Flossmoor Station De Wilde Zuidentrein Frambozenbier

Brewed by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Bottle 66cl. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].
[ Courtesy of PhilL ]. Light unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy sour, orange - apricot, wood, tart, moderate raspberry malty, some very light notes of medicine. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidic and sour with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20081230]

Date: 05/24/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy orange, fine pink head, bits of drippy lace,
Aroma: rich raspberry aroma with a wild sweaty tartness on lightly sweet malt,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of raspberry tartness, wild character is less pronounced in the flavor, light bitterness,
Overall: needs a bit more time to become a star on the beers gone wild video series,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Bottle at Chris o New Year tasting 08/09. Thanks to Phil l for bringing this one back. Cloudy red amber colour. Odd raspberry slightly aged aroma. Good wild fruit. Lots of raspberry. It does have some very decent fruit.

A Mes rate. Bottle at Chris O’s pre NYE tasting. Well done to Phil for pulling this random nutter out. Hazy brown with a slight red hue and a faint off white collar. Massive seedy raspberries on the nose with some good wooden notes backing it up. Slight petrol and chlorine are holding it back a little but it’s no showstopper. The flavour is excellent. This does not drink anything like a lambic, more like a raspberry brown. This is backed up by the caramel notes that are starting to show due to age. Excellent tarty behaviour (and you know, I like a bit of that) with a really clean mouthfeel. Nice bug count all round. The fruit is quite excellent actually and gives it a lovely tarty finish. Quite unique really and jolly tasty.

Bottle at chris o’s teabag for 2009 tasting, thanks to Phil. Alround rating: Raspberry, nutty, thin, bit over carbonated, not overly sour, but still quite tasty stuff.

Sampled from bottles graciously opened by our hosts at Flossmoor on 4/28/06: Pours a transparent copper orange with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Sweet, fruity raspberry aroma has some good caramel maltiness and nice tart presence. Starts with a pleasant malty and fruity sweetness with good authentic character and bursting with lots of sweet raspberries. Well-balanced with a light tartness and good oaky notes. Very similar, but better than New Glarus Raspberry Tart. An awesome fruit lambic!

Short-lived pinkish head over red-amber beer. Very sourish nose, especially initially, with both raspberries (real ones) and acetic acid, as well as old wood. Beautiful madeirisation in what is probably oak. Fresh flavours, despite the acids and the oxidation, with both cherries and raspberry – again old wood & complex esters. Age has led to some thinning; titillating MF, soft burning. Raspberry juice flavour with acids lingering on in the aftertaste, some leather; Very nice beer. Rather than of Belgian fruitlambics, it reminds me of the old, aged Zottegemse Kriek, hailing from Crombé, that I used to serve. And that is no mean compliment neither. Abject thanks to Matt VW, ToddA, and of course, my go-between Ward!

Hazy appearance with a touch of orange. Aroma is sweet and lightly oaky. A touch of chewy sweet raspberry character over a faint acidic tartness. A kiss of vanilla and light spice as well. Decent beer, if a little bit strange.