Liefmans

Commercial Brewery in Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Duvel Moortgat

Established in 1679

Contact
Aalststraat 200, Oudenaarde, 9700, Belgium
Description
The history of the brewery dates back to 1679. At the end of the eighteenth century, Jacobus Liefmans settled in Oudenaarde and gave the brewery its name. It was around 1900 that Liefmans started filling maturation tanks with black cherries, on a small scale. Local farmers brought their excess crops of black cherries to Liefmans and swapped them for beer. One individual who played a key part in this was Rosa Merckx. She was closely involved in the brewery’s operations over several decades. Thanks to her encouragement, the cherry beer evolved into a real success story.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Aroma: Strong glühwein with fruits and spices. Flavour: Sweet fruits with sour notes and Christmas spices. Aftertaste is sweet and lightly sour. Colour: Reddish brown with an offwhite head. From: Bottle @ Væskebalancen Aarhus.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2023 at 16:39


5

Tried on 08 Dec 2023 at 17:30


3.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2.5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Fles 33cl thuis gedeeld. Erg zoet, perzik, candy, fruitig, ranja. (25-11-2023).

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2023 at 16:01


4.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Deep ruby. Aroma is chewing gum with cherry. Taste is artificial sweetness with light fruit. Sparkly. Nope.

Tried on 01 Nov 2023 at 06:42


6

Very gentle sweetness

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2023 at 18:20


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Klare bräunlich rötliche Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Säuerlich, weinartiger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich fruchtig, weinartig, säuerlich, malzig. Mittlere Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit und mittlerer Säuerlichkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

Tried on 19 Sep 2023 at 19:50


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

75cl bottle (7,5%) from Colruyt Etterbeek Jourdan in Brussels. F: big, pink white, long lasting. C: deep red, clear. A: sour cherries, woody, tannins, marzipan, vinous, bit smoked, red berries, blackberries. T: medium to full malty base, cherries all the way long like cherries skin, pits, jam, red berries, woody, tannins, dry on the palate, bit vinous, vanilla, soft carbonation, very nice complex for the style, fully enjoyed.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2023 at 18:50


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Gents Bier Festival 2023 - Blood red colour with no head Aroma and flavour have cherry and almond. Cherry pits. Nice sour. Fruity. Too much cherry pit though.

Tried on 21 Aug 2023 at 18:26


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Small off-white rim over clear, deep-red beer. Rich, vinous, fully red berries and fruit at first, smoked whiff, going over in ripened cherries, cherry wine. Soft-sweet, lightly acidic red berries, cranberries. Again slightly smoked. Sandalwood as for cigarboxes leaf. Light bodied, fine carbonation, fruitslick. I find it definitely better than the first Xtra, despite the lower ABV. All the better for it!

Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2023 at 13:25


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours dark pinkred, small pinkwhite head. Scent is full, cherry, mildly sweet impression. Taste is full, cherry, tart - no real sweetness here. Medium body, medium high carbo. Mild funk almost, subtile wood. More than decent !

Tried on 08 Aug 2023 at 16:52