Flanders Fred
De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Hair of the Dog Brewing CompanyFlemish Red / Bruin Special Out of Production
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Score
7.24
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5/10
Could be better.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2016
at 20:03
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Draught at Deep Ellum, 2/7/16.
Deep copper-golden beer has just a hint of rose to it and is topped by a small, moderately-well retained white head. High clarity.
Smells of simple sugar mixing with pineapple, sweet apricot and with a touch of cellar mustiness. Moderately sharp esters permeate.
Saccharine-sweetness is very prominent in the flavor. Mild pixie stix, waxy crayons and sharp, out-of-place esters prick at the palate. Bare acetic acid is not integrated at all in to the rest of the beer. Sweetness does not evolve much, having a very simple, saccharine/table sugar-like character to it. Some fruitiness, light vegetal character and indeed some green apple (why would they want that?). Like most De Proef beers, it’s overly sweet with compound flaws.
Deep copper-golden beer has just a hint of rose to it and is topped by a small, moderately-well retained white head. High clarity.
Smells of simple sugar mixing with pineapple, sweet apricot and with a touch of cellar mustiness. Moderately sharp esters permeate.
Saccharine-sweetness is very prominent in the flavor. Mild pixie stix, waxy crayons and sharp, out-of-place esters prick at the palate. Bare acetic acid is not integrated at all in to the rest of the beer. Sweetness does not evolve much, having a very simple, saccharine/table sugar-like character to it. Some fruitiness, light vegetal character and indeed some green apple (why would they want that?). Like most De Proef beers, it’s overly sweet with compound flaws.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2016
at 15:06
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft pour at the Burgundian. Pours a cranberry juice red color with a short bubbly head. Aroma full of spice and dark fruits. Very complex flavor with some raisin, plum, apple, cranberry, and a full array of dark fruits. The majority of the flavor is very bold, and doesn’t show any sweetness at all. Very nice beer here. Loved it.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2015
at 22:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brewed 2002. Very nice. Pours cloudy orange with ok head and lacing. Some raisin, plum, apricot and light bretta. Sweet and sour finish. Great stuff. Bottle thanks to Donny at Epic Sour Tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2014
at 10:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle (Brewed March 2012) shared from me at DC Annual Epic Sour Tasting. Honey yellow with off-white head. Aroams of dark fruit, tart notes, tropical fruit, raspberries. Tastes of dark fruit, tropical fruit, citrus, tart notes. Medium body with a dry finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2014
at 22:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a bottle shared at the DC Epic Sour Beer Tasting. Thanks GenDV138! Pours a hazy orange amber with an off white head. Caramel nose. Tart cherry flavors. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2014
at 11:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Dallas, thanks
Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma is woody, vanilla and caramel. Flavors are caramel, woody and toasted malts
Nice, smooth
Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma is woody, vanilla and caramel. Flavors are caramel, woody and toasted malts
Nice, smooth
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2014
at 12:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Thnx to Vincent ( Belgianbeergeek ) Pours bit fuzzy, brown/amber . small white head . Smells like sweet grains Hint to much carbo . Taste is rather common, grainy sweetness . Don’t realy get lambic in it , but when you know it , you can taste it . not realy that special . some dry sugar
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2014
at 18:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Bready, honey and apricot sweetness. Hazy gold with a rich white head. Sour apricot and marmalade sweetness. Tastes so much better than it smells. Fruity and sour, but a bit jammy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 16:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at HOTD, 20th Anniversary. Pours a cloudy dark amber color with a small white head. A big sweet nose, some oak and sugars, chocolate, fruit, funky. The flavor is dominated by some sour fruit, funk, lacto sharpness, very mellow I didn’t get much heat (the time must have helped), chocolates, prunes, toffee and more tannins. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2013
at 09:21