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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The more ’authentic’, i.e. wood-aged version of Ichtegem’s Oud Bruin, sweetish with tart accents of sour cream, sour cherries and red berries, vinous, deep red brown colour, light lactic acidity in the finish with woody notes. Not as complex as e.g. Rodenbach Grand Cru or Duchesse de Bourgogne, but an honest, well-made, artisanal oud bruin and therefore important per definition.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2014
at 06:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Six Degrees North, Aberdeen, 21/06/14. Dark chestnut brown/amber with reddish hues. Nose is tarte fruit, dark cherry skins, musty fruit cake mix, dates, sour mash, dank straw, light smoke and spice. Taste comprises stoned fruit pangs, caramel, light toffee, bitter cherry, almond, light acidic notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, sour rinse in the close. Decent enough Flemish red.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2014
at 13:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at DC Annual Epic Sour Tasting. Golden brown with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, dark fruit. Tasting notes of sweet fruit, light tart notes, dark fruit. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2014
at 22:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
75 cl Bottle ’Cuvee 2008 ’ . Label is completely written in swedish . Got this one trough Belgiuminabox.com Pours brown-ish with a red glow , good white head . Smell is sweet, with a sour touch . some oak , not much signs of age , actually . Taste is sweet and sour, rather thin , fruits , refreshing . Bit dry, and oaky at the end . Aftertaste has some candy-like fruityness, but not over the top . Some vanilla-like touches . Very nice .
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2014
at 12:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaske fra Belgisk Bryg, på hytta til Sigmund, april-14: etter diverse store, mørke øl kommer denne som en høyst nødvendig og veldig god ganerenser. Full overhaling av olfaktoriske sanser, drøvel og det hele. Fin blanding av syre, beskhet, humle og vanilje.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2014
at 11:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Shared bottle at local tasting. Very dark red colour, off-white head. Nice and "typical Flemish red" aroma, notes of red wine vinegar and oak. Fairly smooth flavour, notes of red wine vinegar again (but not nearly as sour, of course), hints of sour fruits and oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2014
at 11:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 75 cl green bottle that says Strubbe’s Grand Cru Flemish Ale (beer of the month club) corked and capped poured into a tulip (the cork did not come out of the bottle the glass broke). Pours translucent dark brown with crimson highlights and small off-white head. Aroma is light tart, medium/light body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is light tartness, vineous, some cherries, some sweetness. Easy to drink and pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 18:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Vintage 2012 - Red wine and barrel notes, sour funk and a bit of berry. Cloudy maroon with a rich beige head. Front end sourness that masks lots of flavor, cherries and a bit of oak come up after finishing sweet and sour. Flavors are a bit muddy, I have seen much better versions of a Flemish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 07:07