Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge - Brouwerij Bockor N.V.

WesWes

New York

4.58/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

The beer pours a cloudy brown color with a thin tan head that fades to lacing. The aroma is awesome. It has an excellent malt scent that boasts of pale, crystal, and roasted malts. It has a nice caramel malt sweetness with a very nice sour yeast character. The taste is sensational. It has a very aggressive sourness that hits you hard up front and leaves you puckering in the finish. The malt character is great. It has a sweet, caramel flavor with some subtle roasted notes. The mouthfeel is fine. It is a medium bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is a perfect flanders ale. What a work of art!

Serving type: on-tap

08-22-2010 13:03:04 | More by WesWes

MarkIntihar

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%

05-22-2013 13:38:35 | More by MarkIntihar

ReeseMax3

Alaska

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%

05-22-2013 06:51:24 | More by ReeseMax3

BobaFret

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%

05-20-2013 02:45:13 | More by BobaFret

dabeers

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +9.4%

05-19-2013 05:30:42 | More by dabeers

LeahM

New York

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-19-2013 03:17:35 | More by LeahM

LtColFrankSlade

Texas

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-19-2013 03:10:08 | More by LtColFrankSlade

wedge

North Carolina

4.48/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Beautiful deep mahogany color with a small, but densely creamy head. Dark cherry, wood, and malt aromas combine seamlessly before meeting some mild, dusty funk and acidic notes. Wow...big, tart, juicy flavor. Sour fruit: cherry, apple, and berries, light spicy wood dryness, and some sweet, creamy maltiness buried beneath it all. Not quite as mouth-peeling astringent as some other Flemish sours, but nicely dry and refreshing. Lactic sourness and a medium bodied, slick mouthfeel. What a treat! Too bad it's so hard to come by around here.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 23:10:24 | More by wedge

Jakob

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +9.4%

05-18-2013 16:19:27 | More by Jakob

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -7.8%

05-18-2013 13:06:52 | More by Slatetank

fsck

Washington

5/5  rDev +15.2%

05-18-2013 03:17:14 | More by fsck

HuskyinPDX

Washington

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-17-2013 02:19:24 | More by HuskyinPDX

AngusOg

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-17-2013 01:59:39 | More by AngusOg

carlosega

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-16-2013 20:34:28 | More by carlosega

Auror

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-16-2013 13:27:54 | More by Auror

acc88

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%

05-16-2013 07:10:08 | More by acc88

ncstateplaya

North Carolina

4/5  rDev -7.8%

05-14-2013 19:09:37 | More by ncstateplaya

lookrider

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%

05-14-2013 03:31:41 | More by lookrider

pk18

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%

05-14-2013 03:03:54 | More by pk18

hsus0225

Texas

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-14-2013 02:51:32 | More by hsus0225

TheRuss9585

Vermont

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%

05-14-2013 00:54:02 | More by TheRuss9585

Jparker37

Wisconsin

4.11/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

11.2oz bottle poured into a tulip glass.

A - Medium sized cap of tan head. Color is brown but has great clarity and a beautiful red glow when held to light. Adequate amount of lacing.

S - Popping bright unripe raspberries. Muddled chocolate malt. Slight hint of funk. Mild grassiness. Hinting some vinegar.

T - Zing! Wow that first sip made me pucker. Extremely tart upfront. Once I adjust, I find those underrippend raspberry flavors. Got some sweetness midway which cleans up near the end giving a crispness to it. The later half is where there is a slight window for other flavors to come through. I get some faint caramel malt and grassy hops. Leaves my mouth with a dry feel but tons of raspberry flavor when I even lick my lips.

M - Tart, medium-light body, medium carbonation, semi-dry.

O - Nice looking beer with a complex nose. I knew there would be a bit of sourness to this but the aroma left me vulnerable to the taste onslaught. After I finish my sip I can still pucker up simply from licking my lips. Fun beer and though I love my sours, this was reaching my threshold.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 00:09:55 | More by Jparker37

jkball01

Kentucky

3.25/5  rDev -25.1%

05-13-2013 16:26:34 | More by jkball01

coldmeat23

Oklahoma

4.75/5  rDev +9.4%

05-12-2013 16:27:15 | More by coldmeat23

BrewmanCapote

Illinois

2.5/5  rDev -42.4%

05-12-2013 00:18:04 | More by BrewmanCapote