Purchased: 11.2oz bottle from Binny's in Chicago, IL; 2013
Style/ABV: Flanders Red Ale, 5.5%
Reported IBUs: ?
I love theme posts, and tonight I'm knocking out two beers. Ladies, gentleman, bimbos and hicks, I present: Two Sours, One Cup. Awww yeah that's some classy shit. (dis be part II).
Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge hails from the brewery/brouwerij Bockor N.V. Brouwerij Bockor N.V. was founded back in May 1892, in Bellegem, West Flanders, Belgium, near the French border. The brewery is family run, and pays homage with various beers including the Jacobins Gueuze, the Jacobins Kriek, and the Jacobins Framboise. The brewery is known for its use of natural ingredients and old school brewing techniques.
The Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge is a Flanders Red/red Felmish Sour Ale, with big malt sweetness and acidic sharpness. This beer is made from a blend of spontaneously fermented and barrel-aged beer that is at least 18 months in age. This one ages in large oak foudres, and clocks in at 5.5%. Let's see how she stacks up.
This one pours a ruby red color that looks deceptively darker in low light, and I kicked up about a finger's worth of lightly tan head. The head on this one is not as pillowy as the Duchesse. In fact, the head on this quicky fades into a Saison-y, infected looking, cauldron effect. When held to a bright light, this beer takes on a vibrant ruby red color. This has some sediment floating around in it, and lazy mid-sized carbonation. As with the Duchesse, there's some nice lacing.
The aroma on this beer is awesome, with bright sour/tart fruitiness, raspberry, strawberry, and various berries, granny smith apples, acidic vinegar, leather, and some nice oak/wood. You get hints of cherry cola and vanilla on the aroma, but it's balanced out nicely by the fruit and sourness.
Wowza. My impression upon the first sip is that this beer is about twice as sour as the Duchesse De Bourgogne, but a tad behind the 2013 La Folie. I'm picking up Sour Patch Kids, sour watermelon, sour raspberry, and sour black cherry. This definitely has that fruity Warhead thing going on, and it's fucking awesome. There's some cherry and apple fruit skin in the taste, along with some woody/oak tannins, and a hint of of oak/cherry cola to kind of round out the huge sour fruits.
This is an incredibly playful beer, with vibrant, teeth-crushing sourness. Really, this bring the Warheads and Sour Patch kids...and if that's your bag, you're going to feel right at home with this. There's also deep underlying complexity...but more on that in a second. This one has lively carbonation, and a medium-light mouthfeel. This starts out sour, rolls into more sour, and finishes sour and dry. There's no alcohol in this, and aside from the crushing sourness, it drinks incredibly well. Palate depth is great, complexity is great. Lemme expand: Up front is sour fruits, oak, hints of malt sugars, fruit skins; this rolls into more sour fruits, oak, cherry cola, wood; the back end is lignering sour, wood, hints of sweetness...and fade to dry. The dry finish BEGS you to take another sip, which starts a cycle of sour punch, dry finish, sour punch, dry finish....I feel like a 5th grader trading Warheads again.
Rating: Divine Brew (5/5 Untappd)Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge hails from the brewery/brouwerij Bockor N.V. Brouwerij Bockor N.V. was founded back in May 1892, in Bellegem, West Flanders, Belgium, near the French border. The brewery is family run, and pays homage with various beers including the Jacobins Gueuze, the Jacobins Kriek, and the Jacobins Framboise. The brewery is known for its use of natural ingredients and old school brewing techniques.
The Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge is a Flanders Red/red Felmish Sour Ale, with big malt sweetness and acidic sharpness. This beer is made from a blend of spontaneously fermented and barrel-aged beer that is at least 18 months in age. This one ages in large oak foudres, and clocks in at 5.5%. Let's see how she stacks up.
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This one pours a ruby red color that looks deceptively darker in low light, and I kicked up about a finger's worth of lightly tan head. The head on this one is not as pillowy as the Duchesse. In fact, the head on this quicky fades into a Saison-y, infected looking, cauldron effect. When held to a bright light, this beer takes on a vibrant ruby red color. This has some sediment floating around in it, and lazy mid-sized carbonation. As with the Duchesse, there's some nice lacing.
The aroma on this beer is awesome, with bright sour/tart fruitiness, raspberry, strawberry, and various berries, granny smith apples, acidic vinegar, leather, and some nice oak/wood. You get hints of cherry cola and vanilla on the aroma, but it's balanced out nicely by the fruit and sourness.
Wowza. My impression upon the first sip is that this beer is about twice as sour as the Duchesse De Bourgogne, but a tad behind the 2013 La Folie. I'm picking up Sour Patch Kids, sour watermelon, sour raspberry, and sour black cherry. This definitely has that fruity Warhead thing going on, and it's fucking awesome. There's some cherry and apple fruit skin in the taste, along with some woody/oak tannins, and a hint of of oak/cherry cola to kind of round out the huge sour fruits.
Yo, I'm feeling a Strong Divine Brew on this. This beer is the tits. I stumbled upon this beer when it was on tap at one of my local watering holes. I enjoyed it to the point that I sought it out...it turns out it's just as great in the bottle. There's so much going on with this beer: intense sourness, fruit skins, sour fruits, candy sugars, oak tannins, wood, vanilla...and it's all cobbled together in a winning way, like tiger blood or something. Really though, huge sour watermelon, black cherry, Warhead, and Sour Patch Kids. Oh, and my teeth. Owe. Food pairings: same as the Duchesse, really. Strong cheeses, raunchy burgers and BBQ, maybe even a Muffaletta...mmm.
