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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Brewers Haven. This my kind of sour, not overly puckering, perhaps tempered by the barrel aging. Some mellow wooden notes are added as a result. A murky ruby brown pour, soft tightly beaded head, acetic plum aroma. Taste is initially tart, mellowing quickly to a dry, sweet finish. Excellent all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2015
at 19:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Tanakaya. Poured into a chalice. Pours a clear dark ruby with a modest tan head that lingers before dissipating. Big aromas of cherry, apple and yeast with a bit of barnyard funk. Taste is very sour cherry forward with some apple and currant on the finish. The beer itself is not really sour per sea but it does have a light tartness that cuts into the overall sweet palate. It is reminiscent of a less sour version of Duchesse de Bourgogne. Full body with nice carbonation and a slightly sticky cola-like mouthfeel. Nice lingering finish that coats the palate. This is were the tartness stands out...especially as it warms up. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ichtegem's Grand Cru on 26 May 2015 at 18:55 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2015
at 08:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Home. 2011 vintage. Pours dark brown with a creamy offwhite head, some lacings. Aroma is light sourness, oak, wet wood, redwine vinegar, spice. Flavor is light sour, light sweet, caramel, wood, vinegar, berries. Medium body, average carboantion. light acidic finish. 200215
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 03:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 4
Pours a slight plum / blood red, no head at all very hazy. Nose is akin to cherry pie w/ old meat. Nice mouthfeel and carbonation front is on point. Tartness is reserved and fully of flavor but unfortunately the flavor isn’t very exciting. lots of off flavors.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2014
at 12:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear deep redbrown colour, small foamy light tan head that quickly dissipates, fair lacing. Aroma sour, cherries, vinegar, woody. Mild taste, medium sour and sweet, sour cherries, black currant, bit wood. Medium texture, sticky texture, soft carbonation, lingering sour and light sweet finish, woody notes. Mild well-balanced no-nonsense oud bruin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2014
at 12:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
11.2oz bottle pours out a reddish copper topped with a sand head. Nose is lots of wood cherries and a little funk. Taste is as the nose with lots of the wood showing some sweetness and a nice little cherry tartness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2014
at 21:27