Paardebloem is a Flemish term for ‘dandelion’.
Red Rock’s Paardebloem is a Belgium Style Ale that’s brewed using dandelions as a bitter. It’s made with toasted Pilsner malt, grains of paradise, peaches, fresh picked dandelion greens and is blended with some wood-aged beer. It has a hazy, deep golden color, a soft-toasted malt character. It contains 9.2% ABV.
Red Rock’s Paardebloem won a Gold Medal at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival in the Experimental Beer Category. The Paardebloem was also featured in a collaboration with New Belgium Brewing for the Lips of Faith Series.
Beer Advocate Review:
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 out of 5
Appearance:
Cloudy golden orange color, with a one-finger plus creamy off-white head. Lots of thick, creamy, sticky lacing left behind.
Smell:
The nose is malty with some nice yeast notes, oak, slightly spiced.
Taste:
Starts out with sweetish malts, faintly reminiscent of honey. A slight bitterness with an herbal quality. The taste is sweet on the lips, malty, with a yeast note. Nice touch of spice.
Mouthfeel:
Medium to Full body. Very nice carbonation. Dry finish.
Overall:
This is a pretty complex brew. ABV is hidden pretty well. Very drinkable…this brew is a joy to drink. Red Rock is doing a very fine job with their higher ABV brews.
Learn how this beer came to be: The Mother of Invention
Learn about our collaboration with New Belgium Brewing: Lips of Faith
See who else is drinking Paardebloem at Untapped 