jhaase (14816) reviewed Odnar from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Earthy cherry, sweet rum-raisins and tart citric, cobwebbed sourdough aroma. Cloudy red, low creamy brown head. Wonderfull complexity - cheese, cherry, rye, dust, wood. Citric aftertaste, sparkly mouthfeel.
diabel (1874) reviewed Fruitesse Kriek from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Bottle Red, sparkling body. Deep pink, creamy head. No lace. Overwhelming, sweet cherry aroma. Oh, I do hate those aromas. Moderately sweet flavour.
pivnizub (12821) reviewed Goudenband from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Dark amber coloured with ruby sparks; no head, only a foamy layer with a very short half-life; very fruity and sourish nose (caramel, port-wine or sherry, hints of Havannas); fizzy, but smooth palate; caramel, winy and sour flavour; medium bodied, the alcohol is not overpowering; malty, sourish aftertaste. The right stuff to persuade a hard-headed wine-conoisseur.......
TBone (30139) reviewed Goudenband from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Corked bottle
Dark ruby, small mostly vanishing brown head. Big floating yeast particles. Red current juice, malt in the aroma. Fruity, quite light bodied. Plum, sugar and earthy woody flavors. Hint of cherry sweetness in the finish.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Fruitesse Framboise from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Huge cyclamen-pink, dense and ultra-straight head leaving lace; clear red beer. "Pure" fruitsweets nose, revoltingly synthetic. Like a syrup for flavouring soft ice. "Synthetic" is an euphemism for this. And I didn’t think much of the Frambozen. The syrup is definitely raspberry, no chance on mistaking. Slick, syrupy, sticky. Horrible concoction. The things we do for Ratebeer...
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Frambozenbier from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
375 ml corked bottle, champagne-style. Bought at Selfridge’s, London. ABV was 4.5%. Hazy reddish brown colour, pours with an impressive large tan head with a pinkish hue. Aroma is overwhelming ripe (over-ripe?) raspberries. Flavour is of course raspberries on a background of sourish brown ale (’cause that’s what this beer really is), but not as sour as I expected. Fairly sweet, but not cloying. Hints of cowshed. I wonder what this beer would taste like if the raspberries used had been less ripe - probably "fresher" and more sour and tart. As it is, it’s a drinkable and interesting fruit beer, but would hardly be my daily indulgence even if it had been available in Norway.
TBone (30139) reviewed Cuvee Brut / Kriek Brut from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled 375 ml 2004 vintage, alc. 6% (BBE 2014)
Hazy red-brown, small reddish head. Sour cherry aroma, slightly earthy and some leather tones. Sour kriek flavor but same time some sugar sweetness. Smooth carbonation. Sourish and sweet aftertaste. Very well-balanced and enjoyable brew.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Jan van Gent from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Vintage 2003
Half bottle, corked
Hazy amber color; frothy head. Light malty aroma, a bit sour and corky. Too much carbonation; very dry taste, a bit astringent, corky; quite watery and disgusting.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Fruitesse Kriek from Liefmans 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Bottle: Poured a bright pink color liquid with a huge bubbly head with very little retention. Aroma is totally dominated by the cherry syrup and nothing else can be distinguished. Taste is also dominated by the cherry syrup that I didn’t particularly enjoyed since it was way too sweet for my liking. I wasn’t expecting something earth shattering but I wasn’t expecting something similar to this.
diabel (1874) reviewed Oud Bruin from Liefmans 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle Deep brown (near tawny), murky body. Brown, creamy head, mostly diminishing. Old malts in the aroma. Moderately sourish flavour, but not interesting at all. Ther are way better sour beers in this small world.