Van Diest Früli Strawberry Beer

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Fruit Beer
Melle, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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It poured a pale red hazy color with a pink head. The aroma was of strawberry more like strawberry juice. The taste was a bit more faded, than the aroma. This would be a good grass cutting beer. Really, not bad.

Bottle from villa market, hua hin, thailad. Very sweet juice like aroma, strawberries. Hazy reddish brown color, small white head. Sweet taste, strawberries and some malts. Interesting "beer".

On tap at the Guildford arm’s cloudy pink red colour strong strawberry flavour with high carbonation nice sweetness without being sickly very good example of it’s type

Bouteille 250ml. De couleur rosée foncée et voilée. Nez fruité sucré (fraises sucrées du genre confitures, notes de framboises) avec des notes de grains et de sucre. Mince en bouche avec un pétillement élevé et une texture légèrement sirupeuse fruitée. Goût fruité légèrement sucré et aux petites notes acides (fraises avec des notes de citron) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi rapidement d’un goût fruité assez sucré (gelée de fraise et de framboises) avec des notes de grains de céréales et de sucre en poudre. Post-goût moyen, légèrement sucré et aux faibles notes aigres de fruits (fraises) avec quelques traces herbeuses.

Bottle from state line liquors - pours hazy rose with no head. Aroma is big strawberry with some mineral water for fizz. Taste is sweet with a fizzy watery palate. No real influence from the Belgian white that’s it’s base. I didn’t have high expectations for this one, and they were almost met. Fruity alco-pop, sure, but not a beer to be taken seriously.

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2013

Dull, dark rose red colour; Slight head and minimal froth which faded in less than 1 minute; Lacing is thin but stick to glass; Mid to light body; Aroma is grassy, strawberry juice, perfume, and cane sugar; Taste is light fruit juice, mild malty taste, slight sweetness with hint of plum and cherry; Watery palate with slight sugary feel. No hop taste (not an ingredient). Dry after taste.

Comments: I was quite excited when I bought it as it stated strawberry juice - not fruit, not flavouring - as main ingredient, at least they are up front and honest about it. The result was a let down though, as I expected some classy palates in the forms of Lindemans Apple or Peaches. This one’s wine taste felt short of that level, and it is the watery feel, rather than sweetness (which is slight by the way) that stops me from future purchase.

Tap at the Rose and Thistle, Frimley Green - 05/01/13. Hazed crimson, almost akin to a watered down bloody mary, with a thin off pink head that soon clears to the edge. Nose is strawberry slush puppy, berry fruit, sugars. Taste is a sweet strawberry sugar rush. Medium body with a little spritz in the carbonation, sweet finish. Meh - way too sweet. Had this once maybe 7 or 8 years ago and the distant memory from then told me I wouldn’t look forward to rating it. Doesn’t even compete with your average Bulgarian low ABV radler !

Sure it’s strawberry, sure it’s girly, sure sure sure... It’s also a belgian white and very refreshing. Does not seem like the juice is from concentrate. I’d take this over a caesar or a mimosa anyday!

250ml bottle into champagne glass. A hazy pinkish-red beer beneath an ample pink-white head that laces scantily. Aroma is dominated by sugary strawberry bubblegum. Flavour is similar being reminiscent of strawberry ice-cream but without the richness. Lightish body with a bubbly mouthfeel. Lacks the sour lambic elements of the best fruit beer beers but I frankly wasn’t expecting much.

Has a very powerful strawberry aroma. It is a hazy and pale amber color, that produces minimal head. It tastes like a strawberry fruit juice heavy in sweetness, simply delicious. (could be considered too much like a fruit juice instead of a beer, definite downside) It has light body with soft carbonation with a lingering sweet finish. This beer is just plain delicious!