Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor) Roodbruin

Roodbruin

 

Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor) in Bellegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Flemish Red / Bruin Regular
Score
6.94
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 20 Ticks: 221
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.
 

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
250ml bottle from Legacy. BB 14-12-2017. ABV 5.5%. Pours a very dark copper with a weak tan head. Aroma is winey, cherry, some bready notes. Taste is winey, fermented cherry, oak notes. Quite high carbonation. Winey, fermented berries aftertaste with oak and bready notes, slight bitterness. Good one.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2016 at 00:50

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from real ale store, Newark. Deep ruby colour with a light tan head. Aroma is Apple sours and dried fruit. Taste starts light sweet to mid sour
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2016 at 15:55

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
La VanderGhinste Rood Bruin affiche fièrement sur sa bouteille "Anno 1892" et le macaron World’s Best Dark Beer (2015)! Quoi de mieux pour vous donner envie de découvrir cette bière de 5,5 % Abv? Peut être de savoir que celle-ci est l’alliance d’une bière de fermentation haute (avec malt d’orge et de houblon) et de lambic mûri 18 mois en fût de chêne. Seule la bouteille de 25 cl me déçoit alors quelque peu. En verre, la bière est d’un brun profond. L’effervescence moyenne à l’ouverture devient quasi nulle en fin de dégustation. Au nez, l’acidité vous agresse de suite. Heureusement des arômes de moût de raisin et de pruneau (provenant très probablement de la maturation en fût) sont également présents. La première attaque est relativement douce, un brin malté et sur le caramel. Cependant, l’acidité, par trop marquée arrive rapidement. La VanderGhinste gagne alors en ampleur et il est possible de déceler des notes de baies rouges et cerise. La complexité gustative est alors moins intéressante que celle olfactive. L’ampleur en bouche retombe vite, pour une finale cependant d’une belle longueur, mais malheureusement purement sur l’acidulé. Conclusion : une très grande déception. Des 5 saveurs primaires de bases (salé, sucré, amer, acide, umami), l’acidité est la plus difficile à maitriser, car annihilant toutes les autres saveurs. J’espérais que par son assemblage, la VanderGhinste RoodBruin allait davantage équilibrer le lambic. Pas assez malheureusement. Une fois de plus l’award me surprend. Je finirai enfin pas un gros coup de colère. En fin de dégustation, relisant la composition, je vois alors "édulcorant"! Comment un brasseur qui affiche être plus que centenaire peut il oser cet ignominie? Ceci est une honte brassicole!
Tried on 26 Aug 2016 at 06:34

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
25 cl. bottle from Systembolaget, poured in to a Snifter. BBE 05-07-17. Clear, amber-red colour with a thin, off-white head. Tart, fruity aroma with cherries, caramel malts, wooden notes and resins. Taste is light sour. Medium body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes tart and fruity with sour cherries, caramel and a subtle wooden note. Nice mixed Red-brown
Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2016 at 11:40

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Systembolaget Hansa. (thanks SirLimpsalot) Light amber with a small head. A bit sour with wood, red berries and light malt.
Earlier Rating: 10/6/2013 Total Score: 3.5
Sample at SBWF 2013. (labeled as Vanderghinste Oud Bruin) Dark reddish/brown with a small head. Quite tart with berries, oak, sweet malt and vinegar. Rather light mouthfeel. Easy to drink. A descent beer.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2016 at 02:13

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
After aliasSecond ratingDraught at Haket, Göteborg, on July 30, 2016.As Rood Bruin.Clear brown color, white head. Sweet, fruity scent. Sweet, fruity, light acidic taste. Fizzy mouthfeel, no bitterness.6/4/7/2/12=3.1Earlier Rating: 2/5/2016 Total Score: 2.425 cl at 3 små rum, Göteborg, on February 5, 2016.BB 07 06 17Clear brown color, very small teal head. Musty, old dirt cellar, some yellow apple, light vinegar/acetic scent. Acidic, light vinegar/acetic, yellow apple taste. Light acidic and fruity aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, low to medium low bitterness. Also dirt cellar aftertaste.
Tried on 31 Jul 2016 at 12:47

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
F: yellow brownish, average, average retention. C: dark red against the light to brown. A: sour sweet cherries, some woody, vinegar, basement, dark fruits. T: interesting balanced sour cherries, woody character, malt, light caramel, brown sugar, tart, medium body, good carbonation, good worth to try for this style, 0,25l bottle from Carrefour in Brussels.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2016 at 14:40

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Roodbruin bier zonder schuim. Smaak is fris zuur en licht zoet met iets van bessen, bramen en sinaasappel. Volgens etiket is dit geen Oudbruin maar Roodbruin - Flemish Sour Ale hetgeen overeenkomt met de stijl. Al met al goed bier.
Tried on 15 May 2016 at 11:29

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at P&P Charleston. Translucent Amber with small beige head. Aroma is light cherry, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is tart cherry.
Tried from Draft on 25 Apr 2016 at 12:47

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
How: Draught.
Where: Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Sour, fruit, citrus, raisin.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Sour, fruit, caramel, vinous, malt.
Tried on 20 Apr 2016 at 15:50