Liefmans Goudenband

Bottle wrapped in paper. Dark brown color with a head that disappears. Aroma immediate hit of sour fruitiness, cherries, unripe plums, sloes, slightly vinous, with an underlying maltiness. Flavor is a complex sour fruit flavour, again, cherries, plums, sloes, plus crab apples and a sour wine element. Then there is the underlying maltiness that gives the finish a fine, sour taste.

SImply delicious! Superb beer pours a brown colour. Generous head. Taste of fruits. This is what beer is all about!

Sour lactic aroma with hints of luscious cherries. deep reddish-purplish brown with trace head. Lactic sour oak barrell, raw brown sugar crystals. sour bitter finish, delicate sweetness. becomes tart like a red wine as you drink it.

Bottle, wrapped in paper. Aroma of red grapes and apple. Dark brown colour and a head that disappears. Taste like red wine, but has kind of a short finish. rerate: changed overall from 15 to 16.

A dark, reddish brown coloured beer with a frothy, but weak white head. The nose is an immediate hit of sour fruitiness, cherries, unripe plums, sloes, slightly vinous, with an underlying maltiness throughout. The taste follows suit, with a complex sour fruit flavour, again, cherries, plums, sloes, plus crab apples and a sour wine element. Then there is the underlying maltiness that gives the finish a fine, sour taste. (Bottle - courtesy of Mark & Marie @ The Fox & Hounds, Heacham, Norfolk).

Dark nut-brown body, almost clear. Nice, short lasting head. Light acidic aroma, gives me associating of an old cellar. Still a refreshing feeling somehow. Flavor is sweet, sour in a harmonic and complex way. Difficult to describe, I really love this beer. A nice example of flamish sour.

Pours a brown coca-cola murk...low head, but has a ring...sweet slight berry smell...wow! what an intresting smooth flavourful brew..alchohol is masked beutifully! magic! this is a very tasty different brew, had a cheese platter to compliment things, worked out very well and tasty. complex beer!

Brillant shimmering nose of ripe apple cores, sour Muscat liquor, soft supple Pluot flesh and ringing aged Balsamic. Clear ruby amber pour, with a fringe of gold and rim of white. Flavor a mildly watered, yet silky luxuriant malt sugar, draped in robes of cassis and sour apples. Delicate and perfumed. Soft and sweet, with dreamy laces of pear brandy and sauteed pork loin. Somewhere a vegetal growth stirs a leafy balance amongst the effusive vapors and the stinging sweet candy. Candied apples, sugared plums and soporific brandy fumes. It’s all so ethereal and escaping. Delicately delicious. Alcohol masked beneath graceful edification. All around a winner.