Vintage
(has 19 batches)
Brouwerij Rodenbach in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.91
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Rodenbach Vintage is the unique result of selection by our Rodenbach brew masters, the barrel after two years of maturation has produced the best beer, "the best barrel of the year". The label is always the number of barrel stated and the year which marks the beginning of maturation.
Rodenbach Vintage is 100% matured old beer, resulting in superior Rodenbach Grand Cru. Its taste is complex, round, intense and refreshing. Typically, the apple tart fruitiness combined with caramel, wild honey and oak with a hint of vanilla, cherry and licorice. Its aroma has hints of caramel and oak, as well as notes of green apples mixed with honey and chocolate. The soft sour, fruity aftertaste is long and nicely balanced like a grand cru wine.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2012 bottle. The colour on this is amber-brown, just a little bit of haze, probably just chill haze. No head, and when the cork popped it was actually fairly quiet. The aroma has bit oaky notes, deep sourness, veering towards balsamic notes. The mouthfeel is a bit flat, actually, and heavy on the aged vinegar, with some fruity notes like strawberries. Seems like it might have picked up some aged notes over the years. In a sense, I'd say this is a fairly strong, pure expression but it is making me think a blend might be preferred, at least in this case, at this age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2019
at 02:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap @ Taplokaal Gist, Utrecht. Clear reddish brown with a thin off-white head. Vinous aroma with some figs, raisins, oak and some sourness. Wonderful gentle sour taste with a dry sour finish. Great stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2019
at 22:35
Lyczek przy barze, dziekuj Pani... nie wiem :(
Tried
at
Kufle i Kapsle - Nowogrodzka
on 04 Aug 2019
at 14:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
2014 version on tap at the Kulminator, Antwerpen. Cloudy dark amber to copper, minimal head, quiet. Subtle juicy acidic overripe fruit aroma, dark cherry, earth. Sourness in flavour very low, cherry cake aroma, bready background. Vinegar like acidity sting present in the back. Drinkable, some sweetness remains. Not very complex but subtle and fine nonetheless.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2019
at 17:31