Liefmans Frambozenbier

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

Bottle from HogtownHarry. Thanks Harry! Pours a dark raspberry jam with a spritzy off white head that fades. Nose is black pepper, raspberry, earthy funk. Begins with very sweet, but tart, fresh raspberry flavor which blends very well with the more acidic base. Notes of raspberry vingar. If this was a framboise fruit lambic, I would be a little upset at the lack of barnyard character. Its not, and I’m not. A nice flemish sour.

This browish-red ale poured with a tiny pink head, eliciting a very strong and pleasant raspberry aroma. The raspberry blends well with the base, resulting in a tart, but sweet fruit flavor wafting above the the malt. Very nice!

Bottle 25cl; BB Mar 2007, nose of raspberry and light funkiness; hazy purple-amber color with a small pink-tinged head; flavor is sweet raspberry mixed with a tartness that lasts into the finish.

Bottle. Deep red and brown with a small head. Aromas are sweet and sour raspberry with hints of vanilla. Flavours are raspberry, sugary initially followed by tart sourness. Tastes like cherry drop sweets. Good stuff.

cloudy amber great tart rasberry nose, great tart rasberry flavour, nice light would be a great dessert beer nice with a good choc cake, not syrupy like many others of this type as has been said before

Well this is just a pleasant one. Poured a brownish amber showing some red tints, with a huge webby fluffy head. At risk of sounding like Fred E, this is one noisy beer! I could hear the crackling of the head from a few feet away! I love the aroma, with hints of raspberry, pits or stone, and a slight funk, mostly like wet straw. The flavor was well balanced, with mild acidity, semi-dry, and just a touch of raspberry flavor. I was surprised at the low acidity/sourness, but I’m not sure how much of that is masked by the fruit. Either way, its very well balanced and amazingly easy drinking. Body is light, perhaps almost thin but not in a bad way. I appreciate the moderate alcohol content, I could drink and enjoy this whole 750 on a Monday night and not feel any ill effects.

Pours brown/orange with thin head. Aroma is sour raspberry, sugar, sweet malt and yeast. Sweet raspberry flavor with lively palate.

A dark, brown coloured beer with ruby red flashes and a pink-whiite head. An immediate hit of sour raspberry fruit in the aroma, with a little maltiness accompanying. The taste follows suit, a strong sour raspberry fruit taste, fizzy, as the description says, a lively Champagne-like character. there is again a hint of maltiness in the finish. (Bottle - courtesy of Mark & Marie @ The Fox & Hounds, Heacham, Norfolk).