Ichtegems Grand Cru
(has 5 batches)
Brouwerij Strubbe in Ichtegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
6.95
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Typical Flemish red-brown beer with a pleasant balance between complex fruitiness and refreshing acidity. This gem of brewing art owes its recognition as an "acknowledged local product" to the age-old production process.
Beer from high mixed fermentation, carefully matured for 24 months on oak wood. Basic ingredients: barley malt, caramel malt, annual Poperinge hops and pure water. The spontaneous but extremely complex microbiology inside the oak barrels results in an extremely soft, sour beer, ready to be fortified with a young, high-fermented beer.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
F: thin, tan, quick diminishing. C: dark brow with red hue against the light, clear. A: light fruits vinegar, sweet cherries, woody, a bit of lacto, vinous, hint of chocolate. T: fruity, light sourness mix with sweetness, bit of woody, cherries, light lacto tones, medium body, medium carbonation, very good beer and also for the style, I like it, 0,33l bottle from Prik & Tik ABC Drinks in Leuven.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2017
at 12:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 750 ml from Beergium. Shared with rest at the grand tasting 11/2016. Pours ruby with small off-white head. Malty, fruity, cherries, berries. Moderate to heavy sweetness and moderate acidity. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2017
at 08:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from ’Prik & Tik Baelus’, Cuvée 2013, best before May 2021. Clear, deep ruby with a medium large, frothy, rather quickly diminishing, beige head. Sourish-fruity, slightly vinous aroma of red grapes, oak, balsamic vinegar and a touch of brett funk. Sweet, slightly sourish, quite fruity and a bit vinous taste of red grapes, brown sugar, oak, some balsamic vinegar and slight hints of brett, followed by a short, just slightly bitter, moderately tart, a bit vinous-dry and minimally metallic finish. Thin to medium body, minimally astringent and quite effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Quite tasty, a bit too sweet but still very pleasant, not overly complex but with a nice, bretty and vinous touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2017
at 14:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, BB 2014 (from beliguminabox). Pours dark amber-brown. Aroma is sweet, candy, malt, some sourness. Flavor is sour and sweet, candy, malt. Feels smooth. Body is on the thin side. Drinkability is good. Overall: good, but I would probablt like fresher bottle better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2016
at 10:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shared bottle. 2013 edition. Amber with an off-white head. Aroma of red wine, dark berries, and vinegar. Taste is vinous, with berries, dark fruit, oak, hints of caramel, and metallic notes. Tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2016
at 22:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Mørk rødbrun lett tåkete med fingerhøyt beige skum. Lukter sursyrlige bær, kirsebær, tyttebær, rosiner og noe trevirke. Middels til fyldig. Søtlig start, mot rosiner, vanilje og kandis. Lett sursyrlig smak kommer, bæreddik, kirsebær og noe trevirke, fat. Middels lang, noe oljete
Tried
on 18 May 2016
at 14:45