Caractère Rouge (2012)
(Batch of Caractère Rouge)
Brouwerij Rodenbach in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Special Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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Important :
This vintage is bottled with a necklabel with multiple pages, where the stamp around the R-brand is made up by some kind of wax, much thicker than it feels like on the 2013 and 2014 vintages. Best by date ( on the bottom of the bottle ) is 2015.
The brewer allow the beer to macerate with fresh cherries, raspberries and cranberries. The result is RODENBACH Caractère Rouge, an exceptional RODENBACH with fruit maceration and a 7% alcohol volume.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pulled a bottle from the back of the cellar at Xmas Eve. Pours a clear deep dark red colour and a pinkish head with little retention. Aroma's of cherries & berries, almonds, sweet, sour, a bit woody. Retronasal the sweetness is more upfront. Flavour is sweet & sour, fruity. Long finish. No oxidization, it might as well have been a 2019 bottle. Really enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2020
at 20:58
7/10
Bit oxidated, probably by the short cork... Bit still great!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2019
at 17:39
8/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Caractère Rouge (2011) on 28 Sep 2015 at 12:00 - Score: 8
Tried
on 28 Sep 2015
at 12:00