Geneviève de Brabant Rousse

John Martin in Genval, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular

Score

5.56

ABV: 5.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 14

The name Rousse de Brabant – ‘Brabant Russet’ – inevitably evokes John I, the most distinguished of the Dukes of Brabant, poet and knight, and a man whose reputation as a military and political strategist extended far and wide. No rival could get the better of him at tournaments, and his jousting was invariably accompanied by fabled festivities with plenty of liquid refreshment. But there’s a chink in every suit of armor, and in John’s case it was his constant need for money to fund his pursuit of the ladies. Among these was one whose flamboyant red hair particularly inflamed his passion, but who – alas! – resisted his advances. To win her over, he hit upon the idea of asking his master brewer to create a sweet, light ale with red highlights.

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bier4der (3351) ticked Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2020 at 23:23

5.5

sjogro (11801) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Sampled from bottle at "This is not really deanso’s last THT"-tasting. Clear amber with thin white head. Dusty sweet malts and barley. Medium sweet and light bitter. Medium malty body and low carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Geneviève de Brabant Rousse on 08 Jan 2018 at 17:19 - Score: 5

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2016 at 15:13

4.3

Kermis (23416) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle shared. Clear amber with a cream head. Aroma of malt, yeast, plastercine and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2016 at 15:12

6.8

Benzai (24515) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 9 years ago

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

Sampled from bottle @ Benzai’s final THT although MrHangover thinks it’s something else. Somewhat reddish color, average sized off-white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, sweetness, slightly sugar, a touch of caramel or caramelised sugar. Decent body and carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2016 at 15:06

5.5

Deanso (15673) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

75cl bottle shared at THT. Thin white head. Clear light amber pour. OK beer

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2016 at 15:04

5.8

77ships (14506) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Joint bill with Kraddel. Tasted @ Rampkrot. 2013 Vintage. Reddish amber, solid white sugar. Sweet sugar, candy, corn & herbal nose. Taste is plastic fruit, berries, herbal, corn,… Fizzy. Cheap rubbish in a “fancy” bottle as was to be expected.

Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2015 at 13:32

6.5

Kraddel (15844) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 11 years ago

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

Bottle . Pours clear amber , good white head . Smell is sweet, bit dusty and malts . Taste is sweet, sugar , bit of amber-malt additives ( I supose ) . Very sweet , sugary . Bit of nut ( walnut ) in the back - very hidden . All and all another straight-sweet, just plain boring beer .

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2015 at 13:49

5.9

yespr (55501) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 14 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small off-white head. Roasted malt, caramelish and light phenolic. Light caramelish, roasted malty and yeasty. Classic middle of the road Belgian ale. Light phenoli and caramelish finish, lasting sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2012 at 02:42

3.9

Tinus (5080) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 14 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Reddish brown colour, cream head. Aroma of caramel, candy sugar, some canned peas. Sweet flavour, slight malt, some madeira. One dimensional and frankly not well made.
(From 75cL bottle @ DRBM, courtesy of joes)

Tried from Can on 21 Oct 2011 at 11:12

3.8

Borresteijn (12407) reviewed Geneviève de Brabant Rousse from John Martin 14 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

75cl Bottle at DRBM. Clear amber colour, off white head. Aroma of candy, pear drops, caramel, green bananas. Flavour is sweet, candy. Nothing more. Thin, bad, no attempt whatsoever to brew something interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2011 at 09:40