Goudenband

Liefmans in Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Flemish Red / Bruin Regular

Score

7.44

ABV: 8.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 283

Liefmans Goudenband is one of the most distinctive dark beers in the world. Originally called IJzerenband (Iron Band) – a reference to the iron bands around the beer barrels – the bottle gained its champagne cork when it was renamed Liefmans Goudenband (Gold Band). Made in open vats with beer of mixed fermentation, it is left to mature for four to 12 months in the cellar. Mature beer is then fortified with younger beer, so the fermentation process starts up again.

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5.6

Werckmeister (8041) reviewed Goudenband (1996) from Liefmans 3 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

0,75l bottle at home shared by me. No pop. Reddish hazy color, no head. Smells sherry, spices, peppery, earthy. Ok smell. Full body, no carbonation. Tastes of sherry, peppery, bit sweet, spices, oxidation, earthy. Finishes lightly sweet with notes of sherry, oxidation and peppery notes. Gone

7, 6, 5.5, 5, 5

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2022 at 15:22

6.9

mcm1 (3805) ticked Goudenband from Liefmans 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

Tried on 28 Sep 2021 at 17:18

aswespeak (5845) ticked Goudenband (2019) from Liefmans 4 years ago

Thanks Anthony D.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2021 at 16:45

Szeppp (7592) ticked Goudenband from Liefmans 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2020 at 15:19

Lameth (4926) reviewed Goudenband from Liefmans 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Cloudy brown color and a small white head. Nice sour-vinous aroma. malty, acidic. sweetish finish.

Tried on 20 Nov 2020 at 20:09

Bart23 (982) ticked Goudenband (2019) from Liefmans 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2020 at 17:25

fuzzoholic (1386) ticked Goudenband (2019) from Liefmans 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle at Against The Grain on 28 Jul 2020 at 19:13

Ronncyca (1116) ticked Goudenband from Liefmans 5 years ago

Tried on 23 Jul 2020 at 20:38

Maakun (16597) reviewed Goudenband (2015) from Liefmans 5 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle drank in 2020. Clear deep brown with small dark beuge head. Soft dark malt, caramel, blackberries, sweet and sour cherries, chocolate, light herbal and soft oak, berry jam. Medium sweet and refreshingly sour. Solid medium bodied with soft carbonation. Very nice, really improved with age.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2020 at 20:00

6.5

Hanoi (1998) reviewed Goudenband from Liefmans 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Startled it's not rated. Cork stamped 2014. Nose is balsamic, raspberry, raspberry tea, oak, vanilla, milk chocolate. Taste is light balsamic (less than the nose would imply) chocolate, vanilla, cherry, hints of peach, hazelnut, lightly sour, caramel. It's decent.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2020 at 20:37

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