Liefmans

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

Established in 1679

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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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Tried on 01 Mar 2025 at 12:06


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Tried on 01 Mar 2025 at 12:06


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Tried on 01 Mar 2025 at 12:05


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

6 pack with two glasses at the lcbo.
deep red pour, with a medium pink head. huge aroma of various berries, but it seems to lean towards cherry. a touch of sourness, with a big wollop of sweet berry juice. the finish is agfain very sweet, but juicy, and not totally unpleasant. there is enough tartness, thought not much, to keep me happy. decent fruit beer.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:29


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Dark cloudy orange color.
good beige head with decent lacing. aroma is orange, cherries, and yeast, with an almost flemish sour aroma also, not surprising comming from Leifmans. Flavour yeast, and citrus, with a subtle sour/tartness to it. wow, this isnt half bad, i was expecting the worst after seeing the ratings. this is a nice belgian ale. Carbonation is a little over the top but the flavours are all there. I specialy like the subtle sourness.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

very deep red colro, very nice pink head. Aroma is of tart and sour raspberries. Flavour is again, quite tart, and sour, but the raspberries really comes through. The finish is again very tart. Super nice beer, very interesting, the 1st flemish sour i have that is flavoured with fruit.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12


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

nice brown/red color, next to no head. Aroma is slightly malty, and very vinious. Flavour is very much like wine with a tartness to it. Very interesting, this is somehwat sweet also, butt he sour/tart never really goes away. Very much like wine, i’m intrested to see how thos holds up after some cellaring.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

dark ruby color, big white head. aroma of sour cherries. flavour is quite tart and sour, and a very wonderful cherry flavour. Very very nice flemish sour!!

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Flasche 0,33l (Blended in 2020): Rubinrot, kastanienbraun, klar, wenig mittelporiger Schaum; sehr fruchtige Nase, kräftige Süße, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Kirschkompott, Kirschsaft, Kirschkonfitüre, dunkle Schokolade, gefüllte Lebkuchenherzen, etwas Marzipan, leichte Hefearomen, fruchtig-süße Bitterkeit; sehr fruchtiger + leicht würziger Körper, leichte herbe Süße, fruchtige Säure, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Kirschen, schwarze Johannisbeeren, kaum Kohlensäure, dunkle Schokolade, gefüllte Lebkuchenherzen; fruchtig-säuerlicher Nachgang

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2025 at 13:56


2.7
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 11

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso il floreale. L'intensità olfattiva è normale e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma è destinato a vita breve. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di consistenza limpida e anche qui la grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è arancio pallido. Il corpo è rotondo. Il dolce è pesante. L'amaro è moderato. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è sufficiente. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. L'aroma in bocca porta i segni di agrumi, zuccherino e mela verde.

Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 12:00