Flanders red ale is fermented with organisms other than Saccharomyces cerevisiae, especially Lactobacillus, which produces a sour character attributable to lactic acid. Long periods of aging are employed, a year or more, often in oak barrels, to impart a lactic acid character to the beer.[1] Red malt is used to give the beer its colour and the matured beer is often blended with a younger batch before bottling to balance and round the character.
Flanders red ales have a strong fruit flavour similar to the aroma, but more intense. Plum, prune, raisin and raspberry are the most common flavours, followed by orange and some spiciness. The sour or acidic taste can range from moderate to strong. There is no hop bitterness, but tannins are common. Consequently, Flanders red ales are often described as the most wine-like of all beers.
flanders, flemish, brown, style, sour, brewed, west, flanders, belgium, country, originbelgiumyeast, typetop, fermentingalcohol, volume5, color, 16bitterness, 25original, gravity1, 054final, gravity1, rodenbach, flemish, fermented, with, organisms, other, than. Flanders red ale or Flemish red brown is a style of sour ale brewed in West Flanders Belgium Flanders red aleCountry of originBelgiumYeast typeTop fermentingAlcohol by volume5 0 6 2 Color SRM 10 16Bitterness IBU 15 25Original gravity1 046 1 054Final gravity1 008 1 016 A Rodenbach Flemish red ale Flanders red ale is fermented with organisms other than Saccharomyces cerevisiae especially Lactobacillus which produces a sour character attributable to lactic acid Long periods of aging are employed a year or more often in oak barrels to impart a lactic acid character to the beer 1 Red malt is used to give the beer its colour and the matured beer is often blended with a younger batch before bottling to balance and round the character Flanders red ales have a strong fruit flavour similar to the aroma but more intense Plum prune raisin and raspberry are the most common flavours followed by orange and some spiciness The sour or acidic taste can range from moderate to strong There is no hop bitterness but tannins are common Consequently Flanders red ales are often described as the most wine like of all beers Notable examples include Duchesse de Bourgogne Rodenbach and VanderGhinste Roodbruin nl Examples editRodenbach Brewery Rodenbach Rodenbach Brewery Rodenbach Grand Cru Omer Vander Ghinste Brewery nl VanderGhinste Roodbruin Omer Vander Ghinste Brewery Cuvee des Jacobins Brewery Verhaeghe Duchesse de Bourgogne Brewery Verhaeghe VichtenaarReferences edit Bouckaert Peter Belgian red ale in Oliver Garrett ed The Oxford Companion to Beer Oxford University Press 2012 pp 119 amp 120 External links edit nbsp Media related to Flanders red ale at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This beer or brewery related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flanders red ale amp oldid 1060186149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
