Liefmans Goudenband

Hardly any head. Brownish in color, cloudy sort of muddy look. Sweet smell is fruity and the flavor is complex, slightly sour but pleasing.

37,5cl bottle from dranken Geerts. very sourish, a mixer of sweet and sour, i don’t like the beer style but next time i will try an aged bottle.

Courtesy of Retorp. 2004 bottle. Pours a dark brown cola color with a thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of honey, caramel, ripe dark fruit, raisins, prunes, molasses and some booziness. Flavor is malty and sweet with notes of caramel and honey, ripe dark fruit, ripe cherries, yeast, bread, and hints of grass. Generally medium body with a pleasing sweet and sour finish.

courtesy of Retorp, ’04 bottle. Pours copper with beige head. Taste is malty with light hops and some very good addition of fruits, dark cherries. God dose of yeast. Amazing balance with the sour and tartness being excellent, almost velvety.

$7.99 bottle from Greens Buford Hwy. 3 flemish browns in a row, and this is the best of them. Lots of maltiness, sweet, but seems drier than the other two. Dark brown amber color. Some buttery oaky barrel in the aroma. Apple cider is lower (which is good) than the other two. Nicely drinkable and refreshing. Chunks of yeast floating around. 8,3,8,3, 17: 3.9

2004 bottle, courtesy Retorp. Pours a tea color, with a fizzy white head and lacing. Aroma is of caramel, some oxidation, not much but enough, some molasses, some must. Aroma is dry molasses and musk, slight dry cider. Crisp, smooth and drinkable, easy to drink despite the oxidation.

Bottle, 2005, brown-red color, tastes far better than it looks. Very nice sour aroma. I liked the flavor, although it didn’t stay as long as i hoped.

Bottle. Really ugly grey-red color. Smells a lot of fruit with some smoke. Sour. Tastes like a bad sparkling red wine with some smoke from regular cigarettes.Overall this beer is a little too thin for all the strange flavors. Big dissapointment.