Saturday, December 22, 2007

#107 Kasteel - Rouge (Kriek)

I got this beer at Rich O's Public House is New Albany IN while visiting family in Louisville KY. Rich O's is a bar in the back of a Pizza restaurant in a small town. This place is a complete sleeper, I would never expect such a beer selection from such an unassuming place. They have a huge selection of draft beers, and more Belgium beers any store I've ever seen. Rich O's is #19 in Beer Advocte's top 50 places to have a beer.

This beer has a sweet cherry aroma. The color is a dark red, almost blood red, with very little foam. The lack of foam is common with a beer than has fruit or spices added.

The taste of this Belgium is pretty one sided with the Cherry. It's a bit sour, but mainly just cherry flavor. It's a good beer, but I like more taste, so the server recommended mixing Rouge chocolate stout and brought me a ounce of stout. The mixture was perfect. A good sweet creamy chocolate with a sour cherry flavor.

The Kasteel Rougue by itself is a little plain. It's perfectly drinkable and many people would enjoy it, but I like more to my beer. With the Rogue chocolate stout the two were a great treat. I know mixing beer can be a no-no for a beer purist, but I think it's a good way to go for these two.

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