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Liefmans Goudenband 3.74 721

Liefmans Goudenband

Percentile
96
overall
Brewed by Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Sour Ale

Oudenaarde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7213.75/5.03.74/5.08%71.9Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Infinitely complex in aroma and flavor with notes of maltiness and tartness throughout. An unsurpassed old brown with the richness and complexity of a vintage wine.
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 Hunsell (400), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 3, 2005  
On draught, ABT-beer of the month. Redbrown dark clear beer with a nice darkyellowish head. Sweet, very fruity aroma. Very nice fruity flavour with some bitter notes (like orangepeel) coming through better at the end. More sweet than sour, could have been a bit more sour, but nevertheless, this was very enjoyable.


 BDR (2170), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 29, 2007  
Dark brown with a sour green apple nose. Faint brown sugar on the nose as well Sweet brown sugar body with a faint sourness.


 Alldaydrinker (558), Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/102/516/20
Sep 20, 2007  
Poured into a snifter with a large off white frothy head. Lots of large brown particulates. Aroma resembles a robust white wine overlayed with dark fruits, tartness is apparent. Initial taste begins with a slight malt, fizzy mouthfeel, and sour. Finishing with a cherry tartness that rocks the sides of your tongue. Palate seems to put it’s brakes on and falls short. Head retention is good and lacing of the glass is beautiful. 8% is well masked. Well balanced and very enjoyable.


 TrefwoordPunk (556), Leiden, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Mar 26, 2009  
Bottle 37,5 cl wrapped in paper, doesn’t state the year it was brewed. Pour a warm ruby red with a small off-white head and an acidic aroma. The flavour is sweet at first, with notes of toffee, artificial sweetener, prunes, salmiac and cherries. After this initial taste the taste gets sour, acidic, wine that has been open for too long and cider. Nice sour beer.


 johndavidj99 (123), Township, Maine, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/514/20
Jan 2, 2008    Updated: Mar 2, 2008
Dark brown in color with particulate. Sweet and slightly sour berry taste with a sour finish. What a wonderful taste. A favorite...wow!


 oreogobbler (217), Austin, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Feb 4, 2008  
Aroma: Sour cherries and raspberries. Very acidic. Dark Cloudy Brown bubbly head. Interesting sour fruit flavor but no overwhelming, nice and sweet in the finish. Smooth and clean palate. Easy to drink, very delightful.


 durhambeer (1251), Durham, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 14, 2008    Updated: Mar 15, 2008
Chocolately brown pour and small white head. Smells very sour and tart. Cherries, alcohol. Malty, oaky, earthy, woody-cherry flavors and nice sour, sweet finish. I do like this beer.


 dogfish120love (296), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Aroma consists of a very sweet caramel and candy apple coating aroma with some booziness. Has a barley wine esc smell. Pour is brown with an almost non-existant head. There are some floaties and yeast has stuck to the side of the bottle. Sourness is overpowered by the sweetness, cherry, caramel, alcohol and malt. Not really that tart or sour.



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