Van Diest Früli Strawberry Beer

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Fruit Beer
Melle, Belgium

Bottle. Pours gold-strawberry red. Aroma is like a strawberry-lemonade smoothie. Mouthfeel is light, with crisp carbonation. This “beer” tastes exactly like a strawberry flavored soda. As such, it is actually quite refreshing. A hint of tart orange kicks in at the tail end, along with serious dryness. No trace of alcohol. Would this appeal to a fan of imperial stouts? No. But someone looking to get tipsy of soda? Sure.

Bottle from Party Source. Poured reddish/amber color with a moderate off-white head that lasted and produced good lacing. Average sweet strawberry aroma. Medium body with a smooth thick texture and soft carbonation. Medium sweet fruity flavor with a sweet finish of moderate duration. Fruit brew, not my style.

25 cl bottle. Red color with a very small head thats lasts for 2 sec. Strong semi fake aroma of strawberrys, and flavor is sweet and more strawberrys. Long end with notes of pineapple.

Pours a hazy pinkish red color with a short lived whitish-pinkish head. Smell is like hard strawberry candies or strawberry bubblegum, and is quite strong. Artificial, but pleasant. Taste is quite sweet and tastes like strawberry soda with some dullness from the wheat perhaps. Quite sweet up front and finishes with a bubble gum flavor. Really more of a soda or gimmicky dessert beer than anything, but I can’t say I dislike the taste. Medium body with normal to slightly soft carbonation.

Similar colour to strawberry puree. Smells strongly of tinned starwberries. Tastes of bad smoked stawberries. Not very nice.

Crushed with Jakebra. Great strawberry nose. Reminds me of the bubblegum I used to chew in little league. Flavor has some sweetness, but much more nast, and the finish goes on and gets incredibly stale. At least it’s in a small bottle and you can finish it really quickly.

Traded bottle of Frubee Strawberry. Not bad just strawberry and more strawberry with not much else. A little pineapple tartness in the finish. Okay overall but maybe a little too much sweetness which overpowered everything else.

A bit thin and on the watery side, but intense strawberry taste. Pours a deep, dark red, with little to no head on the beer. Sweet strawberry with a bit of a sour aftertaste to it, not really like a lambic. Certainly an interesting beer to track down and give a try.