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“A rouge is a style of beer that always includes sweet and red fruit beers. “The difference with well-known red beers like sweet kriek is in the alcohol and base beer ratio,” explains Vanravelgem. “Sweet cherries like Lindemans Kriek, Liefmans on the Rocks or Kriek Boon have higher alcohol percentages.” It ranges from 3 to 4 percent. In addition, the base beer for sweet creek is often a wheat, mutton or old brown ale. These are very fresh or soft to very acidic beers, so sweet creeks often have fresh acidity as well as pronounced sweetness, which improves drinkability. Whereas the base beer at Kasteel Rouge, for example, is Kasteel Donker, which tastes very sweet anyway.

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“It was Kasteel Rouge that started this trend. Young people and people in their 20s are especially crazy about it today. The success of Kasteel Rouge ensured that other breweries also decided to launch lipsticks, such as Kwak Rouge and Super 8 Rouge. Only Few have replicated their success so far, let alone given Kasteel Rouge a boost in the market.For fans of this style, Kasteel remains the reference beer within this category.

“Tout Bien Rouge” beer is brewed in Brouwerij Martens and contains 6.9% alcohol. What does this our bartender taste like? “The beer sparkles in the glass thanks to its intense, sparkling red color,” says Sophie. “Then you discover a typical blushing nose. You can smell it as soon as you pour the beer: the sweet scent, the famous red sweet scent, known as 'poopkes'. What follows is a distinctly sweet fruity aftertaste. This is a sweet beer, but not an overly sweet beer. Some blushes are sticky and sweet, and you can't experience that at all here. “Tout Bien Rouge” fits perfectly with the beer style, so enthusiasts will definitely not be disappointed. The added advantage is that the beer does not have a very high alcohol content.

Is it recommended or not? “For me, this blush is definitely worth tasting. This beer proves that as a brewer, you don't necessarily have to make a red that's too sweet to be able to succeed in this style of beer. So it effectively has some freshness that goes beyond the sweetness This also increases its drinkability.

Tout Bien Rouge – €1.49 – Available exclusively at Prik&Tik, soon in supermarkets

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