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Sadly, the general taste is sweeter and sweeter and the breweries adapt. Don't forget, the brown/reds is a common man's drink for after hard labour. Or nowadays after a sunday morning on your racing bicycle. It would be nice if they packaged the two unblended, sour and non sour in seperate bottles so you can blend them at home.
On a tour at De Brabandere (Petrus) they had the Old Aged, the Cherry and the Brown/Red on tap and every one could blend to their likening. A firm base of the Old Aged and a dash of one of the others worked very well. The Cherry solo is undrinkable, like boiled down cherry coke.
Posted 34 days ago.
Did you try the Rodenbachs? What did you think of them? I love the grand cru and single barrel.
Posted 34 days ago.
I actually never got to try any Rodenbach while I was there :( Saw it on draught a few times, but the tours we were on wouldn't let us drink it--had to try whatever local beer we were there for :( :( :(
Interestingly, many of the Belgian brewers think Rodenbach is the best mix-fermentation brewer in Belgium. Most of 'em just shrugged their shoulders when I asked them about Cantillon.
Posted 34 days ago.
I'd have to say I enjoy Rodenbach just as much or more than Cantillon. They both make great stuff, but I find myself going back to buy the Rodenbach more than anything.
Posted 34 days ago.
> IMHO on your side of the pond there (currently) is way to much emphasis on acidity in sours and too little on the esterification and all the other things the bugs do
Right on. It's the next wave of the IBU race we saw in IPAs. Impress me by how good your beer is, not how low your pH is.
Edit : I think I've found a bug when using the forum on my phone...
Posted 34 days ago.
Edited 34 days ago by uberg33k
Cantillon goes it's own way, do not want to be a member of HORAL because they are not "Ambachtelijk" what roughly translates as not "Craft Beer". They see their brewery as a production facility. Their beers are more acidity oriented than the classic Brett oriented Gueuzes and in the past they had quite a lot of acetic acid. (edit: because of undrinkable acidity Cantillon leads my list with the most dumped beers )
If a brewery ever becomes a UNESCO world heritage site it should be Rodenbach, even though they don't use the beautiful old Jugendstiel brew house any more.
Posted 34 days ago.
Edited 34 days ago by ingoogni