Wijnberg

Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪

Collab with: Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor)
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular

Score

7.40

ABV: 5.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 55

Wijnber is a 'old brown ale', inspired by our regio where this style of beer is very well known. There are two classic styles of old brown ale, but Wijnberg is a new variation that is in between the two classic styles. The beer contains one third of young beer and two thirds of 'old' beer, aged for at least two years on wood barrels. For a more complex flavour we add a small amount of Jacobins, an old foederbeer made by brewery Vanderghinste in Bellegem. The end result is a complex balance of flavours between sweet and sour. The beer was named after the neighbourhood where one of the brewers grew up and it also means 'Mountain of Wine', and refers to the wine-like character of the beer.

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7.5

Sebletitje (15832) reviewed Wijnberg (2022) from Brouwerij De Ranke 3 weeks ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bouteille 75cl partagée avec Isaac, Sergi, Costa, Bernat, Tavo, Iñaki, Nacho, Trota - El Birrot & Basque region friends mega tasting. Merci!
Anno 2022.
BB 17/03/2027.
Acajou, léger blanc-cassé.
Arôme frais barrique/foudre, fruits rouges, note aigreur distincte avec qcq relents maltés en support.
Palais léger malté pâle, touche de caramel, note funk-foudre avec légère aigreur - vinaigre mais pas trop agressif - balancée, léger fruits rouges. Délicat et facile à boire.

Tried from Bottle at De Ranke - Taproom on 15 Nov 2025 at 16:29

fombe89 (10863) ticked Wijnberg from Brouwerij De Ranke 11 months ago

Botella @La Joyería. Cervecería de Mercado, Sevilla. 02/01/2025. Color rojizo espuma escasa aromas y sabores ácidos, madera, levadura, dulce cuerpo medio.

Tried on 02 Jan 2025 at 15:29

Robin Svensson (12889) ticked Wijnberg (2020) from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2024 at 19:15

6.1

potjebier (6555) reviewed Wijnberg from Brouwerij De Ranke 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a reddish brown colour with not much foam. Aroma's: light sour, light funky, poop. Retronasal it's mildly sour, woody. Flavour is sour and bitter with a hint of sweet. Light bodied. Finish with a short but firm bitterness. I didn't like it much.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2024 at 18:45

lore (7817) reviewed Wijnberg from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

hazy brown to amber, medium sized creamy beige head; aroma and taste of tart, woody, acetone, some unripe berries and some citric notes; excellent one!

Tried on 24 Nov 2023 at 19:22

7.4

Iznogud (14427) reviewed Wijnberg from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, 750 ml at Ambasada. Amberish brown with off-white head. Caramel, dried fruit, berries, grapes, vinous. Some sweetness. Medium sourness.

Tried from Bottle from Ambasada. on 20 Nov 2023 at 05:47

ogivlado (19146) reviewed Wijnberg from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled 750ml. -at Ambasada Zagreb. Darker amber coloured, medium sized off-white head, grapes and mild caramel nose. Tartish fruity, mild caramel, light oaky and yeasty with touch of grapes in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2023 at 20:50

7.8

Holmen2 (8830) reviewed Wijnberg from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

From tap at Lambiczoon, Milano, 17.08.23. Red mahogany colour. Off-white head and lacing. Aroma and taste of malt, wood, juniper, brittle and dries red berries. Bitter aftertaste is lingering on.

Tried from Draft on 17 Jun 2023 at 13:51

7.8

TET (6537) reviewed Wijnberg from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

A dark red-brown beer, a head is small and beige. Aroma has cherries, also other fruitness and berryness, raspberries, sourness, balsamico, light barrel. Taste has cherries, sourness, dry barrel. Medium bodied, typical stickyness for this style. The aroma is complex and great. Very good beer.

Tried on 28 Apr 2023 at 12:55

nathanvc (6881) reviewed Wijnberg (2020) from Brouwerij De Ranke 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

17 February 2023. At Rose Red, Bruges. Cheers to Anke, mom & dad and massive thanks for sharing!

Vintage 2020. Hazy amber, small, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of sour cherry, red grape, wet wood, malt vinegar, cheese, sherry, plum. Taste has sour cherry, macerated plum and grape skin in a bready, malt-vinegary profile surrounded by herbal, leathery notes. Tart, dry finish with wood, cherry stone, bitter grape skin, lasting fruity sourness and gently lactic. Medium body, slick-moussy texture, soft carbonation. Very elegant and subtle, lovely.

Tried on 26 Apr 2023 at 16:49