Belle-Vue Framboise

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

Drunk from a 440ml. tumbler. No more head than the Kriek, ie: almost none. Slightly pink but more of a standard lager colour Smooth raspberry beer which seems to contain a syrup but is also nicely carbonated. If it wasn’t so expensive I’d drink it all the time.

(Bottled) Clear amber color (filtered) with a large, lacy and quite lasting head. Slightly sweet, a bit artificial raspberry aroma with slight sour and ashy hints. Sweet, slightly oaky-ashy and acidic, straightforward raspberry flavor. Light to medium-bodied, a bit dull, fizzy-carbonated palate. A decent, sweet dessert (or beginners’) lambic, but can’t compete with Lindemans’ Kriek as one.

Pours in the glass a magnificent clear copper colour with a creamy slightly pink head. Aroma is fresh raspberry and some cherry and candy. The flavour carries a decent sourness, and the fruits are neither artificial tasting or overpowering. The finish feels a little thin, and like the beer as a whole feels like it is missing something. Overall its a decent framboise.

Sharp raspberry flavour. Very tart, especially given Belle- vue’s tendency for sweetness. A solid lambic. note: this is the second bottle I’ve tried 2 years after the first. Anomoly or have they wised up and produced a superior product?

Thin, slightly pinkish head that fades quickly but leaves a thick ring of bubbles around the rim of the glass. Sweet, sour, musty, fruity aroma. Sour raspberry flavors, some musty, woody, funky elements along with a hint of candy-like strawberry. Pretty interesting. Amazingly crisp and dry. Dries up almost instantaneously. Pretty decent stuff.

Poured coppery brown with a frothy head, and left a nice lacing. The aroma is of course raspberry, very sweet and unfortunately a bit artificial. A good hit of sour in the flavour is a little overbalanced by the sweetness. Light to medium bodied, the palate seemed a little oily, but quite pleasant. Not bad, but I’m sure there are much better out there.

Bottle. Nice head with ok duration. Color is light red with an amber hue. Aroma is fresh and raspberry. Taste is sweet raspberry and some acidic freshness.

Got a sixer of this :You know after almost dieing last year, Ive found a new optimism,that was in fact an old optimism.It means I do things I would not of had the guesto to do before, like buying six packs of beer with raspberries in them:Not exactly a Cantillon, but its not as bad as some of the negative press. It smells authentic and drinks down being less sugary than some Lambics with sugar added . Not very sour or acidic . A bit of a chick beer cause of these factors , but it is plesant stuff.