Liefmans Goudenband

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

Pours brown and more or less flat. Smells of sour fruit, vinegar and sugar. Taste is woody with some sour berries and vinegar.

Pours copper with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, light vinegar, light brett and dried fruit. Flavour is caramel, dried fruit, light vinegar and light balsamico.

Färgen någonstans mellan mörkt röd och brun med flyktigt skum. Doft av mörka bär, körsbär. Stram torr smak med inte allt för mycket surhet. Bär och fat.

Clear dark reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet and moderate sour fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate sour. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 020711

Bouteille de 750 ml, rapportée de France par Claude. Arômes de fruits mûrs, de chocolat et de levures sauvages. Robe brune aux reflets roux, légère dentelle et effervescence moyenne. Très complexe en bouche, on retrouve des fruits mûrs à l’avant-plan et une belle présence maltée tirant sur le chocolat. Les bactéries et levures sauvages apportent une très agréable personnalité fruitée et une acidité lactique d’intensité moyenne. L’alcool est très bien dissimulé. Une très bonne Oud Bruin, certainement la meilleure que j’ai eu l’occasion de goûter.

Bottle. Poured a medium brown with some reddish undertones and a large almost cream colored rocky head that was mostly lasting and produced some fair lacing. The aroma was quite complex with a nutty dark grain malt, an herbal hop and a sweet earthy yeast with notes of cherries, apple, sweet dried fruit and a mild alcohol wine scent. It tasted sweet, malty and fruity with hints of cherries and dried dark fruit in the beginning then became very tart with a nice apple vinegar flavor at the finish. Mouthfeel was somewhere between light and medium in body with the texture being watery at first and finishing quite dry. The carbonation was lively and a little bubbly. Overall an appealing sweet-sour flavor mixed with an abundance of fruitiness which hid the somewhat high alcohol content.

2005 vintage. Pours dark amber-brown with a wispy head and floating yeast. vinous nose, stewed apples, and toffee. Palate is surprisingly clean, with soft carbonation. Initial flavors feature sweet apple, cinnamon, and pear. Well-flavored, with good balance. Finish has back-of-the-tongue acidity, as well as some alcohol burn. This is very drinkable and refreshing, quite a feat for a beer with this kind of depth and full flavor.

Pours cloudy medium brown color with tan head. Sour fruit, cherry aroma with some dough. Tart cherry flavor with some maltiness. Melin body with lively carbonation. Nice for the price.