Boon Framboise

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Lembeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Rated the 25cl and the 37,5cl seperately because there is a difference between them. 25cl: 6/3/6/3/10, Total 2.8. Nice ruby coloured beer with a fast diminishing head. Aroma is acidic and sweet, reminds me of jam. Flavour starts of sweet and ends acidic from the carbonation, quite watery. The corked bottle is rather different, strange because they are from the same vintage. We tried 2 bottles of each and the result was the same. The corked version has a much richer and fuller strawberry aroma. And the head stayed on. So the appearance was better. Flavour is much more balanced. It starts off sweet and ends a bit sour, without the impression that it’s origin is the carbondioxide. I’m suprised by the difference. (Vintage 2008)

Bottle, vintage 2009. Red with a medium pink head. Aroma and taste was mostly raspberries. Light acidity, very easy to drink. Sweet, reminded of juice.

Not sure of the vintage of this bottle, but the label said best by 3/6/2012. The beer pours a hazy brown color with a white head. Not one of the better looking beers I have seen. The aroma is raspberry with some funk. The flavor is similar, with some sweet raspberries as well as a lot of caramel. There is a little funk, but not too much tartness. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. I was looking forward to this beer and was disappointed. There is nothing wrong with it, but compared to a Cantillon or a Drie Fonteinen, I don’t think it stands up.

Not a big fan of lambic beers so my rating is quite low. Little too bitter for me but it’s not bad.

375ml bottle Strong aroma of sour raspberries, deep red clear appearance, sour taste even with sweetness of raspberries, with a short, thin, tinny palate.

UPDATED: AUG 7, 2010 375mL bottle, pours dark ruby red with a medium beige head. Sweet and sour raspberry aroma - nice balance. Flavour is a nice balance of sweet raspberries and a tartness of a more sour lambic, with possibly a more focus on the tartness. Nice one.

(bottle, 75cl, vintage 2004, 6.2% abv) Hazy, ruby amber colour with a short reddish frothy head. Slightly acidic and distinctively raspberry-fruity aroma with a moderate Lambic-character and a light mouldy touch. Slightly acidic and moderately sweet flavour, medium to light bodied with a soft carbonation. Mild Lambic-character with aromatic raspberry-fruity notes; slightly sweet and minimal vinous-fruity finish that lasts more than for a while. Excellent; almost like a rosé Champagne. 29.VI.10

Bottle of the 2008. Super aroma. Big bretty character, like a horse blanket that has been packed full of strawberries and slung over a hobo’s shoulder. Not scorchingly sour - classic Boon balance.