Liefmans Goudenband

Brewed by Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Sour Ale
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Bottled-Tulip Glass. Pours a dark brown with bubbly (not foamy) head, which lingers after thinning considerably. Aroma is faint for this particular bottle. Otherwise, Goudenband would smell of acidic malts, raisins and chicory. Tastes sweet and sour, citrus acidity, caramel, mildly bitter. Lovely mouth feel. Great beer.

ahh yes what a beer today im going to rate the 1988 vintage i had a few months ago. dark brown slightly funky nose, little plums and sour fruits. tastes just like a good port, so mellow as compared to some of the newer vintages, wonderful brew

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.