Zwarte Ruiter Mestreechs Aajt (5% ABV, unsweetened)
Gulpener Bierbrouwerij in Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.28
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This is the version sold in the US. The brewer’s original intent was for a beer of this strength but limitations proprietary to the Dutch market led to him brewing a lower alcohol, sweetened version there. When he started exporting to the US, the original concept of the beer was chosen.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Churchkey. Dark maroon color. Aroma of subtle, smooth dilute coffee. Taste is an interesting sweet sour combo.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2011
at 19:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Small sample from a wooden keg at a talk given by the brewer on 27th May Very little head. Dark amber colour. Slight hint of sourness. Not at all what I expected.. Very nice
Tried
on 28 May 2011
at 02:13
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8
Reddish brown pour. Little head. The nose is like a merlot. Taste is very sour fermented fruit and a sweet malt finish. I loved this. Rated 9/23/04
Tried
on 02 May 2010
at 15:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Where the wild beers are; 2008. Considerable sourness. Brown/red appearance and low carbonation. Vinegar, balsamic, some sugar, fermenting fruit, and a little sweet malt. Lots of yeast. Quite sour. I am glad I got to try it before it disappeared.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2009
at 23:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Clear orange red color, short head. Sour, tart, oak wood, slight vinegar, cherry fruit. Sweet sour taste, very fruity. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2008
at 16:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shared by Dickinsonbeer. A darker color more like oud bruin. Aroma is lightly sour, light roast, faintly acidic. In general light and lightly sweet. Taste is sweet cherry, very light, not much past that. It’s Dutch but the way I like to think about it is if the Germans made a Flanders Red, this would be it.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2007
at 21:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Danke an den Doppelbock für dieses Bier! Dezent saurer, leicht malziger Geruch. Harmonisch saurer Antrunk, später malzig herb ausgeglichen. Milder, nur leicht saurer Nachgeschmack. Süffiges Bier, auch hier ist eine leicht künstliche Süße zu erkennen. Komplexes Bier, nett! Test vom 12.8.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,12,13,12,13,12 - 12,00
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2007
at 22:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
11.2oz bottle-pours a fizzy, short, offwhite head. Color is brown/dark amber. Aroma is fruit, vinegar. A lambic nose. Taste is dark fruit, sweet, vinegar. Mild carbonation, good occasional beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2006
at 21:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a deep ruby red with no head at all. Aroma is very interisting. Its sort of a winey almost vinegar aroma. Just the right amount of mustyness to leave you guessing. FLavor is a sour cherry with a woody backbone. Kinda weak flavor brings down the beers rating but it is still a very interestion brew. A bit more alcohol could help.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2005
at 19:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled, rated “live.” Sitting up with the Oscars; seems to be the occasion for a more offbeat beer. Woof! Very sour whiff when I flip the top. Pours red-brown, with a nice foamy head. But with my first sip, the sourness has gone pretty much away. Nicely tart cherry taste with overtones of a sweet red wine. Pleasant wild yeast taste and impressions of wood come through midway. Then that horse blanket people sometimes talk about (dang! now I’m all melancholy cause they’re doing the montage of dead Hollywood folks, and there goes Chris Reeve... hey Superman and his father passed on!). So I get a beer that combines my favorite bits of brown ale and an unfiltered asti. And finally, a beer from the Netherlands that I can like!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2005
at 21:56