Style and Colour: Flemish red-brown ale. Blended Belgian beer with brown colour and ruby tints.
Taste: Red fruits, vanilla, wood, cheese, chocolate and caramel. it is quite close to wine, cider and calvados Complex and fruity beer with a lingering aftertaste.
Alcohol: 6 % ABV
Drinking Temperature: 4 - 6° C
Fermentation: Mixed fermentation. Blended beer mainly composed of 1/3 young beer and 2/3 beer aged for two years in oak barrels, some of which are over 150 years old!
The Brewery: The Brasserie Rodenbach is located in Roeselare, South of Bruges, in Belgium. It was established in 1820 by four brothers. Owned by the Palm Jan Toyes brewery since 1998, they have worked to perpetuate this unique style of Belgian beer.
Origin: It was Eugène Robenbach, one of their descendants, who brought the secrets of ageing in oak barrels from England.
Food: Excellent with small grey shrimps, mussels, fish and pork.
World Beer Awards: World's Best -Flanders Red Ale 2021 and 2022
Brusssels Beer Challenge: Gold Medal 20233
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Rodenbach Classic
A reddish and sour beer: A good Red Ale .
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Crisp
A slightly tangy ale with no bitterness, it tastes very crisp and is a thirst quencher. Would recommend this especially for hot days!
