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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a rich reddish brown from a bottle, dark khaki colored head. Bright balsamic aroma, similar flavor, tart cherry and grapes in the mouth as well. Pretty good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2019
at 01:29
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2019
at 23:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Great tart beer with good malt character. It’s only downfall might be the sweetness is a but high. online Beerwulf bottle
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2019
at 18:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Expecting a lot from this one ounce short bottle since I've seen it, high expectations! I got it for free for buying a case of singles at that place in boardman, HAH! The bottle at vintage was $5 and I've had some really good Flemish for $3!!! Directly out of the bottle, it does not disappoint! And, FYI, its a civilized, laid back - well centered label. Yes, and in the glass it looks like a very good dark beer, heheeh. First taste impression is this Omer stuff is very pleasing, yummy. Lovely. Is it as good as the old roady? Not sure, and BTW, what is the cost of a roady today anyway? You know, a simple contemporary very good flemmy? Is that what they call em today? A roadie? Do roadies even exist today with traveling bands, if BTW there are any modern traveling bands, that is. Yes! Tasty tart, and evenly fun; the whole way thru this bottle, you go-Omer. Yugo, Yugo. I need to open a beer plant that makes beer with this flawlessly simple mildly sour stuff. Yummy experience. Very nice thank you. Yeah! Much better than classic ice, wink wink! Redundant, NICE JOB VANDER GHINSTE!! Impressed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2019
at 20:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass as Flanders Sour Ale - Redbrown. Appearance is clear cherry red with initial effervescence (bubbles stuck to the sides of the glass), decent sparkle, ephemeral head and no lacing. Aroma is dusty old book along with dank tart and mildly sweet fruit, background dark malts. Taste is balance of tart and sweet fruit (cherries), subtle malt backbone. Palate is light body with thin frothy texture, lively carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, both the tart and sweet could be amped up a bit more, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2019
at 01:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dark red-brown with a small tan head. Aroma is red wine vinegar and some dark fruit. Flavor is lot of dark fruit. Plums and raisins. Some tartness comes out after the swallow but this is not mouth puckering. This was a bargain bin pickup so I did not know what to expect but this was very nice with lots of dark fruit and just a minor sour/tartness
Tried
on 27 Apr 2019
at 22:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
11.2 oz bottle received as day 8 of a 12 day advent mixed pack from my wife. Date of Production 04 17 18. The pour is a clear brown ruby golden with a foamy ½ inch light tan head. The aroma is sour black cherry, fruit sweetness and floral herbal yeast. The taste is a clean black cherry tart, sweet cherry fruit, and a touch of the herbal towards the back. The palate is medium bodied, spritzy carbonation and tart cherry finish. Refreshing, easy drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2019
at 02:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
250 ml bottle. Dark red, foamy head. Basement and barrel notes, balsamico vinegar, red currant and casis, some light red wine, a bit metal. Acidic sourness. Medium bodied, soft carbonated, watery texture, acidic finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2019
at 19:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Apricot and lots of cherry. Some fig. Pours dark brown with ok head and lacing. Some tang. Probably a little too sweet, which is the flaw here. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2019
at 00:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle shared at CB. Thanks Aaron! Pours a dark ruby with a finger of off-white foam that lingers. Lovely tart cherry aromas with must, wood and yeast aromas. Smooth and very approachable on the palate. Crushed tart cherry flesh with light skin and stone astringency. Tart, but a nice underlying sweetness as well. Balanced and would go perfect with some food. Some mineral water like dryness on the finish with more sweet and tart cherry notes. Perfect carbonation and mouthfeel. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Oud Bruin on 02 Feb 2019 at 00:59 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2019
at 18:19