Franc Belge
Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.99
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Taste; The lightly coloured malts give the beer a soft malty flavour, with a touch of bitterness at the end derived from the Fuggles hops.
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CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle on Eurostar, from Brussels to London, 12th September 2025. Pours a dark straw colour. Aroma is herbal, earthy. Taste is bitter, herbal, wood, a bit dirty, grainy, OK
minutemat (16258) reviewed Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Taproom De Ranke. Pours a slightly unclear glowing gold, large white head. Herbal fresh hop nose, continuing to taste. Very fresh-tasting, rustic malt grain, medium bodied, medium carbonation, a little too herbal but overall a nice speciale.
steentje (986) ticked Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Bready pale malt aroma with herbal notes, some caramel, herbal hops, grains, grassy notes. Moderate bittersweet flavour, body is medium. Interesting herbal hop twist. I'm not a big fan of 'Spéciale Belge' Ambers but leave it to De Ranke to make something exciting out of it.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can't believe I never rated this. Sampled numerous times. medium light amber pour, constistent and medium sized foam. Well-pronounced hoppyness (earthy side) , but more so in the taste (and it's bitterness) than the aroma. very slight, crisp caramelly (amber)malts / Toasted bread. Easy drinker, medium body and medium to medium high carbo. Very refreshing and easy going, enjoyable beer !
Fmungenast (3177) ticked Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago
kurtthomsen (3611) ticked Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago
theplanck (7492) ticked Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago
This one tastes acrid and clouded and clumsy. I’d try again, but this one at Gijs ams I didn’t think was spectacular.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours a moderately hazy, slightly translucent amber, with a medium to big sized compact, pillowy white head that shows good retention and lacing. The aroma is quite subdued, with a light biscuity and caramel malts base followed by fruity hints (in the likes of citrus jam). Definitely more interesting and more intense in taste (still a mild, delicately flavoured beer): biscuity and caramel malts as per aroma, fruity notes are kind of overripe/jammy with orange, tangerine, maybe some red apple hints, slightest peppery spiciness, a herbal touch in the finish, the slightest hint of earthiness. Medium sweetness, low to medium bitterness. Slightest sweet edge in the mouth; balanced, dry enough clean finish. Light to medium bodied with medium to high carbonation (a quite delicate, small bubbled carbonation); feels pretty soft in the mouth for the low abv and still drinks very well. Overall a very nice, delicate beer; a good speciale belge example.
Cunningham (15598) reviewed Franc Belge from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Nice, pleasant and easy drinkable beer. Clear dark golden in the glass and a fine head, Fine intensity in the aroma, Balanced sweetness and a fine carbonation level, Easy to drink. Fruity, toffee, bread and some spices in the flavor. [Bottle at Le Poechenellekelder in Brussels, Belgium]