Rubbens Fruit Rabarber/Sleedoorn
Stokerij - Brouwerij Rubbens in Wichelen, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Gekocht bij Biergigant te Dendermonde op 16/05/2025. En thuis mijn smaakpapillen laten oordelen op 19-07-2025. Rubbens Fruit wordt gebrouwen door Distillery - Brewery Rubbens uit Wichelen. In 1817 werd de jeneverstokerij opgericht. Landbouwer Dirk Beck nam dan in 2007 Stokerij Rubbens over en in 2008 werd verhuisd van Zele naar Wichelen aan de oevers van de Schelde. Eind 2021 begon men er ook bier te brouwen. Brouwingenieur Michaël Schoofs begeleide de opbouw van de brouwerij. Vanuit de brasserie heb je trouwens een inkijk in de brouwerij.
RUBBENS FRUIT is een helder koper kleurig bier dat veel wit schuim aanmaakt in een dik-wollige vorm. Dit blijft sterk aan je glaswand kleven maar zakt in elkaar tot er nog een fijn dun laagje overblijft. Je ziet nog een groot gistdepot op de bodem van de fles en in je glas zie je veel fijne CO2 belletjes omhoog parelen.
HET AROMA:
Zeer licht zurig, zoetig, een klein beetje rabarber, lichtjes muf en mout.
DE SMAAK:
Zeer licht zurig, zoetig, beetje rabarber, mout.
HET MONDGEVOEL:
Medium body, wat bitterdroog, stoffige textuur en een prikkelend koolzuurgas.
DE NASMAAK:
Weer lichte zurigheid, zoetig, wat rabarber, licht droog, het zure en het zoete vloeien wat uit.
HET TOTAALGEVOEL:
Een harmonieus bier.
HET VERDICT:
Een tof zomerbiertje, licht zoet/zurig. De rabarber geeft wat lambic-achtige zurigheid. Verwaterd wel wat naar het eind toe.
Meer info vind je samen met mijn befaamde sublieme foto’s bij:
http://www.beersfrombelgium.eu/nl/Rubbens_Fruit-b-4726.html
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2/III/24 - 33cl bottle as a gift, shared @ home, BB: 24/II/25, B8G017G055 (2024-137) Thanks to Alengrin for the bottle!
Pretty clear bright red beer, small creamy white head, a little stable, a bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, some raspberries, malty, grains, yeasty. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: gentle acidity, fruity, some berries, nice, refreshing, a little bitter, some lactobacillus. Aftertaste: more bitterness, some watermelon, a hint of rhubarb, raspberries, nice!
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Rubbens is a well-known name in Flanders - for its 'jenever', that is, but has recently taken up brewing as well, probably after noticing the 'boom' artisanal beer has experienced in recent years; so far their brews have been very conservative and classic yet solid, so I wonder how they interpret a fruit beer made with rhubarb (not technically a fruit, I know) and sloe berries (a fruit that has been used in beer in Europe at least since medieval times) - not a self-evident choice of ingredients and not something I was expecting from them, to be honest. Steinie bottle from the Delhaize supermarket in Zele, where Rubbens' roots lie. Thick and frothy, very moussy, pillowy, egg-white head resting stably on a hazy vermillion- to salmon pink-tinged peach blonde robe. Aroma of ripe sloe berries indeed (in a credible way even), far less rhubarb but still some in a cooked and sugared way, red plum, apple peel, leftover dough, unripe banana, cooked sweet potato, damp earth, vague hints of long-stewed red onion, fried cherry tomatoes, a pinch of crumbled biscuit somewhere, old lemon zest, dust. Spritzy, very fruity onset, nothing artificial or cloying here but actual ripe sloe berry to the point where even ripe red plums spring to mind, sweet with a tart edge, the latter accentuated by the rhubarb, which seems a lot more outspoken in flavour than in aroma; side notes of green apple, purple gooseberry and vague halfripe banana, in an interesting play of sweet and sour, with sourness actually becoming just a tad more prevalent (helped by very lively, prickly carbonation). This tension between sweet and sour remains equally vivid throughout the middle, set on a stage of somewhat doughy and pleasantly bready maltiness; volatile hints of clove and orange peel pop up in the end along with something very faintly sulfuric, while a touch of leafy hops provide a nice bitter element - trying to end the battle of sweet and sour, but failing at it, so that indeed sweet-sour sloe berry and (cooked) rhubarb eventually get the last word. Well, after that ghastly Saint-Feuillien Fruit I was dreading yet another 'rouge', but this could not be further from it: this is technically an oldskool top-fermented Belgian fruit beer with no additional sweetening, just using sloe berry juice and rhubarb juice, resulting in something 'natural' and not overly sweet at all. In fact, even though juices were used, both 'guest stars' feel very genuine here and entertain with their continuous balancing between sweet and sour; other than that, the choice of combining these two is original at least, I never even encountered them together in lambics or sour ales (not from what immediately remember at least). Much better than expected, even pleasant, and strengthens my budding belief in Rubbens' qualities as a brewery. Refreshing, original, 'honest' and balanced: this is the kind of top-fermented fruit beer I can still appreciate, from time to time.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy pinkish colour. Nose of red fruit, rhubarb. Tart, lots of rhubarb, fruity, light bitter finish. Nice surprise.
