Iron Hill Framboise de Hill

Formerly brewed at Iron Hill Wilmington
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Wilmington, Delaware USA

the last and my favorite of the IH lambics shared by bockyhorsey.... this is the muddiest damned beer i’ve ever seen... it looks like someone poured a raspberry milkshake into a framboise and stirred in some raspberry puree. it actually stained the inside of my glass a pinkish brown hue! it smells incredible!... fo’ realz raspberries, stems, seeds, dirt, mineral water, lemon juice, grass, wood, yeasty spice and a little bit of musty funky grain. the flavor is a beautiful mix of everything in the aroma... there is an underlying fruity sweetness with an intense sourness which takes over and puckers my cheeks. this is definitely the fruitiest and most well balanced of the bunch yet it is still bracingly tart. the body has some thickness and oomph to it while maintaining the sharpness. delicious! 9/5/9/5/18/4.6

750mL bottle tried at at Woodshop Quad. My favorite of the night, along with La Folie 2005 and Beatification ph1. Wow, wow. Very sour. Cloudy dark amber color. Very fruity and good. Lots of acetic acid. Easy to drink. Excellent.

Hazy deep red with a medium off white head. Sweet and very sour with sour berries. Extreme sour and somewhat sweet flavour with loads of fresh sour berries, (currants), lacto, barnyard, brett, and barnyard. Very fresh fruits and an extreme sourness. Finished very sour. This is a master piece!

Bottle from Wilmington. Pours turbid ruby/magenta with off-pinkish head, floaties. Nose is tart raspberry, earthy, lactic, oaky, and sour mashy aromas. The flavor is tart raspberry, very lactic and acetic, but with a lot of earthy woody notes intermingling with the fruit. A must try if you are ever at IHW, and worth every penny.

Poured a murky, ruby red color with a thin ring of pinkish white bubbles that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of fresh raspberries, wild yeast, light hay, oak, and also a bit of leather. Taste of raspberries, vanilla oak, wild yeast, some green apple, and a lacto sour finish. My favorite of the new lambics from IH!

Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #17. ]
Unclear medium red color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is sour tart berry, currants, sour berry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy acidic with a long long duration, dry dry finish and very sour. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. Very nice ;o) [20090501]

Pours dark red, purpleish with no head...or very little. Aroma is huge with rasberry. This nose will rival any fruit beer. Flavor is very sour rasberry and hugely acitic. Also has notes of wood and funk. This may need some time in the bottle, but it was enjoyed.

Bottle #17 at Papsø’s blindtasting. Muddy red brown coloured with a medium sized off white head. Fruity aroma of cherries, marziapan and cherry stones with notes of wood. Acidic flavour of wood, berries, glue and vanilla with notes of marzipan. Tart finish. Nice.