Crianza IV
Brasserie de la Senne in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Series|
Score
7.44
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Crianza belongs to the family of Flemish Red-Brown ales. Born out of a mixed fermentation, she spent more than a year in oak barrels.
Her body has copper reflections, and her aspect is limpid. Her foam is beige and creamy, with a nice hold. She smells like Northern cherries, with a woody and winey accent, and a slightly animal touch given by the Brettanomyces yeast. In the mouth, these flavors are completed by stewed apples, notes of Agen plums, blackberries, spices (cinnamon, cloves, licorice), and a very lightly caramelized touch of malt and biscuit. Her slightly sour character makes her surprisingly refreshing.
She is at 7,4% ABV (hardly perceptible).
Her body has copper reflections, and her aspect is limpid. Her foam is beige and creamy, with a nice hold. She smells like Northern cherries, with a woody and winey accent, and a slightly animal touch given by the Brettanomyces yeast. In the mouth, these flavors are completed by stewed apples, notes of Agen plums, blackberries, spices (cinnamon, cloves, licorice), and a very lightly caramelized touch of malt and biscuit. Her slightly sour character makes her surprisingly refreshing.
She is at 7,4% ABV (hardly perceptible).
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
ABV noted at 7.2%. Great beer. Some slight balsamic. Modest acidity. Aged berries, toasted wood. Wonderful depth, complexity for the strength. Has some salty, twangy bite in the aftertaste, but of fruity sweetness. Highly drinkable sauce.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie de la Senne - Zenne Bar
on 03 May 2026
at 21:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Monk's: pours very light woody color with little head. Aroma is woody and cherry notes, vinegar and the like. Not too acidic. Fairly dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2026
at 23:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Raynville Superstore. It pours hazy deep red - brown with a thick, fluffy off-white head. The aroma is rich, juicy and tangy, loads of red fruits and berries, crunchy cherry, raspberry, blackberry, musty, funky, vinous, red wine soaked oak, jam roly poly and muted vanilla. The taste is smooth upfront, juicy, tangy, puckering, sour crunchy ripe cherry, raspberry, bramble, very jammy, touch of sherbet, sour candy, vinous, splash of red wine vinegar, musty barnyard, some funk, damp oak and light tannin with a drying woody finale. Medium body and well judged carbonation. Exquisite balance. Rounded and quaffable. Very well done.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Raynville Superstore
on 19 Apr 2026
at 15:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from Beerdome. Clear a,ber red with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, red berries, wood and tart. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 050426
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2026
at 20:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle @ Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury with the beer share gang and Ewan. Pours a deep reddish amber, off-white head. Excellent flanders red with deep berry fruits as its heart, nice sour tangy side, nicely presented.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Admiral Benbow
on 02 Mar 2026
at 19:48
8/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2025
at 10:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Van Moll Fest 2022. Fruity aroma with malty notes, berries, some red fruits. Tart, medium sour. Some puckering sourness in the finish, light vinegar. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2025
at 22:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brunröd vätska. Jästig källartrappa blandas med ekig arom. Smak av ännu mer källartrapp, ekfat och antydan av röda bär.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2024
at 11:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Crianza, ein Barrel-aged Flemish ale von 7,2 % aus der Brasserie de la Senne, Fläschchen (abgefüllt 2022, haltbar bis 2026) - thanks, Jef! - Dunkelrotgold, klar; wenig Schaum. - In der Nase scharfe, Balsamico-ähnliche Säure über Resten von toastigem Malz und braunem Zucker, Zitronensaft, Leder, ein Hauch von Holzleim: ein stark aber doch nicht unkontrolliert gealtertes Bier. - Im Antrunk ringen knackig scharfe Essigsäure, feines Toastmalz mit einer Spur von Rosinen, Eichenholz und ein Hauch von Moder um die Deutungshoheit - ein faszinierender Clash. Milder rezent, vollmundig, trocken. Im Abgang legt sich das Chaos ein wenig und macht einer milden Bittere von altem Hopfen mit erdigen und zart modrigen Zügen Platz. - Was zunächst arg heftig erscheint, überzeugt doch als gezielte, charaktervolle Vermählung gegensätzlicher Aromen, wie natürlich gewachsen und nicht erzwungen. Hochinteressant! (9.11.2024.)
Tried
on 09 Nov 2024
at 21:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Sampled on draught as Crianza 2022 Barrel aged Small yellowish head, stable; cloudy red-brown beer. Lactic acid, hint of acetic, brown candi sugar, wet oak, red fruit. Lactic acid, creamy if dry chocolatemousse on fruit-impregnated wood. Deer skin. Pretty slick for an Oud Bruin, oily. Some acidthinning and -burn all the same; good carbonation. Quite good, convincing.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Billie's Bier Kafétaria
on 27 Aug 2024
at 08:32