Imperial Flanders Red Ale
Storm Brewing (Canada, BC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.02
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at Storm. Pours murky mahagony with a beige head. Lots of dark berries, earthy yeast, a bit of Worcestershire sauce. Flavour has lots of dark berries, very earthy, Worcestershire sauce. This is really nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Storm Brewing
on 28 Jun 2025
at 20:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draft at the source. Deep reddish amber color. Aroma of overripe binous plum. Taste is tart and sour dark fruit. Very tart stuff
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2024
at 09:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap (11.9%). Cloudy amber with minimal white head. Lots of raisin, feint acetic acid; overly sweet, light vinegar; I’m late to the game, but I can see how this may have been used for Mammoth Extinction. Maybe time for a new batch of that?
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2023
at 00:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Growler sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Shmupi. Hazy amber. Aroma of balsamic vinegar, caramel, vanilla, alcohol, fruitiness. Sweet and sour flavor, acidic, a bit harsh, a bit of oxidation, a bit acidic in the throat. OK, but too much vinegar.
Tried
from Growler
on 22 Jul 2017
at 02:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Central City Pub. Pours a very hazy amber with a very weak white head. Aroma is sour, slightly sweet, with some fermented berries and phenol notes. Taste is sour, slightly vinegary, with fermented berries and slight alcohol notes on the background.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2016
at 18:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Okay muddy brown. Notes of red wine, toffee, sour cherry, excellent. Flavour of sour rye, cherry, brings all the notes of flanders way out here to Vancouver. Like I’m in the wheat fields again, breathing in the yeast. Lambic notes. True Belgian sourness. Just wish it didn’t feel watery on the mouth. Otherwise Brilliant. Can’t believe this is a local brew in fact, it’s far and away the finest local beer I’ve tried.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2016
at 19:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft 10 oz pour at the Alibi Room. Listed at 14%. Sours at this altitude are a little on the rare side for me. Headless beast here. Pours the darkest of red colors. Huge alcohol and sour cherry hinted aroma. Cherry was hinted. Definitely not the alcohol. My wife says this has a nail polish remover type to it, and while 99% of the time I would call her crazy for beer notes, I can kind of see her point here. Sour black cherry. Huge pucker. Big time sipper sour. All in all, very fun beer to try.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2015
at 22:34
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled in large amounts in the Alibi Room. Nice sour roast berry, light port flavor Surprisingly fullbodied Really nice and drinkable Super nice
Tried
on 20 Dec 2014
at 03:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft - Balsamic and malts with a bit of raisin on the nose. Cloudy amber red with a beige head. Tastes much as it smells with a definite soured malt as the backbone. Pretty decent and I would love it even more if the ABV were a bit lower.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2014
at 18:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Alibi Room. A pitch black pour with a minuscule filmy beige head. The aroma gives me banana and sour cherry - appetizing. The nose gives me some banana hefeweizen notes then tartness. A sharp mouthfeel with an incredibly tart acidic sour vinegar like taste. This is tasty but sour as hell, not unbalanced but definitely pushing the boundaries of what you expect from a beer. Well done, tart but fruitily appetizing.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2014
at 07:26