Van Diest Früli Strawberry Beer

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Fruit Beer
Melle, Belgium

Is this really beer? Ok it tastes of strawberries, but it bears no resemblance to any beer I’ve tasted before. It’s sweet and so unbalanced, to me it’s quite unpleasant. I honestly hate to appear sexist, but I suspect this is aimed at the female market, and while there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s not my cup of tea, or "beer" for that matter, so sorry!

A floral and strawberry/ yeasty nose. Strawberry notes. Light body. Some bitterness. A nicely balanced brew. Very much a palette cleanser.

Bottled. Hazy red with a pinkish head. Extremely sweet in both aroma and flavour. Smells and tastes like strawberry-jam. The sweetness chokes every other flavour.

Pours a pink colour with some light pink head. Definite smell of strawberrys and a similar taste, kind of like liquid strawberry jam. It’s alrite at first, but I found that after half a bottle it became too insipid. Not so much a fault with the beer, but I’ve never been a fan of strawberry juice, in a similar way to raspberrys, I find that they lose their tart edge when juiced and are just too sweet. Maybe the cranberry version works better?

Draught at dr. Louise, Esbjerg. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Ugly muddy red colour. Powerfull strawberry aroma. Really sweet flavor, average finish, powerfull strawberry notes. Syruply palate.

Bottle. Cloudy (due to yeast no doubt!), strawberry yogurt like aroma, pinkish head which quickly disappears. taste starts of sweet but becoming tart towards the end.

I know alot hate this beer but i think it is a very decent starter fruit beer, some small amounts of reddish foam, color is reddy brown, good strawberry nose , almost a strawberry smoothy with alcohol, some underling hops. Good

Rosa color and a bit unclear. Has a medium lasting head and pink. Has a true strawberry aroma and flavor, nice. Aroma, strawberry, sweet. Flavor, sweet and strawberry. Texture is syrup.