Gulpener Mestreechs Aajt

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

WEEKNLBIER festival. Clear dark ruby, off-white foam head. Nice sour surpirse, green apples. Turning little sweeter in the end. NICE SURPRISE. (Den Haag 201605)

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Really nice surprise on tap. I'd choose this tasty brew as the one to introduce people to the style. Vinous, comped and tart, but also fruity, dry, on the light side and approachable. A good sour you could kick back a few of or pair with food.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Dark brown/reddish in color with a little head - looks alot like a glass of root beer. Aroma of dark fruits - cherries and blackberry brandy - also a bit of a cola tang. Mouthfeel is light and spritzy with the acidic burn of a gueuze. Flavor is sweet and sour - starting out with a flavor like a black cherry soda and then flattening out with a wheaty, almost saccharin flavor. Mineral/iron notes are also there for the taking. Doesn't taste too much like beer overall - even from this region it's a bit out there.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

I had Mestreechs Aajt on tap at Monks in Philly. It poured a ruby red colored body with a medium size frothy head. The aroma was sweet with a hint of tart. The taste was sweet, tart but less than most. I'm not sure if the oak helped to mild the usually over bearing acidic taste, but this was a pleasure to drink. This ranks up near the tops of Flemish sours that I've had.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

On tap at O’Brien’s. Deep red color. Small to medium sized rose colored head. Aroma is tart and fruity. A medium bodied Flemish red. Malts are fruity and tart. Lots of tart and funk. Nice balance of the cherries, fruit and tart with that funky vinegar bite. Very smooth. Nice drinkable beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is tart and sweet.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 8

Right away I noticed a very funky smell coming from this beer. Poured an extremely dark red beer with almost no head at all. Came in a flip top bottle. Flavor is very complex but I can't say that I like it. Vinious, tart, sour, starts sweet, finishes a little drier but still sweet. Medium body. Hints of oak and vanilla add to the complexity of this beer. Dark fruit comes out after several sips. By the end of the bottle I started to fall in love with the flavor.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

A squatty 33cL swing-top bottle, filled with Flemish Red Ale from The Netherlands? You know I just had to get it and try it out...! :)

I'm glad I did too. With half of my glass gone already, you can tell that I'm digging this, eh?

And why wouldn't I? Burnt-oak (whiskey? scotch?) in appearence, with the nose showing off the complex fruitiness/sour-tarness of the beer in fine form. Sweet and sour in front, drier in the middle, and thirst-quenching in the finish. While I can foresee (and even accept) a certian amount of residual cloyingness to a beer of this ilk -- this aint having none of that, boyo....

No, this goes about it's business with quite a bit of old-school precision: quaffable, but not "easy drinking"...., sweet-n'-sour but not cloying-n'-irksome, clean-n'-dry but not dull-n'-boring.

A sure-fire winner for folks going through Rodenbach withdrawls..., or for folks who may be getting a little burnt out on the Duchesse. Recommended.
//TB

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours with a deep burgundy body topped by a medium thick quickly disappearing head with some lacing. The aroma is sour and vinious with a slight malt undertone. The flavor is slighlty sour and vinious with a slight fruity sweetness. Medium bodied, smooth and slighlty dry.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Very tasty, glad I picked it up for $3.49. Pours a dark ruby red with a tan and loud head that leaves adequate lacing. Aroma is sweet fruity, and wonderfully tart and acidic oak. Mouthfeel is light and smooth. Flavor starts off with sweet earthy vanilla notes and oak, and quickly turns sharp and bitingly acidic. Sour, tart, mildly fruity, with wonderful woody oak notes. Great stuff IMO, well worth seeking out.