Vichtenaar
Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.09
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Vichtenaar is a beer that is brewed on the basis of deep-roasted malts, spicy hops, fruity yeast and soft water pumped from a well with a depth of 172 meters. After the main fermentation and the second ripening, the Vichtenaar undergoes a third fermentation in oak feeds for a period of several months. The large upright oak barrels have a capacity varying between 5000 and 25000 liters.
Vichtenaar is a Flemish Red-Brown ale: a traditional and typical beer for West Flanders. The taste of Vichtenaar can be described as slightly acidic and complex and this due to the long fermentation in the oak foeder. The ruddy taste of Vichtenaar makes it particularly thirst-quenching. Vichtenaar is the oldest still brewed Flemish Red-Brown ale.
Vichtenaar is a Flemish Red-Brown ale: a traditional and typical beer for West Flanders. The taste of Vichtenaar can be described as slightly acidic and complex and this due to the long fermentation in the oak foeder. The ruddy taste of Vichtenaar makes it particularly thirst-quenching. Vichtenaar is the oldest still brewed Flemish Red-Brown ale.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330 ml bottle. Pours dark reddish mahogany with little head. Aromas of vinegar, oak, and sour cherries. Flavor carry same, but quite medicinal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2015
at 22:01
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. One year old bottle. Pours a clear, deep mahogany color and a beige, creamy head. Aroma of leather, vinegar, sweet cherries, oak, yeast, wine grapes, dried fruit, crowberry and licorice. Quite complex. The flavor follows up but is more sweet with tones of brown sugar, sweet cherries, wood, cola and hints of balsamico. Has a slick and sticky mouth feel, and a light bitterness. A really complex and tasteful ale, well-balanced and a delicious version of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2015
at 12:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a reddish brown color with a medium sized off white head. The aroma and flavor have tart black cherry, vinous red wine, vinegar, hints of chocolate and maple sweetness and some vanilla oak. A little too sweet for my liking.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2015
at 16:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Flaska från Bier Tempel Bryssel. Mörkt rubinröd vätska. Doftar syrliga bär och ekfat. I smaken återkommer ekfaten och färska bär. Där finns även en tråkig sötma.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2015
at 16:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
250 ml bottle. Clear, dark brown body with a small beige head. Nice vinous aroma with malt, berries, oak and mild vinegar. Flavor is smooth, sweet malty, balanced mild acidic, berries (particular cherry), dry fruit, light wood, hint of chocolate. A really nicce and pleasant version of Flamish red, less challenging than Rodenbach and Duches but still a very nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2014
at 02:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear reddish caramel brown colour, white head. Aroma of red fruits, lactic acid, cherries, wood, citrus. Sour flavour, quite sweet, caramel, red fruits, 7-up. Sweet finish, lactic acid, wood, vanilla, red fruits. Interesting brew, but too sweet imho. Regardless, it’s nicely thirst-quenching, and I wouldn’t mind drinking this on a warm spring day in the sun, for sure it’s better than a soda.
(From 25cL bottle @ home)
(From 25cL bottle @ home)
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2014
at 14:04
8/10
Tried
on 22 Nov 2014
at 20:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Classic Flemish red, like Rodenbach, with light beige, creamy, sticky, stable head and dark burgundy colour, hazy. Tart and estery aroma, passion fruit, apple, honey, elderberries, balsamic vinegar, oak, vanilla, madera... Vivid in the mouth, with a sparkling dialogue between honey- and almost candi sugar-like sweetness on the one hand and a sharpish, tart, vinegary acidity on the other hand; the latter creates a vinous, sour dryness, with woody tannins in the background and a finish where the sweet and sour come to close harmony, though the sweetness is slightly dominant - but less so than in their Duchesse de Bourgogne. Wonderful and very authentic, traditional example of the oud bruin style.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Oct 2014
at 14:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear but very dark red brown colour, initially huge bubbly tan head, sizzles down to a thick layer, decent lacing. Sour fruit nose, cherries, raisins, oak, cinnamon notes. Taste mild sour and sweet, cherry, plum. Medium body, tingly mouthfeel, bit woody, lively carbonation, sticky texture. Fruity and dry sour and sweet finish, hints of bitterness, bit spicy, oak notes. Very good Belgian brown!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2014
at 13:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at T’ Brugs Beertje, 17/10/14. Hazed mahogany brown with a decent off white covering. Nose is bitter fruit peel, spice, dark malt, toffee, tarte orchard, light acidics. Taste comprises tarte fruit peel, candied orange on the turn, light fruit balsams, musty wood, tarte apple core. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light acidic wash. Decent Flemish red, fairly easy drinker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2014
at 11:49