Van Diest Früli Strawberry Beer

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Fruit Beer
Melle, Belgium

On tap - Southwark Tavern Borough London. Oh my God!! A dirty muddy pink coloured beer which looks like a fruit smoothie with a white beery head. The aroma is like strawberry milkshake, with the strawberry pips and ice cream. In fact it is like a Strawberry mivvi. The taste is syrupy strawberry fruit and more milk shake, but somewhere in there is a hint of something not unlike beer. Dodgy.

Clean. Strawberry bubble gum flavours. Alcohol is hidden. Actually refreshing on a muggy evening in the sun.

Actually smells and lookspretty good. Amazingly, tastes pretty much like strawberries too. Question is, why make a beer that tastes like strawberry fruit juice if people don’t actually drink (or make for that matter) strawberry fruit juice. I bet beer-hating girls would love this though.

This bottled brew from a restaurant in the Times Square area of NYC poured a small sized head of finely sized mostly diminishing white colored bubbles that left behind a fair lacing. The body contained unnoted carbonation, was very hazy and unnoted in color. Its aroma contained notes of very nice strawberries . Its mouth feel is initially tingly with a palate and a strawberry aftertaste. Its flavor contained nice fruity strawberry notes and was very tasty. An excellent beer that I would buy again. One of the few fruit beers that I have really enjoyed!

Oct 30th 2005 Bottle- 250ml - Aroma is all Strawberry. The first taste is interesting and almost enjoyable. Almost! It goes downhill from there rather fast. At the midpoint of the bottle it tastes like strawberry syrup. I never made it to the end of the bottle.

Hmmm, nice one, nice colour, reminds me strawberry ice cream without colorants. The taste is good, sometimes strng, sometimes sweet, I like that.

Bouteille-Bière de blé non-filtrée légère et crèmeuse, combine un goût citronné avec de la saveur de fraise rejoutée.--Bottle--Unfiltered wheat beer this light and creamy, combines the lemony fruitiness, with strawberry flavours.

I was expecting a more red colour to this, but personally think colour means nothing. It smells very nice indeed and has a flavour that makes for a thoroughly drinkable beer. It’s sweetness also lends itself to a topping for ice cream.