Belle-Vue Framboise

Brewed by Belle-Vue (InBev)
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium

Never thought of it as that bad, always been a bit sweet though, overall not the best fruit lambic you’ll ever try, but drinkable

(rather aged sample) Drab brown with pinkish-red shine; thin white head, stable. Nose like something to deodour the toilet with. Overpowers anything else. Or a raspberry-ish sweet, for starving children. At the end, there's a whiff of vinegar - for the tartar? Sweet, sugary raspberry-ish taste. Something pink bought on the fair because the child wouldn't stop screaming. Very slight acidity. Oily, sticky-sweet mouthfeel. Strange sweet-sourish aftertaste. A disgrace. To add insult to injury, there is true raspberrylambic inside the Henegouwenkaai. Or there used to be...

Bottled, wired cork. Dark amber coloured with vague pinkish head. Sharp raspberry flavour, tart but synthetic. A leafy mould then shows though which swiftly moves downhill. Some vanilla on the finish.

I don’t think this is as sweet as other Frambozenbiers and Krieks. It is not very acidic or sour either, but vey refreshing and light. This is better than Mort Subite and almost as good as Liefmans.

Cheap raspberries…uh, yeah…Honey, give this to your friend please…

Vintage 2001: Light brown with pink highlights and a short white head, this has a good fresh fruit aroma, stems and all. It’s got sweet raspberry tastes with just a smack of tartness. The finish is lighly sweet-sour. Tasty.

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I would consider this a starter lambic. Amber/red color with a light pink/tan head. Aroma of sweet raspberries. Sweet raspberry flavor with little malt to back. Lacks tart/sourness to offset the sweetness.

Artificial framboise aroma. Pink/red color, pink head, good lace. Sweet (less than expected), raspberry, flat and thin. No oak or any wood, no complexity, thin, refreshing though.