-sour characteristics! --> 12/12/10/11
Tried
on 12 Feb 2014
at 12:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
25 cl. bottle @ Café Olivier, Utrecht as Vanderghinste Oud Bruin. Pours brown with a thin off-white head. Raisin and oak aroma. Sweet sour taste with a drak/red fruit fruitiness. Not as tart as Rodenbach but refreshing nonetheless. Flemish red brown is one of my favorite styles and this is a fine specimen of said style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2013
at 15:08