New Belgium Frambozen

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Bottle from a recent trade box. Pours a clear dark ruby brown with a large creamy tanned beige head that falls off quickly. Raspberry, a touch of metal, nutty malt, and a hint of wood. Medium bodied, a bit sweet, a touch of old fruit. Finishes with more sweetness and more old raspberry.

Reddish brown pour with a very thin tan head. Aroma has lot so raspberries and caramel with a hint of tartness. Flavor is malty and full of berries. Interesting.

New Belgium Brewing Company--Frambozen Raspberry Brown Ale. 1998 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV. (4.0 / 5.)Fruit Ale--Raspberry--Hazy light brown color with a hint of purple. Nice head and lace. Light smooth raspberry flavored body with a hint of dry sweetness. Finishes tart and clean. Hint of Belgian yeast. Sampled 12/14/1998. 2000 12 oz. Bottle. 5.50% ABV. (4.0 / 5.0) Fruit Ale--Raspberry--Clear bright deep red color. Mild toasted raspberry front with hop notes. Light red head. Sweet mildly toasted raspberry fruit body is smooth rich and tasty. Ends dry with lingering fruit and light spice. Sampled 12/16/2000. 2001 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.00% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Fruit Ale--Raspberry--Clear raspberry shaded deep ruby red color. Pink tan head. Medium lace. Mellow rich raspberry chocolate front. Cream raspberry sweet malty mild chocolate body. Complex rich smooth fruit malt. Citrus end. Sampled 11/7/2001. 2002 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.00% ABV. (4.25 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Clear dark red brown color. Pink mild lacy head. Rich floral roasted raspberry mild hop front. Zesty raspberry toasted caramel cocoa dry sweet mild citrus raspberry body. Tangy citrus malty hop end. Mild yeast. Sampled 1/8/2003. New Belgium Brewing Company--Frambozen Raspberry Brown Ale--New Block TM Logo and ABV--2004 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.50% ABV--16 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Raspberry--Creamy lacy light red head. Clear rich deep ruby color. Floral raspberry hop front. Complex tangy dry rich mild sweet chocolate caramel mellow Belgian spice raspberry body. Crisp spicy mild hop end. Nice! Sampled 11/4/2004. 2005 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.50% ABV--16 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Raspberry--Mild lacy head. Clear bright ruby red color. Rich tangy raspberry fruit hop front. Clean crisp tangy mild chocolate raspberry citrus body. Tangy mild sweet mild hop mellow Belgian spice end. Sampled 10/14/2005. 2006 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.50% ABV--16 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Raspberry--Foamy lacy head. Clear thin bright dark ruby red color. Toasted raspberry front. Mild sweet Belgian wheat infused fruit ester toasted body. Tangy mild hop wheat fruit spice end. Odd buds tonight. Still nice. Sampled 11/19/2006. New Belgium Brewing Company--Frambozen Raspberry Brown Ale--Ale Brewed With Real Raspberries--2007 12 oz. Bottle Release. 7.00% ABV--16 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Raspberry. 6-Pack --$8.49. Tight mild lace head. Clear dark red brown color. Floral mild cocoa raspberry Belgian hop front. Mild tangy dry sweet raspberry toffee ester body. Mild sour citrus hop clean dry end. Well blended. Sampled 11/12/2007. 2008 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.50% ABV--16 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Raspberry--Big dense foamy lacy rocky pink tan head. Clear rich bright dark red brown color. Rich raspberry cocoa nut front. Mild sweet rich malty slightly sour brown dough raspberry infused smooth tasty body. Puckery clean dry citrus lingering raspberry spice hint end. Sampled 6/23/2009. 6-Pack--$10.99. 2009 12 oz. Bottle Release. 6.50% ABV--16 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Raspberry--Mild lace thin off white head. Clear bright rich dark ruby raspberry brown color. Smooth raspberry Belgian chocolate front. Crisp zesty complex Belgian fruit ester mild sweet malty light cocoa raspberry infused rich delicious body. Clean mild hop dry end. Sampled 11/9/2009. 3 @ $1.69 Each.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber-red with a big foamy off-white head that fades. Fruity aroma, of raspberries, malt, sugar and a bit of tartness. Taste is fruity, starts sharp with malt, yeast, and citrus, then picks up a lot of sweeter berries and sugar. Lingering raspberry juice sweetness. Tasty.

Bottle. Poured brown with medium head. Smeary lacing. Aroma is malt with a raspberry tinge. Pleasing and not a berry bomb. Flaver is mild to sweet, raspberry flavour on malt. Some tang to the finish, with more raspberry.

12oz bottle. Pours a clear, ruby-brown colored body with a finger-width, tannish pink head that dissipates quickly and leaves a moderate lacing. Very pretty color. Aroma is definitely a mix of the styles. An even amount of sweet raspberries with just a hint of tartness, some other ripe fruits, chocolate, a very light roast, a brown malty caramel, and a bit of the typical NB biscuit. Flavor is similar with the fruits asking for a little more attention. A smooth, brown malt and caramel up front before the sweet and semi-tart raspberry, ripe fruitiness comes in. A lighter chocolate comes in towards the finish as well as some yeast and just a hint of roast. Finishes with a light, earthy bitterness and a raspberry tartness thats fairly dry with a smooth, fruity, malty aftertaste that lingers for a moderate duration. Medium body, smooth, and a moderate carbonation. Overall, I liked this one. A pretty cool mix of the two styles. Nothing seems too prominent and it drinks like a beer with less than 7% ABV. Good one.

Bottle. Poured a darker amber color with a two finger white head. It left some lacing on the side of the glass as it went. Aroma was fruits, raspberries, grapes, figs, yeast, and malts. Flavor was mild tart, tart raspberries, and other fruits. Medium bodied beer. Decent.

12 oz. bottle from Malt and Vine. Not much of a head on this thing, but this brew is dark. Dark reddish brown appearance. Not a bad looking fruit beer. Extremely pungent rasberry aroma. Malt aroma is there but this rasberry aroma is just too much, almost to the point where it seem overly artificial. I like the fact that it is pungent, but to me, it is in the wrong way. Subtle chocolate malt with a strong rasberry flavor. Very smooth beer. Short-lived flavor i.e. doesn’t linger that much, but still a nice dessert beer. Rasberry flavor dominates. Overall, a decent fruit beer, but I am not a huge fan of th style.