Ichtegems Grand Cru

[This is the unblended version of their Sour Ale.]

3.4

797 reviews

Ichtegem, Belgium

Community reviews

3.8 Nearly black, thin head. Malt, Port, liquorice, old wood. Very mild, just slightly out, full bodied.

4.0 Cuvée 2015, dégustée en 2019. Très typée. Moins "facile" qu'une Rodenbach. Rouge sombre, mousse fine, réduite, disparaissant rapidement. Arôme complexe, fruit, caramel. Bulles vives, légère acidité, peu d'amertume. Impression alcooleuse bien que le degré ne soit pas très élevé. Un peu trop de sucre. Grande longueur en bouche > 20 caudalies.

3.3 $4.85 bottle, WW. Best by August 2022, so plenty of time... Copper color with a small off-white head. Aroma is sour stone fruit. Flavor is tart peach, caramel, sugar, slight tart berry. Sweet for a sour.

4.1 Bon équilibre entre le coté vinègré, le sucré, le fruité, le boisé même si il reste un poil de sucrosité. Se boit facilement, bien meilleure que l'Ichtegems de base.

2.3 Bottle kindly donated by Gurthnar, many thanks. Dark Amber color with medium beige head. Aroma of dolvent, sourness. Sour taste with solvent, caramel, nice sourness. Infected beer.

2.7 Bottle at a tasting. There is a pretty strong solvent off aroma and flavour, which mostly ruins the beer. Otherwise this seems to have been a pretty good beer originally, with a decent underlying malty complexity. Not good as is unfortunately. I would like to rerate someday.

2.9 Bottle at tasting with Cuso, MisoW and Gurthnar. Sour aroma and taste, vinegar, solvent notes, medium sour. Medium body, sour solvent vinegar finish. Average.

3.0 Bottle at Slovak tasting 06/2019. Pours brown color, lightly beige head. Aroma of solvent, cherries. Taste is sour, solvent, cherries, medium sweet. Not very easily drinkable.

3.5 330ml bottle [Cuvée 2013]. Minimally cloudy, redd-ish brown colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Tart-ish fruity and mellow malty aroma, notes of cherry, morello, red berries, hints of plum and blue grapes, a vinegar touch, sweet-ish, caramel malty background. Taste is sweet-and-sour fruity and minmally sugary, caramel malty, notes of cherry, morello, red berries, a touch of blue grapes, plum and lemon, fruit and citric acid, dry oaky overtones, sweet caramel malty basis. Minimally watery texture, smooth and soft palate. Well balanced overall, fairly complex, maybe a tad too sugary sweet, but accordingly highly drinkable. Nice.

3.8 Very pretty clear orange-red brew with little foam. It's a wonderful balance of tart, fruity, light malt. Apple Cider Vinegar comes to mind, but more refined, and alcoholic. Long aftertaste. Light mouthfeel. I like this a lot.

4.9 Boordevol smaak! Hemels!

3.6 10 April 2021. Vintage 2015. Cheers to Maarten, Eduard & Domien! Intense aroma of vinegar, sour cherry, bloody iron, lemon peel, wood, horseblanket, cured meat. Taste is a very sour mix of vinegar, lemon, bloody metal, toned down by sweetish dried fruits, pear & almond. Woody, sharp vinegar finish, lingering tart red fruit. Good stuff, the ageing really did this one good although Duchesse de Bourgogne is better. Original rating: 7/4/6/3/13=3.3. 24 February 2019. Wieze Bierfestival - cheers to Meeki, Ama Deke & the lovely Anke! Nice to see this classic passing by. Clear red-brown with a lasting, small, foamy, tan head; little lacing. Aroma of bloody iron, vinegar, sour cherry, wood, red yoghurt, almond. Taste is medium funky sour, vinegar & faint varnish mixed with sour cherries & touch of almond, sweetish notes of caramel, pear, bit woody bitter, phenolic, metallic. Dryish, tart, acidic finish, cherries, vinegar, bit metallic & 'bloody'. Medium body, slick-oily texture, soft carbonation. Drinkable, just a tad too bloody.

