Liefmans Frambozenbier

Tan-pink creamy head with large bubbles in; body is opaque drab red. Aroma is sharp raspberry with hints of sourness. Taste is subtle raspberry with unidentifiable notes and a sharp edge. Aftertaste is quite dry. Sourish. Well, not bad, but not that exciting, either. (0.33l bottle. 2002 vintage sampled in 2005.)

Well, I gotta admit this one took me by surprise. I really enjoyed it! It didn’t strike me as a beer, but then what does that really mean anyway? Big raspberry aroma and flavour, reminds me of warm current bread or fresh cherry juice. Its almost like a raspberry cooler with a subtle malt backbone. I sipped on it for a long time. Not sure if it is worth the price or the funny looks from people when I unwrap it from the paper and then uncork a reddish sparkling beverage and then claim it to be beer, but then again, who cares.

Not a strong aroma, but thick with raspberries. Dark red colour. Nicely sour, a very pleasant finish.

750 ml bottle. Pours a beautiful ruby red with a pink tinged head that leaves pockets of lace on the glass. Aroma is of fresh raspberries, tons of them. Delicious tart raspberry flavor. This beer is very drinkable, not overly sweet to deter me from drinking more than one bottle.

Bottled. Cloudy red brown coloured with a medium sized lasting beige head. Sweet perfumed aroma of raspberries with notes of wood. Sweet flavour of wood and raspberries with light acidic notes.

Red/copper with a huge white head. Raspberry aroma and flavor. Very light sourness. Far too sweet to be great.

Delicious. Dark red and slightly cloudy. No head to speak of. The aroma was strong and fruity, but the best thing was the flavour which was sweet, sour and ended with a bitter kick. The taste was exactly that of a slightly unripe blackberry. Thanks to Morrison’s for stocking this gem.

Probably one of the best non-cherry fruit beers I have had. Very real, fresh raspberry flavor. Dryish rather than sweetish. Nice sourness on the finish.