Liefmans Odnar

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

really great finish, just disappears in your mouth as you are trying to figure out what it is. but i think there was iced tea, licorice and grape juice

I love it: Wonderful balsamico nose on this nice brown brew with a small head, leaving brussels - what else - laces on the glass. Woody, pine taste, sour and astringent finish.

This beer should be poured very carefully because of the massive chunks of yeast in the bottom. Great aroma of ’stable’ and cookies. Grapefruit, iron and acid in the flavour. The thinness makes this brew even more refreshing. A great but rare brew. And the bottle sure is the coolest bottle I’ve ever seen.

Balsamic vinegar a-go-go in the nose. Dark brown color and a frothy, lacy head. Lactic for sure, but also some toasted malt. A great combo and a great balance. Wonderfully interesting brew.

Sweet woody aroma, caramel malt, tart fruit tannins, smoooth. Deep burgundy blood red clear (before sediment pour) with light tan thin lacing head. Medium-heavy watery body with medium carbonation. Starts with bit of tartness, like fruit skins, but also very earthy, with hints of mushrooms and musty dirt. Finish remains tart, though watery, with some hops coming in. Not bitter, just earthy. After is clean, with some musky undertones. A very interesting mix of flavors and aromas. Adding the dregs gives some more fruity tart character, and some Belgian yeast aroma. Increases bitterness in finish and after, but not detrimentally. Either way, it’s a good sour ale.

Bottled: Brown reddish coloured. Off white head. Has a fresh sour aroma balanced by a slightly sweetness. Flavour is somewhat woody but again there is a nice balanced sour/sweetness. Has a fresh and cleansing aftertaste. Good one. Thanks Jacob and Martin for sharing.

Yellow-brown head, nearly immediately reduced to slim rim. Dark brown beer with clear reddish shine. Very woody nose with tannine, ironoxide, vinous. Taste is sweetish-sour: good maltbase, beautiful lactic acid, some ironoxide again and very clearly Maillard. Retronasal sour fruity as kiwi, gooseberry or unripe peach. Light bodied. Superbly thirst-quenching. This is a relic of a bygone age - both bottle (perfectly illegal with no ABV, no sell-by date, painted- on logo) and beer. Liefmans used to produce to kinds of beer, the 6° and the 8°. This last made up the Goudenband. The lighter was the Odnar. Somewhere in between came the "IJzerenband" (=Ironband), and a sweetened version called "Abdij van Maegdendaele". The Odnar, somehow survived but is exceedingly rare.

Nice balence of fruity and sour. Pleasing dark brown, no haze, creamy, but short lasting head. Light lacing.