About
The Rodenbach family established the brewery in 1821 in the West Flemish town of Roeselare. The beer owes it unique quality and masterful character to the oak casks in which it matures. Rodenbach is the archetypical Flemish red-brown ale from West Flanders. Recognised as a regional product, it is probably the most award-winning beer in the world.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at BeerGeek Bar. Pours clear copper with an off-white head. Very dry nose, plenty of raisins and other dried fruits. Flavour has raisins, craisins, gentle but present acidity. Feels a bit timid, but still very enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerGeek Bar
on 11 May 2025
at 19:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottiglia 75 cl, Foeder n.138 Vintage 2020, legnosa vinosa acetosa frutta rossa, caramello vaniglia liquirizia, aceto balsamico legno equilibrata complessa. Ottima! Bevuta a Pasqua insieme al Piter. Top! c. 1001birre.it 21.05.25
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2025
at 19:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours clear, pale goldenblonde. Medium sized, fast fading white head. Scent presents lambic funk first and foremost. Brett and wood - all from a distance to the glass. closer by, more (yellow) fruityness, glue, typical rodenbach style yeast. Dominating over the lambic-like features, even. Taste is sharp, tart, dry, bit too much glue for me (velpon). Brett, yellow fruits, tad citrus, oak, typical rodenbach yeast (without a doubt the best part of the beer, lifting it up from a messy totallity, to a smooth and complex beer to savour) High carbonation over a medium body. Some (very mild) acetic acid. Decent and than some, but I prefer the true rodenbach style in it's Vintage / Caractere, or even GC versions.
Tried
on 05 May 2025
at 15:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
75cl bottle from Sandersput - shared with the VH family at Christmas. Clear golden, thin, white head. Aroma of overripe nectarine, gooseberry, sourdough, vinegar, sour cream, oak, leather. Taste has sour nectarine, plum & gooseberry in a funky profile of vinegar, lactic acid and bready malt, slightly bitter wood too. Tart finish of vinegar, grapes, stone fruit and woody tannins. Medium body, moussy texture, soft carbonation. Complex and refreshing, an enjoyable apéritif.
Tried
on 05 May 2025
at 12:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle from De Keyzer Drinks in Zaventem.
F: no real.
C: deep gold, light hazy.
A: peach, apples, white vine, sherry, bit funky.
T: green apples, peach, light brett, sherry, grapes, yoghurt, bit mineral, bit puckering, yellow plums, dry on the palate, decent bitterness, medium carbonation, very refreshing, fully enjoyed.
F: no real.
C: deep gold, light hazy.
A: peach, apples, white vine, sherry, bit funky.
T: green apples, peach, light brett, sherry, grapes, yoghurt, bit mineral, bit puckering, yellow plums, dry on the palate, decent bitterness, medium carbonation, very refreshing, fully enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2025
at 18:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pours clear pinkred, small, fast fading pink head. Scent is lime (which is a suprise) next to the obvious red fruits (chery, strawberry). Even a touch of mint-like freshness. Cuberdon candy. Lost all contact with it's basebeer. Taste is sweet, sugary, syrups. Red candy, very distant traces of acidity do their best to lift the beer up, not being AS cloying as the industry's worst, but it still falls in the very, cloyingly, annoyingly, sweet 'fruit' beer category. Not unlike liefmans fruitesse and it's 0.0 counterpart, this one too doesn't provide much 'lesser' experience compared to it's alcoholic twin - cause you mainly taste sugars and syrups anyway. Fruitage is by far not my favorite beer to start with, but when comparing the NA and the regular version of a beer, this NA makes total sense and is an edition that seems like an improvement (no alcohol, very similar) over the regular, rather than to be a hopwater/maltsyrup concoction with the same name, that many other brewers thend to produce as the NA version of an existing beer. Some more chemical-like sugars in the aftertaste do put this beer down quite a bit to me.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2025
at 10:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
0.75 l bottle from 'Bierothek' (online), best before July 2027. Almost clear, golden with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, sourish, rather fruity and slightly funky aroma of overripe lemon, vinegar, oak, hay, some white pepper and a touch of glue. Slightly sweet, gently sour, rather fruity and moderately funky taste of overripe lemon, vinegar, oak, hay, white pepper and hints of glue, followed by a medium long, quite tart, gently woody-dry finish. Medium body, gently astringent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Pleasant sour, quite complex, rather refreshing. Good!
Tried
from Bottle
from Die Bierothek
on 20 Apr 2025
at 18:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle 0,75 ltr with cork: Hazy golden colured brew with an velvet sour taste with hints of green apple, some grape and a bit of lemon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2025
at 11:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Layered and tart without being aggressively sour, with a mild berry sweetness underlined by oak and a touch of funkiness. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2025
at 19:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Picked this up in Washington DC. Smells great! Looks like a premium cherry soda. Yes, it tastes like a cherry Jolly Rancher!!. Great on a hot summer day.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:18