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Brouwerij De Ranke

Rue du Petit-Tourcoing 1a
B-7711 Mouscron
Telephone: +32 56 58 80 08
Brewer: Deca Services
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Notes

Opened: 1994

U.S. Importer: Shelton Brothers

Contributor: Mario Kornmesser

Formerly a microbrewery, now the beers are brewed by Deca.

Updated: July 22, 2022

5.50% abv.

8.50% abv.

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6221)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Amber, hazy. Chunks due to clumsy pour. Indeterminate head.

Aroma (2)
Floral. Soapy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fizzy. Lots of chewy malt. Musty. Mildest hint of tartness. Herbal. Fair bit of Brettanomyces. Remarkably complex. Not particularly well-balanced, but remarkably complex.

Overall Impression (2)
Bottled in 2003.
Date: December 29, 2002 (#4574)

Package: bottled

Place: Flanagan's Stop and Shop, Appleton WI

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression (3½)
Golden, nearly opaque, massive stiff head. Spicy aroma, slightly sour, like a good Lambic. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Lots of pale maltiness supports the intense Belgian spiciness and earthy Brettanomyces character. Near the finish, a blast of tartness lasts just long enough to dry off your teeth. All the body and spiciness of a Trippel, with the tartness and earthiness of a Lambic. (If I had been judging this beer in a BJCP competition, I would have downgraded it for tartness inappropriate to a "Belgian Abbey Beer", but it's a damn tasty beer as it is.)

7.00% abv.

Date: December 26, 2007 (#6760)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Red. Opaque. Low fizzy head.

Aroma (3)
Lots of Brettanomyces, with just a bit of cherry.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, fizzy. Very nicely tart with a well-balanced maltiness and cherry flavor. Some Brettanomyces character, but nowhere near as much as the aroma.

Overall Impression (3)
Tasty refreshing (strong) beer. "Belgian Sour Ale fermented with cherries with Lambic added".

7.00% abv.

Date: January 8, 2007 (#6268)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Very high carbonation. Thick dense head.

Aroma (3)
Brettanomyces. Acetaldehyde. Mild citrus. Quite earthy. Yeasty.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fiercely fizzy. Big caramel malt base, nice grassy hop flavor. Fairly bitter, but well-balanced. Spices are subdued…maybe some allspice. More earthy as it warms.

Overall Impression (2)
It's good now. It will probably be even better in a year or two. "Hoppy Belgian Winter Ale brewed with spices. Best before 11 2010." Bottle-conditioned.