De Ranke Vieille Provision 25.4 oz

Sour, Wild Ale Aged in Oak Barrels

Brewed by: De Ranke Brewery

Country: Belgium

Style: Sour / Wild Ale

Color: Amber

ABV (Alcohol by Volume): 7.5%

Ratebeer.com rating: 99

BeerAdvocate.com rating: 89

Aged at least one year in oak barrels, Vieille Provision is a preservation beer blended from a selection of the brewery’s best barrels. It has a soft tartness with the subtle aroma of wood. It is also the sour base for Cuvée De Ranke and Kriek De Ranke.

“Deep golden pour. White head. The aroma is quite lovely. Rich woody notes over a soft vinous tartness. There’s a light fruitiness, a bit of sweet oak, lightly herbaceous and funky. There’s a whiff of acetic quality but the tartness is very balanced. Soft and fruity, lovely, lovely beer.” -- as reviewed by JoeMcPhee on Ratebeer.com. 25.4 oz (capped) bottle.

Brewery Information:

The De Ranke Brewery was founded in 1996 by good friends Nino Bacelle and Guido Devos, hobby brewers who turned a part-time obsession into a successful commercial venture.

At first brewing only on weekends using the equipment and facilities of an existing craft brewery, De Ranke soon established a reputation for producing robust and flavorful ales with a massive hops profile; hops, in their philosophy, are the single most important ingredient in any ale. They embraced traditional brewing methods (without eschewing helpful new technologies) and used only the freshest natural ingredients like real hop flowers instead of cheap hop extracts like many of their larger more commercially driven counterparts.

As a result, De Ranke brews grew steadily in popularity and demand; in the late 2000s, De Ranke was able to relocate to its own brewery in Dottignies in the Hainaut province of Belgium.

Today, De Ranke Brewery exports award winning hop-centric ales to nine different countries including the United States, India, France and Japan.