3.1 Bottle at home. Pours clear reddish brown with small and frothy, cream coloured head. Aroma of vinegar, overripe cherries, nuts, caramel, vanilla, glue, acetone, metal. Taste very sweet with some acetic sourness. Medium mouthfeel.

3.8 Pours an amber color with off white head. Funky cherry tart aroma. Tart cherry with a reduced balsamic vinegar sweet tangy character. Reminds me of the bottom of an Italian ice cup. Notes: bottle from Brussels, Fall 18

4.2 330ml bottle from Dranken Geers. Pours deep reddish brown, small tan head. Aroma is strong Flemish red acetic vinegar. Taste is strong, sweet acetic, distant umami, tangy cherry notes, light carbonation. Excellent Flemish red.

3.9 From tap at café 't Oud Postje, Molenhof, Oestwleteren, Belgium, Pours cloudy amber liquid, small white head, Aroma: carsmel malty, sour wild, Taste: light to medium sweet, light bitter, medium to heavy sour, funky wild, caramel, fed fruits, sweetish, lemon, Palate: light body, soft to flat carbonation, slick mouthfeel, long sour wild aftertaste, Overall: bit wattery, still very good, enjoyed.

3.4 Robe ambrée rougeâtre, trouble. Mousse faible, carbonation moyenne, nez vineux, sur le chêne, légèrement acidulé avec des notes de fermentation et de raisin. En bouche, ça a du corps, pas mal d'astringence, et beaucoup de fruité (raisin mûr, pomme, prune ?), la barrique ne domine pas complètement la bouche (contrairement à la Duchesse de Bourgogne), ce qui est sympa. Ensemble délicat, subtil et équilibré.

4.3 Very nice sour beer, lots of complexity and wood character, quite enjoyable.

4.0 Red brown color, beige head. Cherry nose, sour, almonds, wood, basement. Cherry taste, sour, cherry pits, almonds, dry finish. Medium body, soft carbonation. 8, 4, 8, 4, 16

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2.0 Flesje @ Gouverneur Maastricht. Bruine kleur, weinig kraag die als een laagje blijft liggen. Ik ruik er bijna niks aan. Smaakt zoetig, vaag hout, vaag kersen. Vlak , weinig smaak. Valt erg tegen na een Liefmans Goudenband een veel heftiger smaak heeft.

3.8 Thicktexture, no foam, sweet cherrytaste in combination with alcohol and oak

3.6 Dark brown colour with ruby highlights, looks rather flat, almist no head. Smell is sour alcoholic wood, dark fruit. Taste is formidable. Sour sweet and full with a cleansing finish. Alcoholic with caramel andntoffee and toffee and strawberry, cherry fruitiness. Surprisingly clean considering how sweet it starts.

4.5 (nez aigre cidre/pêcher-leaf/~faro, sirop-collant-moëlle magnifique, glycérine-huître, pomme boisée, oreiller doux)

3.3 Bottle at tuulensuu, tampere. Dark red color, white head. Aroma has sweet notes, some oak, some cherries. Sweet cherry taste, oak, some bread.

3.8 Flaska från SB? Vintage 2010. Doft och smak av fat, russin, röd vinäger, hallon, körsbär, tanniner, körsbärssylt, ek. Fint utjämnad. Sött och bärigt. Väldigt lättdrucket!

1.7 Enjoyed this in the past as Strubbe's Grand Cru Flemish Red Ale. Wonder if they changed the recipe, really enjoyed this previously. Significantly sweet - not as much as Duchesse or Rodenbach, but not a "sour" sour if you know what I mean. Well-balanced, finishes clean, might be good with sausages or other fatty foods but doesn't work as a self-drinker for me.

3.3 Red brown clear body and a small diminishing off-white head. Aroma of sweet cherries, brown sugar, oak and vanilla. The taste has medium sweetness and medium sourness. Sweet rather than sour finish.

3.4 A solid Flanders red. Sweeter than the average. Nice amount of cherry, earthy qualities and hints of vinegary sourness.

3.5 Great woody beginning. Malt, red wood, cherries. Moderate sweetish, nice fresh fruity, caramel, wood and cherries. Great.