Boon Framboise

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Lembeek, Belgium

The commercial description for this reads, in part, "This beer has a real sour fruit taste just like crushed fruit..." Mayhaps that explains the problem that I have in understanding fruit lambics, particularly the framboise. The raspberries that I eat aren’t sour. When fresh, they’re quite sweet, perhaps with a bit of a sweet/sour nip at the finish. But they’re sweet overall. Now I drink a brew that tastes like a raspberry soda gone bad. It’s not unpleasant, but what’s the attraction? It’s got a nice ruby color, a thin white head, the aroma of a Sweet Tart candy, and the taste of sour raspberries. Personally, I feel a fruit juice would be as refreshing... although it doesn’t have a 5% abv, I’ll grant you.

i am very new to the lambic style so my rating my not be up to par,but here goes. this lambic gave me an appearance much like a nice iced tea.the aroma contained rasberry and that sour lambic signature.i expected a bit more rasberry in the flavor due to the taste.most of what i got was a sourness and some carbonation,with the fruit hidden in the back.pretty good stuff but i like a bit more fruit in my lambics.

Cloudy, red, no head. Raspberry aroma. Taste is sour raspberries. Lightly carbonated, medium body. Good sweet/tart balance. Very drinkable and thirst quenching. Good stuff.

Red color with no head. The taste is sweet, fruity with loads of rasberry flavors. Finshes slight sour and balanced. Light dry palate.

Dark red and amber color with a large white head. The aroma is as expected, raspberries and some dry funky barnyard. A fairly tame aroma for a lambic, though. The taste is fruitier than I expected. The raspberries are almost overwhelming. While the funky barnyard is certainly in the background, it isn’t overwhelming by any means. Almost too sweet. Has an interesting dry finish I haven’t experienced before.

Red, almost no head. Aroma from raspberries. Flavor from raspberries, some citrus, rabarb and yeast. A little sour in the finish.

i like this beer for his rasberry taste with a big part of cherry. But i dont like very much the sour taste that comes in the end

Aroma:rasberry nose appearance:red with small pink head. Flavor:sour rasberry,light cherry taste.