Style and Colour: Flemish red-brown sour ale.
Taste: Tart / sour backbone (apple, cherry, red berries) balanced by sweet malt notes (caramel, honey). Flavours of oak and vanilla from barrel aging, light spice (licorice, wood) and a subtle “wine-like” acidity.
Alcohol: 7 % ABV
Drinking Temperature: 6 - 8° C
Fermentation: Mixed fermentation. Aged 2 years in large oak casks (foeders)
100% matured “old beer” (no young beer blended in).
The Brewery: Rodenbach / Palm
Origin: It was Eugène Robenbach, one of their descendants, who brought the secrets of ageing in oak barrels from England.
Food: Works exceptionally well with duck, pork, veal, aged cheeses or blue cheese
dishes with fruit sauces (cherry, plum).
World Beer Awards: World's Best -Flanders Red Ale
Brusssels Beer Challenge: Silver Medal
