Liefmans Frambozenbier

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

pours a rose colour with a tall rocky white head. Nose is raspberrys, strawberrys and a sugary sweet smell and somehopps. lively to drink, tart rasperry finish. surprisingly didnt smell that artiicial, a bit one dimensional, but quite refreshing, a nice one in the summer.

Pours a very dark rich red color, very clear with a pink head that sits tall. Very sweet raspberry aroma already giving you the impression of the tartness to follow. This beer pours very thick, the carbonation wasn’t very high so it didn’t help out with the massively syrupy body. Upfront the raspberry gives a massive sweetness kicking ass on the palate until the dry tart finish. Only a light sourness came through in the finish. This is a nice brew but really does a number on the palate.

Bottle pours deep ruby, dirty pink marshmallow head, mediocre retention, very froamy tho, attractive lacing, visible sediment, with light carbonation.   Raspberry aroma, quite sweet, with very slight barnyard and earthy notes.   Seems a tad corked as well.   Sweet Raspberry tongue, fades somewhat quickly, very minor sourness, sweet but not cloying.   Smooth mouthfeel, clean finish, slight dryness, but not very enveloping.   Certainly enjoyable, moreso on the aged ones.

One of the styles that I still don’t get (and I’m 51) is Flemish sour ale... but I’ll be jiggered if I don’t enjoy this one. It’s not much to look at, a reddish murky brown with merely a trace of a white head. And I’m none too fond of the smell of sour raspberries up my nose. But it’s got a sharp, tart, fruity taste that doesn’t betray the fact that there’s grains driving this drink. The sourness of the nose becomes more agreeable as the drink warms... and more is drunk. Nice tart finish. I’ll have this again. Even if I still don’t get it.

She smell like raspberry juice who is are really inviting but the taste disapointing me because it taste just a litle bit fruity and after theres nothing

375 ml corked bottle, champagne-style. Bought at Selfridge’s, London. ABV was 4.5%. Hazy reddish brown colour, pours with an impressive large tan head with a pinkish hue. Aroma is overwhelming ripe (over-ripe?) raspberries. Flavour is of course raspberries on a background of sourish brown ale (’cause that’s what this beer really is), but not as sour as I expected. Fairly sweet, but not cloying. Hints of cowshed. I wonder what this beer would taste like if the raspberries used had been less ripe - probably "fresher" and more sour and tart. As it is, it’s a drinkable and interesting fruit beer, but would hardly be my daily indulgence even if it had been available in Norway.

Aroma of raspberries (go figure). Appears hazy brown, the color of preserved dates. Small ceamy head of very fine bubbles. Flavor starts light and sweet, subdued aged raspberries, almost like preserves. Flavor finishes with mild tell-tale horse blanket. Palate is thin and light with some bubbliness but not a lot. Overall, this beer is much greater than the sum of its parts. Perhaps I am a fan of the style, and didn’t even know it. :-)

great aroma, taste is complex, a little bit sour, rasperries come to you quite obvious ofcourse, tart, smooth ... nice