Liefmans Frambozenbier

Formerly brewed at Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Sour Ale
Oudenaarde, Belgium

bottle shared by faroeviking, thanks mate. clear dark red, small smooth offwhite head. fresh raspberies, cellary notes, sourness, citrus in the aroma. very delicate. flavor is sour, raspberries, well blended, also some sweet fresh raspberries, celleary or mouldy flavors.

BB 2005, date on cork, so I am guessing 5-7 years old at this point, not that one could really tell. I found this a random bodega in Astoria. Its been kept in a fridge all this time and the warping paper was still intact. I used to drink this all the time back in the day, or whenever I wanted a sweet, fruity beer, ala Lindeman’s. I am rating it now for the sour tick, and I guess its cool cause it is retired and a bit old. It pours with a small head that fades quickly not leaving any trace of its existence. Color is a muddy brown,dark, not clear, gets progressively murkier with each pour but is never overtaken by sediment. After the last pour, I could see a nice layer of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Aroma is sweet, sweet, raspberry. Pretty natural smelling, not artificial syrup but its hard to believe since its been this long and this seems to be a bottle conditioned beer. Either way it is natural, strong, sweet raspberry. Flavor is similar, its not all juice like an alco-pop but its getting in that area. I guess a little bit of mustiness but I am pulling at straws here. Nothing sour, straight up fruit beer. Age has done almost nothing here it seems. So, it is what it is.......
750mL, New Belgium globe goblet.

very nice sweet tart aroma of raspberries dark ruby color nice flavor of ripe raspberries with a good malty and earthy backbone whish they would bring this back to the U.S.

Bottle - Dark red with small head. Sweet raspberry aroma. Mild Raspberry flavour, not overpowering. Excellent with dessert.

Bottle. Pretty small but lingering head on a brown-red body. Aroma slightly tart and musty with a fruity sweetness. A clean lactic tartness blends well with the light sweetness of raspberries. A small mustiness complements. Not too shabby. It’s a little light on all of the flavors, though - I’d like a little more of everything.

Clear red brown with small off-white head. Aroma of reaspberries with a slightly dusty funk. Medium sweet, but tart flavour of raspberries and caramel.

Bottle at Dæmningen - shared with Mette, Henning & Karen. Clear brown - offwhite head. Brown sugar, raspberries, rubber, bike-glue, roasted notes, syrup sweetness, light suorness. OK fresh summerbier.

Surprisingly this has a rather dense, creamy to foamy off-white head, reddish-brown colour. The aroma comes close to that of wine mash with notes of fruits and grains. Flavours of sweet blackcurrant and raspberries (oh really?) with a nice, careful sourness. This remindes me of cider too, with the acidic and somewhat "green" taste of sorrel... Late late, veeery light bitterness, hardly noticeable. Not too sticky nor sweet to me - nice!