{"id":2277,"date":"2014-06-24T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2014-06-24T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:02:01","slug":"review-rodenbach-caractere-rouge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/06\/24\/review-rodenbach-caractere-rouge\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14305901517\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2912\/14305901517_e6995877df_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"4.2 out of 5.0\">4.2<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">9\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">5\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">16\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">AdamJackson\u00a0(2299)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; JUN 17, 2014<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">Batch 2, enjoyed 4 ways at 45F in stemware.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Huge cork pop, no gush, Blood red pour, 1 finger head fizzes out to a small head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; The nose is fantastic. Gorgeous cherry dominates followed by a small raspberry acidity and that classic oaky rodenhbach nose\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Very smooth, loads of fruit! Just a huge explosion of cherry and raspberry. cranberry seems like an after-note, fruit salad in a glass. Acidic and tart, not overpowering sour, very easy to drink\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Juicy, Nice mouthfeel carbonation on a swish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This is a fantastic beer! I have a batch 1 as well and can\u2019t wait to hold that for a very long time.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14469252606\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2938\/14469252606_d7162ab049_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14305752198\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3915\/14305752198_1a4935b3f2_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rodenbach Caract\u00e8re Rouge\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"4.2 out of 5.0\">4.2<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">9\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">5\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">16\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">AdamJackson\u00a0(2299)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; JUN 17, 2014 \u00a0<a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/DeleteARating.asp?RatingID=5796122\">[delete]<\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/DeleteARating.asp?RatingID=5796122&amp;ChangeType=move\">[move]<\/a>\u00a0[convert2tick]\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">Batch 2, enjoyed 4 ways at 45F in stemware.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Huge cork pop, no gush, Blood red pour, 1 finger head fizzes out to a small head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; The nose is fantastic. Gorgeous cherry dominates followed by a small raspberry acidity and that classic oaky rodenhbach nose\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Very smooth, loads of fruit! Just a huge explosion of cherry and raspberry. cranberry seems like an after-note, fruit salad in a glass. Acidic and tart, not overpowering sour, very easy to drink\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Juicy, Nice mouthfeel carbonation on a swish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This is a fantastic beer! I have a batch 1 as well and can\u2019t wait to hold that for a very long time.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 4.2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a09\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 AdamJackson\u00a0(2299)\u00a0&#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; JUN 17, 2014 Batch 2, enjoyed 4 ways at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:39:01Z","apple_news_api_id":"ecb45b63-52da-4851-a1f3-915d0be5265c","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:39:01Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A7LRbY1LaSFGh85FdC-UmXA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-reviews","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-AJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7857,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/24\/review-rodenbach-alexander-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":2277,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Rodenbach Alexander (2015)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"3.9\/5 \u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 \u00a0 Most recent batch. 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