St. Louis Premium Framboise

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Bottle into a Snifter style glass. Pours a ruby raspberry red with a cute pink foamy head sitting atop. The aroma is very sweet and sugary with a tarty smell of rasperries mainly taking over the nose. This one is mainly straight forward with the taste beginning with a sweet and sugary raspberry flavor moving into a tiny bit of a tart and syrupy raspberry flavor that coats the mouth (almost like there could be artificial flavoring, but I don’t think there is). The finish dies quickly with the feel of sparkling juice in the mouth. Pretty simple, not bad, not great.

(Bottled) Murky red-brown color with a medium head. Sweet cherry stone aroma. Sweet, artificial cherry flavor with mild acidity and a sticky-sugary finish. Light to medium-bodied, quite low-carbonated palate. Another hopeless "lambic" with a huge amount of sugar and artificial-feeling flavors.

The aroma is sweet and tart with a strong raspberry element. The appearance is deep purple with a foamy head. The flavor is sweet and tart with plenty of raspberries and a sweet and sour aftertaste (basically it’s sweet everywhere to the point of cloying). This is alright if you like syrup but it has some funk upfront that I don’t care for. I won’t be running back for another one anytime soon.

This fruit-lambic pours a deep raspberry color from a 375ml bottle. Small sized pinkish foamy head. Aroma is raspberries, must and tart. A medium bodied Framboise. Lots of raspberries flavors, sweet but with some tartness. There is some tartness and some malt backbone is this beer. Kind of sweet and a little one-dimensional. Smooth taste. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Smells great, and has a nice raspberry flavor, but that’s it - no wildness, no funk, nothing really interesting . Tasty at first, but ultimately one dimensional and boring.

Bottled. Dark red in colour. Minor red head. It has a sweet and raspberry like aroma and there is a mild sour scent to it as well. The flavour i sweet and caramel like and tastes of raspberry. it has a sweet aftertaste.

Pours a very very clear filtered mahogany/red with a pink head. Raspberry and a little sourness in the nose. Very sweet. Mainly has notes of raspberry (tastes somewhat artificial), tart and citric with a slight tinge of sourness. The finish is a little dry. Medium to light bodied with moderate, spritzy carbonation. Not really my thing but it was drinkable.

Cranberry red color with a large deep pink head. Aroma of sweet raspberries. Starts weet finishes dry and spicy.