0.5L bottle. Amber color with fluffy-creamy tan head. Strong aroma of sourness and tart fruitiness. Tastes a lot like the aroma with mild sourness, strong tart grapes (wine like) and behind that is a faint sweet malt, very faint. I didn’t sense any oak aged notes. Big carbonation with nice lacing.

This is a downright strange beer. It might be like that simply because it was the first time I ever encountered sour ale. It tasted less like beer and more like a nice, high quality soda. I didn’t know how to feel about it at first, but right now I kind of wish I had one in my hands.

Bottle at Zuideterras, Antwerp 05-10-06. I hadn’t initially picked this Loz had, but after a couple of mouthfuls she decided that it really wasn’t her thing at all. Colour was reddy/brown, with a fruity quite sour almost vinegary like aroma, this beer also tasted quite sour and sharp I didn’t instantly warm to it but like with the Gueze’s after a few mouthfuls I began to appreciate it some more, certainly should try it again.

Bottled. Dark brown with a reddish hue and a small beige head. Sweet and acidic aroma with some cellar. The flavor is much the same, but with berries. Medium body with some astringency. Feels a bit fizzy in the mouth, but not in a negative way. Long sour finish. It was pleasant with my mussels. Rating: 6-3-6-4-13-3.2. 060714

Bottle, 25cl. A finger-worth of dense beige head sits on top a reddish, muddy brown body. For most people I guess it looks bad, I like the looks of this one. Vinous, vinegary nose with a good fruityness, cherries and dark berries layering up. A note of cellar and prunes also shows up. It’s quite astringent, well carbonated, smooth and palate-cleansing. There’s also a sweetish impression, even though it’s quite dry. Vinous and vinegar-ish flavor with cherries, blackberry, prune notes, hints of cellar and lemon. There’s also a sugary sweet touch to the beer, maybe a bit more than I would prefer. Overall a very nice beer, packed in an ugly labelled bottle. 091103

Small beige head quickly disappears. Deep dark red body like slightly watery red wine, with some ongoing carbonation. Deep, acidic vinous aroma of wild berries, fruit, and wine, with a sharpish edge. Deep, intensely acidic taste, again of wild berries, wine, and wood. Sharp aftertaste. Excellent! A unique beer. (0.33l bottle.)

Pour is a deep red with a pink head. Aroma is wine-like with some nice mustyness in there. Flavor is super sour with notes of cherries and vinegar. Flavor is not as powerfull as I would have liked. Finishes sweet and sticky. Average in all categories but something good to sip on. $2 a bottle is not bad either.

Pours light burgundy with a bright pink head that quickly subsides. Cherry Jolly Rancher notes (do they make this in watermelon?)...Tastes like it smells. Jolly Rancher cherry with a cloying syrup finish. Oh, I wanted to like this one more... my kids would love it -- but they’re in elementary school. More than one would probably be headache inducing. Still, I do like Jolly Ranchers.