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Wittekerke Framboise
De Brabandere
- From:
- De Brabandere
- Belgium
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- 72
- Avg:
- 3.02 | pDev: 21.19%
- Reviews:
- 29
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 18, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 06, 2011
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 7
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Rated by bmu111 from Puerto Rico
4.59/5 rDev +52%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +52%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
girl beer, smell, color and taste is good. Sweet mmmmm!!!!!
Jun 04, 2019Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
2.26/5 rDev -25.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.26/5 rDev -25.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Pours an odd light peach pink. Off to a bad start. Looks can be deceiving, but not here.
This smells like Gummi Bears and tastes like sour patch kids. This may be a fun little drink for the kiddies, but, uh, wtf is this, really? Some cheap shit.
Wow, I just realized this is the same brewery making the Petrus ales. WTF are they thinking with this embarrassment? This is almost certainly not a Framboise, at least from any other experience I've had elsewhere.
Aug 28, 2016This smells like Gummi Bears and tastes like sour patch kids. This may be a fun little drink for the kiddies, but, uh, wtf is this, really? Some cheap shit.
Wow, I just realized this is the same brewery making the Petrus ales. WTF are they thinking with this embarrassment? This is almost certainly not a Framboise, at least from any other experience I've had elsewhere.
Reviewed by ryannosaurus from Arizona
1.89/5 rDev -37.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.89/5 rDev -37.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Pours clear pink-amber with a small head that disappears immediately
Aroma is a little big raspberry and some wet dog
Flavor is overly sweet, almost medicinal. No raspberry tartness or any real yeast character.A bit of beer character in the aftertaste, but more like a US wine cooler than anything.
Mouth feel is syrupy for the abv, with no sustained CO2 to liven it up.
Overall, not a winner for my palate. Mix some raspberry koolaid with seltzer and a shot of vodka, and you'll have the same experience at a better price point.
Jan 12, 2016Aroma is a little big raspberry and some wet dog
Flavor is overly sweet, almost medicinal. No raspberry tartness or any real yeast character.A bit of beer character in the aftertaste, but more like a US wine cooler than anything.
Mouth feel is syrupy for the abv, with no sustained CO2 to liven it up.
Overall, not a winner for my palate. Mix some raspberry koolaid with seltzer and a shot of vodka, and you'll have the same experience at a better price point.
Reviewed by NDSoBe from Pennsylvania
2.81/5 rDev -7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.81/5 rDev -7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
On tap. TL;DR Closer to Winecooler than Lambic.
I had Lindemans Peche from the bottle a couple years ago and recently an unidentified Framboise Lambic on tap. I proceeded down to the distributor the next week to buy a case of Lambic. Upon seeing the price I blacked out, and after coming to my senses I saw this beer on the bottom shelf and decided to compromise. Coming in at 1/3 the price (but still a lot of money), I could only call this a hipster wine cooler. My thoughts on every sip followed as "What a Disappointment" to "Maybe its not too bad" then "Can i return beer?" Gave to my mother as an expensive alternative to Smirnoff Ice for the holiday.
Starts Sweet, Is Sweet, Ends Sweet. Jolly Rancher spit comes to mind.
Dec 28, 2015I had Lindemans Peche from the bottle a couple years ago and recently an unidentified Framboise Lambic on tap. I proceeded down to the distributor the next week to buy a case of Lambic. Upon seeing the price I blacked out, and after coming to my senses I saw this beer on the bottom shelf and decided to compromise. Coming in at 1/3 the price (but still a lot of money), I could only call this a hipster wine cooler. My thoughts on every sip followed as "What a Disappointment" to "Maybe its not too bad" then "Can i return beer?" Gave to my mother as an expensive alternative to Smirnoff Ice for the holiday.
Starts Sweet, Is Sweet, Ends Sweet. Jolly Rancher spit comes to mind.
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.53/5 rDev +16.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +16.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330 ml bottle into pint glass, 401022 bottle code. Pours hazy/cloudy reddish orange color with a 1-2 finger dense light pint head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of sweet, juicy, and lightly tart raspberry; pear, apple, wheat, bread, light coriander/clove, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of raspberry, bready malt, and fruity/earthy yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of juicy, sweet, and lightly tart raspberry; pear, apple, wheat, bread, light coriander/clove, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Minimal yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of raspberry, pear, apple, wheat, bread, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good robustness and balance of raspberry, bready malt, and fruity/earthy yeast flavors; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and fairly creamy/slick mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.3%. Overall this is a good standard tasting fruit beer. All around good robustness and balance of raspberry, pale malt, and fruity/earthy yeast flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. I was hoping for more pronounced witbier character against the fruit flavors; but it was still pleasantly enjoyable.
Aug 15, 2015Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.28/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
.33 L bottle. A small bit of sediment remained stuck on the bottom after a full pour. The body is rosy-copper with a good off-white head and lacing.
The aroma was more fruity right out of the bottle but the witbier became more obvious as the head settled.
After the first sip or two, which seemed too sweet, my palate adjusted and I found the sweetness to be high but not very objectionable. Still, I wish this had more tartness. Natural raspberry flavor lingers on in the aftertaste, eventually fading to a faint wheat note.
O: a markedly sweet, raspberry witbier.
Dec 05, 2014The aroma was more fruity right out of the bottle but the witbier became more obvious as the head settled.
After the first sip or two, which seemed too sweet, my palate adjusted and I found the sweetness to be high but not very objectionable. Still, I wish this had more tartness. Natural raspberry flavor lingers on in the aftertaste, eventually fading to a faint wheat note.
O: a markedly sweet, raspberry witbier.
Wittekerke Framboise from De Brabandere
Beer rating:
72 out of
100 with
95 ratings
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