Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale - Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V.

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a reddish kinda brownish color with a small head and good carbonation. Aroma is tart and sour with a side of white vinegar and church pews. Taste is tart, sweet, fruity and sour. Really, hard to describe.
Drinks thin and crisp. Tickles the palette.
An excellent beer drinks more like a soda. I could drink a bunch of these.

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2011 21:31:05 | More by micromaniac129

Hallertau

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

06-20-2013 01:37:08 | More by Hallertau

NiceTaps

New Jersey

3.76/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12oz bottle in a tulip.

A- Poured a dark and bubbly amber-brown. The frothy 2-finger head tapers slowly to thin film leaving plenty of lacing. Very bubbly. Root Beer!!!

S-Rich malts and dark fruits. More sweet than sour. Black Cherry!

T- I'm picking up the dark fruitiness first; black cherry, plum, etc. Some red wine-like sourness and dark malts.

M- Tart, lively, and well carbonated. A bit thin, wine-like on the lip. Some sour, some sweet.

O- Introductory sour, and a good one at that.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2013 01:02:20 | More by NiceTaps

Eric908

South Dakota

4/5  rDev +3.9%

06-19-2013 02:30:40 | More by Eric908

mrebeka

Michigan

4/5  rDev +3.9%

06-18-2013 21:48:50 | More by mrebeka

pottergator

New York

4/5  rDev +3.9%

06-17-2013 03:21:54 | More by pottergator

TheMultiYeast

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

06-16-2013 23:38:05 | More by TheMultiYeast

BrockLanders

Oklahoma

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

06-16-2013 01:14:39 | More by BrockLanders

akostrowski

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

06-15-2013 22:08:15 | More by akostrowski

InVinoVeritas

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

06-15-2013 02:25:59 | More by InVinoVeritas

Paccamacca

California

4/5  rDev +3.9%

06-13-2013 05:25:03 | More by Paccamacca

JohnSnowNW

Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

06-13-2013 01:33:31 | More by JohnSnowNW

DeanMoriarty

California

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

06-13-2013 00:41:28 | More by DeanMoriarty

FreshmanPour77

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

06-12-2013 17:28:32 | More by FreshmanPour77

cgentzkow

California

3.25/5  rDev -15.6%

06-11-2013 04:21:05 | More by cgentzkow

johnsonni

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

06-10-2013 22:12:27 | More by johnsonni

riemster

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

06-10-2013 20:38:00 | More by riemster

jarrgal

North Dakota

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

06-10-2013 11:48:47 | More by jarrgal

wedge

North Carolina

3.4/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Deep garnet with a high, airy head that jumps up and out of the glass. Sweet, tart cherries, plums, very light, clean oak, and a mineral note...a lot more mellow then other examples of the style. Slightly acidic, dry, and fruity with some spicy wood and finishing phenols. A bit acetic and certainly on the sour side of things, but again, lighter and cleaner than most. Some caramel enters the fold towards the end of the glass. Decent, but lacking character.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 21:29:53 | More by wedge

Beerdster

Alaska

3.31/5  rDev -14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25

Poured into a tulip.

A: Pretty opaque, dark red almost to the point of being brown. Dense white/tan head dissipated quickly.

S: Smells great: fruity, cherry, rounded

Taste: Sourness up front, but not very tart, it quickly gives way to...not much, really. Pretty weak finish.

M: In a word: thin. In more than one word: Thin, with carbonation that's a bit flacid.

The smell and appearance of this one set me up for a bit of a letdown. Almost no flavor on the back end, weak finish and little to no body. Probably a good "starter" sour.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 16:22:40 | More by Beerdster

mpayne5

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

06-08-2013 22:19:22 | More by mpayne5

flip387

Texas

4.06/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Appearance: 4.25

Has a nice deep red color with a slight fizzy head.

Smell: 4.0

Crisp and slightly sour. Pleasant smell with mild hop and barley notes.

Taste: 4.0

Crisp and tart, noticed some earthy flavors which I believe is from the barley.

Mouthfeel: 4.0

Carbonated and fizzles on the tongue. Semi tar and sour, yet crisp and pleasant.

Overall: 4.25

My third sour beer, and my third from Brouwerij Bavik, defiantly my favorite from the Sour Power pack. This one is quite nice, has a tart crisp flavor along with some sweetness. A mild bodied red ale

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2013 22:02:14 | More by flip387

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

06-08-2013 14:38:45 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

bcm75

Illinois

4/5  rDev +3.9%

06-06-2013 23:22:33 | More by bcm75

dar482

New York

3.31/5  rDev -14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

I had this on tap in Brooklyn at DBA.

The color is dark brown red with some amber on the edges.

The aroma has a sour cherry nose with some funk.

The flavor has a wonderful vinegar sour tart. It starts first is a bit of sour. Then it turns into a candied cherry. It finishes with a fake sweetness, almost like Sweet n’ Low or something.

This is a good beginner’s sour. It isn’t very sour, there isn’t much funk, and there is tons of sweetness on the end. It has a light body. It’s quite drinkable, but nothing too exciting.

Serving type: on-tap

06-06-2013 20:19:54 | More by dar482