Girardin Framboise

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

cereal, cooked vegetables, smoke, licorice, dough, grass, red, sparkling, minimal head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, heavily sour, full body, creamy, lively, astringent, long finish,

Clear red body with a pink head. Aroma has raspberry, some slight sourness and sweetness. A little dusty but quite enjoyable and refreshing raspberry flavour.

27/04/2011 375ml bottle. Bevuta in occasione del mio trentesimo compleanno. Bellissimo color pesca rosata con riflessi arancia e rossicci, lieve schiuma rosata. Al naso intenso aroma fruttato di lamponi, fragole e frutti di bosco, note erbacee e pungenti, acidità contenuta. In bocca è inizialmente dolce, fruttata, quindi evolve in moderatamente acida, lievemente agrumata, con note balsamiche, appena astringente. Corpo medio, carbonazione corretta, complessa e ben bilanciata. Un lambic fruttato buonissimo e assai facile da bere. Perfetta come primo approccio al genere.

05-01-12 Petite bouteille: Très belle couleur rouge foncée, sans réelle mousse et très légère effervescence. Arômes: explosion de framboises avec une bonne touche d’acidité. Moyennement sucrée, avec une bonne note d’acidité et de surette, mais bien balancée. Les framboises sont bien présentes. Corps moyen et enveloppant avec une texture ronde et soyeuse en bouche. Très bonne lambic aux fruits qui se boit facilement.

Real geuze, the raspberry is not very distinct, nice tartness to the drink. Not sweet at all. Bottle from De Bierwinkel in Leiden.

Bottle, Delirium Cafe. Pours a brilliant ruby amber with a frothy one inch off-white head. So much fresh raspberry in the nose, hard to believe that this is an authenticly produced lambic. Just a light touch of cellar funkiness. The flavor is bursting with raspberry, zero acidity, this is crazy drinkable. Only slightly funky. Medium bodied with a touch of clingy fruit and perfect spritzy carbonation. A wonderfully drinkable beer!

UPDATED: DEC 22, 2011 Bottle at Paul’s tasting (thanks Ryan, I think). Pours a deep ruby body with some lacing. Aroma is funky fruit and sweet raspberries. Mouthfeel is thin with notes of funk and raspberry. Pretty straightforward, but done right.

Bottle at Paul’s tasting. Pours a clear ruby with a thin white head. Lots of fuzzy raspberry, soft acid, light funk. Medium bodied, a touch sweet, raspberry jam. A nice amount of acid, soft raspberry. Chewy fruit and acid on the finish.