Brouwerij De Ranke Mirakel

Mirakel

 

Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular
Score
7.48
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 70
As big fans of geuze-style beers, we wanted to give our own spontaneous fermentation beer a go. To our own surprise, with success. Aside from our own Spierelambiek - our spontaneously fermented beer named after a tiny river that runs near the brewery - we use two traditional lambieks from the valley of the Senne (close to Brussels) to make a blend. One, two and three year old lambieks are used in Mirakel, our own miracle.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Poured a dirty golden color lambic with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of funky ester with some tart notes and some oak presence. Taste is also a mix of funky ester with some barnyard notes and some tart notes with some oak presence also perceptible. Body is about average with excellent carbonation. Easy drinking lambic with a nice level of complexity.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2023 at 01:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

2020 vintage. 750mL bottle at Bridge & Tunnel, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out moderate barnyard funk, leather and a touch of earthy citrus. Flavour is funky, with old cardboard, barnyard funk, and leather. Complex and well-made. Very good but a touch below some of the more elite gueuzes.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2022 at 06:14


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Avenue Pub. Pours a cloudy orange gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is funk, wood, spice. Thin body, wood, funk, leather, apple skin, light tartness, very nice.

Tried from Draft on 24 Sep 2022 at 17:31


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

75cl Fles van Drankgigant. Heeft wat haast om uit de fles te komen. Troebel diepgouden kleur, witte kraag. Friszuur, stal, licht funky, nat hooi, citroen, licht moutig, wat gist, hout, droog, mildzure smaak, niet heel verfijnd maar wel een zeer aangenaam bier.

Tried on 17 Jul 2022 at 15:18

gave a cheers!

8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

opalescent golden to orange colour, minimal off-white head (rather lacing than a real head); aroma of lemon juice/citric acid, some acetone, barnyard and unripe fruity notes; taste of lemony, as well as acetic acidy and unripe fruity sourness, some acetone, yeasty, peppery and bittery notes; tart aftertaste; really good lambic

Tried on 12 Feb 2022 at 21:44


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

--Bottled, from Glasbanken! -- Lightky hazy golden, mid sized head. Citric nose with horseblanket anf hay. Tart with light body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel, prickly carbonation. Lemo zest and horseblanket, some minerals. Some stale hpo bitterness. Elegant and complex. De Ranke style-stylishness and elegance meets gueuze.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2022 at 21:43

gave a cheers!

8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

2019 bottle. Clear golden color with hardly any head. Aroma is lemon peel, stinky feet, leather, great Lambiek character. Taste is again leather, barn, lemon peel, dry finish, makes you smack your lips. Hardly carbonated still, just a tiny fizz. This is somehow hardly a Geuze because of the lack of carbonation, but then again it's not your average base Lambiek either. It's very characterful either way, I like!

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2021 at 20:21


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Big 2019 bottle. Golden, light offwhite foam, no carbonation. Bretty nose, light apple cidery, dry mineral, brett, low carb, pleasant dry, light chalk, leafy, pleasant bitterness, good drink overall.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2021 at 20:17

gave a cheers!

7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, enormous thanks Nino and Casey for sharing! Hazy golden body, white head. Clean (style-wise), juicy even, funky, peppery, spicy aroma, quite pleasant. Smooth funky taste, light tartness, phenolic touches, vague hint of glue, but also flowery and slightly juicy in a way, lightly sweetish. A bit on the young side, I *think* this was a 2021, but already a very tasty lambic in my opinion!

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2021 at 15:19

gave a cheers!

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

Bottle 75 cl. Golden, slightly hazy, weak foam. Aroma: slightly wild, old cheese, a little herbaceous, hay, canopy, slightly sour, a little vinegar. Taste: not very sour, flat carbonation, a little vinegar and lemon, hay, mild wildness, not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2021 at 17:13