Been putting this off for a long time. I’m a little wary of Fruit Lambics in general, but on the other hand De Ranke is certainly an attraction. Anyway, finally got around to it.
$11.95, paper wrapped bottle, Green’s on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. Capped and corked. Corked look as though it was one of those plastic ones, but I’m afraid I never got to see it – when I attempted to push the corkscrew into it, it fell into the beer! Consequently a pain in the ass to get the beer to pour.
Really disappointed in the appearance. Blood-red cloudiness, but the noisy fizziness of the beer is translated into NO head and NO lace. Poor.
Nose as expected. The taste is also a bit of a disaapointment. I don’t get any cherry taste, rather just a persistent sourness (that I was expecting), but a profound lack of real taste (that I was not expecting). Weak tasting brew.
Not a patch on the De Ranke Bitter or the Pere Noel, and worse than some of their other offerings too. I just don’t rate (or like) this brew. Disappointing.