Cuvée De Ranke - Brouwerij De Ranke

ShamasUVA

Connecticut

4.83/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On cask at Moeder Lambic. Drinks like something between a straight, flat lambic (which it is not) and a fully effervescent mature gueze (which it also, is not). A lovely beer on a hot, humid spring night, as it warms up, you can really taste the grain complexity which is rare in any spontanteously fermented beer. Overall this beer is a thing of beauty. I would not be surprised however, if in a bottle, this beer metamorphosed into something either better, or worse. Time will tell. For now, drink up if you can find it.

Serving type: cask

05-08-2011 21:13:58 | More by ShamasUVA

jlindros

Massachusetts

4.23/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Tap at Moeder Lambic.

Pours a nice pillowy creamy head of 1.5 fingers, fades slowly with layers, fairly hazy golden base dark orange top, thins to a golden color on the sides.

nose is pretty nice, tart fruit, light musty vinous funk, acidity, sour fruity mostly, a bit of banand too, light oak.

Taste is fairly sour, tart fruit like acidic bite but not too much, very light bready taste, light stone fruit, not super sour either. A bit juicy, and tart funky fruit. Finish is dry and flemmy, light cracker with a lingering sharp tartness and acidic taste.

Mouth is med bod, decent carb.

Overall pretty nice, different but good, tasty.

Serving type: on-tap

06-14-2013 02:02:32 | More by jlindros

bradfordjohnson

Kentucky

4.5/5  rDev +5.4%

06-12-2013 02:47:19 | More by bradfordjohnson

BigBry

Alberta (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev -0.5%

06-09-2013 00:59:23 | More by BigBry

Hultkrantz

Sweden

3.5/5  rDev -18%

06-09-2013 00:02:10 | More by Hultkrantz

Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +5.4%

05-20-2013 04:49:55 | More by Kmat10

DStoked

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +5.4%

05-14-2013 18:44:08 | More by DStoked

Noyt

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -6.3%

05-12-2013 14:18:14 | More by Noyt

zonker17

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -0.5%

04-28-2013 22:41:18 | More by zonker17

mizx

United Kingdom (England)

4.25/5  rDev -0.5%

04-22-2013 16:22:49 | More by mizx

spicelab

Australia

4.15/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

750mL bottle from Adam@Platinum Liquor.

Lightly hazed apricot with an airy white head of average size for a Belgian brew. Leaves some spotty lacing, a raised lattice and strong film. Slow, steady bead.

Nicely rounded, with plenty of crisp sour character working with an oak-like woodiness. Loads of tart green apple, marmalade, cloves and zingy grassy funk. Sweet malt backbone is surprisingly evident, but then again this aint 5%

Flavours are not at all sweet however, as buckets of green capsicum, lemon and grapefruit pith team up with the green apple. Hefty amounts of peppery hay make it very dry overall.

Light to medium with vibrant acidity. Carbonation is fairly average for the style. Properly dry, earthy sour finish with good length.

Solid sour from a brewery that never misses.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 06:04:11 | More by spicelab

Sparky44

Illinois

4/5  rDev -6.3%

04-04-2013 01:41:48 | More by Sparky44

laituegonflable

Australia

4.38/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Purchased on the joint recommendation of Stu from Yeastie Boys and Adam from Platinum Liquor. Enjoyed the bottle all myself one lonely Friday evening.

Pours a golden colour, steady bead feeding a very pleasant heavy head, nice and generous but sinks in strands. Some lacing left behind. Looks nice.

Smells tart and funky. Large organic, earthy kind of offness with a crisp and fresh lemony acidity over the top. Touch of raspberry, too, some dirt and lucerne, but yeah the tartness is a real fresh note, and makes it smell very pleasant indeed.

Taste is also pretty funky, with a really noticeable damp, organic barnyard flavour. Tartness comes through pretty strong, with lemon, vinegar and a very underripe strawberry note. Finishes with a very slight puckering astringency, but it's really just a whisper. The back palate is mostly sweet and fruity, with a big caramelised pear character. Very tasty, balanced and professionally put-together lambic style.

Nips a bit from that wild yeast. Bit foamy from the carbonation and ends surprisingly sweet and full, but inevitably dry.

Great drop. Complex and confronting, but deeply rewarding. Beautifully reined in.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 10:20:44 | More by laituegonflable

adamant1912

Michigan

4.75/5  rDev +11.2%

03-27-2013 16:51:21 | More by adamant1912

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

3.86/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle: Poured a clear bright deep golden color ale with a large pure white foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of tart notes with light funky barnyard notes from the lambic. Taste is a complex mix between some sour and tart notes with light acidic notes, green apple notes, oak and some funky barnyard notes also perceptible. Body is about average with good carbonation. Well put together with great amount of complexity while retaining a good level of drinkability.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2013 16:45:13 | More by Phyl21ca

djrn2

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -12.2%

03-25-2013 22:30:34 | More by djrn2

aztraz

Sweden

4/5  rDev -6.3%

03-21-2013 15:33:43 | More by aztraz

ihmurria

Saskatchewan (Canada)

5/5  rDev +17.1%

03-04-2013 21:06:22 | More by ihmurria

oldp0rt

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -6.3%

02-24-2013 14:50:46 | More by oldp0rt

ZethOfTheNorth

Louisiana

4/5  rDev -6.3%

02-17-2013 20:33:20 | More by ZethOfTheNorth

peensteen

Ontario (Canada)

4.35/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Deep golden colour with a bit of orange in there as well, ring of white head and just a touch of lace. Smell has a big dose of lemon, wheat and pear, quite funky, wild yeast gives this an acidic smell, a bit of spice is picked up as well, more fruit especially as it came to room temp. Taste is tart up front, a bit of a grainy sweetness and a touch of honey, fruity with lots of pear, lemon and apple, acidic and puckering, nice sourness throughout. High carbonation, dry and acidic, medium bodied, a bit of syrup at points. Delicious and easy drinking stuff, quite dry and very refreshing, I could kill a 750 of this on a nice warm day easy.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2013 12:55:29 | More by peensteen

schopenhauerale

British Columbia (Canada)

4/5  rDev -6.3%

01-30-2013 07:35:33 | More by schopenhauerale

sliverX

S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls.

4.75/5  rDev +11.2%

01-27-2013 03:34:33 | More by sliverX

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev -0.5%

01-23-2013 20:57:59 | More by RblWthACoz

Brew33

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +5.4%

01-22-2013 21:24:18 | More by Brew33