1995ish? Rodenbach (Pre-palm bottles)

[stakem1]

Anyone drink any of these lately?

Looking at you claaark13 Thorpe429 jedwards Knifestyles

 

[Snarf1]

No, but I would perform acts that would make MordorMongo blush to get one.

 

[claaark13]

Anyone drink any of these lately?

Looking at you claaark13 Thorpe429 jedwards Knifestyles

I have not. the only.actual old bottle I have had was in fact with jedwards though, so hopefully he has something for you.

 

[Knifestyles]

Think the oldest I had was an early 90's Alexander at some point earlier this year or late last.

It was impressive....and save for Vin de Cereale, I'm not really huge fan of Rodenbach.

 

[Thorpe]

Anyone drink any of these lately?

Looking at you claaark13 Thorpe429 jedwards Knifestyles

Not nearly that old, but I had a bottle of Vin de Cereal around Thanksgiving and it was not particularly good. It's unfortunate that those bottles are so hit or miss. Other than that, when I last had a Rodenbach Alexander (last summer), it was phenomenal. Not sure what the vintage was on it. And since it's you, stakem, here's a picture (and don't worry, I feel immense shame for not having an actual Alexander glass):

 

[jedwards]

I had a late 80s Grand Cru earlier this year and it was pretty great, surprisingly bright for the age and very little acetic flavor. Going to do a Rodenbach tasting of some kind next year and should have a few more data points then...

 

[nicks6217]

dontdrinkbeer shared this last summer and held up brilliantly.
http://dontdrinkbeer.com/?s=Alexander&submit=Search

 

[kscaldef]

A few bottles of 1984 Rodenbach popped up on BiaB (I think... could have been Etre) one day a few months back. I snagged a few. Only opened one so far, but it was exceptional. Would never have known it was 30 years old.

 

[LukeAleTime]

A few bottles of 1984 Rodenbach popped up on BiaB (I think... could have been Etre) one day a few months back. I snagged a few. Only opened one so far, but it was exceptional. Would never have known it was 30 years old.

I grabbed a few of those. Of the three I tried, one was really good, but the other two were all cardboard. Still undeniably Rodenbach though.

 

[stakem1]

Bumping this in the hopes that some different eyes catch a glimpse and can chime in. My google searching failed to really pinpoint this as even being in the correct timeframe.

Did I mention its a magnum bottle? I suppose I could cross my fingers and pull back the foil hoping to see a date stamp on the cork, but I doubt its there.

 

[DarthKostrizer]

Opened this one on July 14th not sure the year

It has held up wonderfully still a good amount of cherry with a delicate tartness.

 

[tectactoe1]

uggggggh such want. i will never get to try this goddamn beer.