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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6.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pours a medium brown. Wow is this sour. Nice but hard to finish a full 750 ml.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:44


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home after a long week and a picanha for dinner. 2022 blend. Medium brown with a tan head, clean nose with brown sugar and balsamic notes. Moderate acidity, not super complex, but it is a well balanced blend of caramel Kandi sugar and barrel-aged woody sour notes.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2025 at 20:05


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Systembolaget Sweden that I found after 5 years in the wine seller.
Short lasting white head.
Clear very nice aged red wine color.
Small vineger and lactic aroma.
Smooth acidity and a bit caramell taste too give a dark maltiness. Low bitterness and a medium to firm body.

Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2025 at 16:18


2.5
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3

330mL bottle. Pours hazy dark red with a pink head. Tastes and smells like sickly sweet cough syrup, maybe some malts floating around. Absolutely egregious.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2025 at 21:20


2.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

330mL bottle, pours a hazy dark red with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of sweet cherry fruity juice, a tiny bit of tartness, not much else. I’ve had more egregious NAs but this is still shitty.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2025 at 21:16


4.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4

Fles 25cl in Tiendeveen. Cassis, framboos, fruitig, kriek, redelijk zoet. (21-3-2025).

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 15:33


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home. Pours brownish copper with thin head. Nose is vineous notes, light vinegar acidity, dark sugar. Taste is moderately sour, lightly funky and somewhat sweet notes of brett, wood, red wine and malts. Closes with light funk, some sweetness. Light body, soft to average carbo. Could have stronger and more sophisticated sour and funky notes and a somewhat more pronounced wouldnt hurt either.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:22


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Tap @ Gulating pub, Stavanger I think (late night rating!). Unclear pale yellow golden body with a small white head. Aroma has oranges and citric fruit and feels a bit artificial. Flavor is not so much beer and mostly fruits like citric, oranges, lime and slightly sour berries. Drinkable but not too sweet and not very impressive. More like a novelity or a fruit drink.

Tried from Draft on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:16


Tried on 01 Mar 2025 at 12:07


Tried on 01 Mar 2025 at 12:07