Liefmans Goudenband

Hazy brown pour with a white head. Lots of stuff floating around. I probably shouldn’t have laid it on its side in the refrigerator before opening. Fruity citrus and sour grape aroma with some vinegar and a bit of cream. Sweet and sour flavor. Starts with sour fruit then fades into a bitter malt. Some chocolate. Almost like a bitter port. Some alcohol on the finish. Very good and unique.

Bottle...cloudy brown head loaded with sediment....smells sour initially, then scents of raisin, a little prune, and apple....also some touches of vinegar, but not unpleasant in any way....sweet and sour in the mouth...overripe fermented cherry and granny smith apple....body is refreshing, light but with a big punch of flavor, sour finish with a strong apple ending.....sweet and tart all at once...could eat apple pie with this....good...:)

Caramel apple-cider vinegar on the nose. Burnt orange/copper with long lasting head. Quinine sweetness, with slight bitter notes, but more sourness than bitterness--cidery and winey. Full body with tight fizzy carbonation. Finish is a complex mix of sweetness, sourness, and a smooth alcohol burn. An awesome beer, would pair great with heavy meals, a must try...

I expected more from this. Sour and malty with tart flavors and bite. Pours golden with a thin head. Not as good as I expected.

Re-rate 8/24/09: Bottle sample at a tasting. Thanks Shacher.! Nice. 6/4/7/3/13=3.3

Re-rate 5/6/09: Sample from a bottle brought by some guy from Moortgat to Ma’abarot beer festival. Clear brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of oak, sugar and some berries notes. Sweetish flavor with some sourness, fruits, sugar, some wood and very light lactic notes. Medium-bodied. OK. 7/3/6/3/13=3.2

Ɠ/6/08) Bottle at Kaffee de Hopduvel in Ghent. Dark reddish-brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of malt, a bit of brown sugar and notes of wood. Very sweet flavor (maybe even a tad artificial) with a bit of fruits and faint notes of oak. Medium-bodied. Not so bad but way too sweet. I should’ve tried an older bottle at Kulminator. 6/4/6/3/13=3.2

High marks across the board except for flavor and overall - but not due to any real failing of the beer. It’s just not my cup of tea. Too sweet/fruity for my taste. Beautiful color, a great pour. Lots of sediment.

2006 bottle, pours deep amber with fair amount of yeast sediment, aroma is fruity and sour, much like the taste. Light sourness, not overwhelming, good complement to maltiness.

Extremelly vinous character, almost vinegar like flaovr. Poured a nice brown with a fizzy light head. Aroma was infinately complex with raisins, cherry, wood , resin. Flavor was intense with a strong fruit tartness to it. Has a distince "celler" like character ti it. A very pleasant offering.