Girardin Framboise

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

Bottle, 37,5 cl. Hazy, red color with white-pinkish head. Aroma of fresh raspberries, little yeasts. Medium body. Taste full of raspberries, sourness, very fruity, with a dry finish. Very good for a framboise.

Bottled. Dark red colour, mediumsized reddish/pink head. Aroma is raspberry, some sour wooden hints and a bit of apple. Flavour is sour raspberries, wood and slightly appleish sourness also. A very smoothly made thing.

Bottle @ Spontaneous Fermentation 2007. Reddish creamy foam that mostly diminished. Fair lacing. Reddish copper colour. Raspberries, apple, citrus, fresh fruit and light tart. Light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Light sweet and acidic flavour. Fresh apple and raspberrie finish. Belgium 26-05-2007

Bottle. Reddish with a pink head. Lovely aroma of raspberries and sweetness. Flavour is full of raspberries too and has such a good balance between sweetness and sourness. Oh, so drinkable! Re-rating (before 8-4-8-3-16). Added to flavour: Light tartness, less raspberriy in flavour than aroma, sparkling, citrus and a light dryness. Nice sommerbeer because of the lightness.

Bottel. 37.5 cl. Light unclear red amber color with a small to average fizzy fair lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy raspberry, light sweet and sour. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate sweet sour, with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft.

Bottle, 5%. Nice, sweet raspberry aroma with an acidic finish. Almost clear prune red colour, small head. The flavour starts off with a lot of raspberry. Later, it turns bitter, as if from the berries or seeds. Finishes on a nice, woody, berry bitterness. Both the aroma and flavour have a little butter. Not sour or acidic. Solid.

Girardin Framboise 1882. Bottle. Pours a red-brown colour with an average lasting head. Flowery aroma with raspberries and sweet oak. Dry sharp oaky flavour with raspberries, some sourness and wheat.

(375 ml bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Shady brown color, small creamy tan head. Sweet wild raspberry scent. Acidic fruity taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness. Quite allright, but nothing really special.