Framboise
Brouwerij Lindemans

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From:
Brouwerij Lindemans
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
Ranked #116
ABV:
2.5%
Score:
87
Ranked #16,093
Avg:
3.89 | pDev: 14.4%
Reviews:
1,114
Ratings:
3,020
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 05, 2024
Added:
Nov 01, 2000
Wants:
  85
Gots:
  467
2.5-4.0% ABV

The appearance of this exceptional beer is matched only by its taste! To make our Framboise, we add raspberry juice to our lambic. That gives it a delicate fruity aroma and a beautiful dark pink colour, just like the dress I wore to our cousin Willy's wedding. (But that's of no interest to you since you undoubtedly don't know Willy). Framboise is served as an aperitif, but I also use it in cooking. And when I don't finish the bottle in my preparations, I finish it in my glass.
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Reviewed by ManicMadgod from Connecticut

4.24/5  rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
It's been a while since I've had Framboise, but it's one of the most drinkable beers I've ever had the pleasure of trying. Fruity on the nose and on the palate, it's an excellent gateway beer for the uninitiated. Tart and tasty and isn't a terribly fussy drink due to its low ABV and berry-forward flavor. You could easily polish off a whole bottle on your own without a second thought.
Mar 05, 2024
 
Rated: 2 by doctorgary from New York

Feb 16, 2024
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Reviewed by Suds from Missouri

3.9/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I know that I’ve had this beer several times in the past, and I can’t believe that I haven’t reviewed it until now. From a small bottle, it pours a dark red color, looking almost like a red wine, with a foamy, almost pink, head. The aroma is rich with raspberry scents…very fruity, with just a bit of sour twangy scents underneath. It’s sweeter than I remembers, and maybe sweeter than it needs to be, but the fruit really stands out in the flavor. There is a lightly sour note underneath the taste. It is incredibly drinkable. It doesn’t taste at all like a beer, but rather a lightly sour and sweet fruit drink.
Feb 15, 2024
 
Rated: 4 by Jjmj51 from Rhode Island

Feb 11, 2024
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Reviewed by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

3.89/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Is this lambic one of those classics that you brag about having snagged a bottle? No, but it is tastey, sweet but not excessive and it still has the lambic tartness and mouthfeel. A low ABV guilty pleasure.
Feb 05, 2024
 
Rated: 4.27 by Gagnonsux from Texas

Jan 31, 2024
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Reviewed by jmbranum from Oklahoma

4.75/5  rDev +22.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I poured from a 750 ml bottle into a pint glass. Bright ruby red liquid with an everfecent head. Lots and lots and lots of raspberry flavor and aroma. Appropriately tart for the style but also quite sweet. Smooth but full moutfeel.

This is my go-to beer to share with friends who say they do not like beer. I have yet to find someone who doesn't like this one.

World-class
Jan 25, 2024
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

3.91/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brouwerij Lindemans 'Framboise' @ 2.5% , served from a purple foil 250 ml bottle ,
A-pour is dark red from the bottle to a rich dark red in the glass with a small size pinkish head that is dissipating leaving a minimal lace ring along the supplied teku glass
S-raspberries
T-tart starting lambic beer , easy drinking & refreshing with a true sour finish
MF-ok carbonation , light body
Ov-part of the Lindemans 200 Anniversary pack , 4 bottles 1 glass
prost LampertLand
Jan 20, 2024
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Reviewed by nasal from Illinois

3.8/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Fierce, deep, rich red color. Tastes just a bit more wild fermented and funky than the Jolly-Ranchers-apple flavor. This was one of my favorite beers of all-time in my 20s. Revisiting it now, it seems a bit more artificial-chemical and soda-like than I remember. It shares that with Lindemans' other fruity lambics. These beers (peach, pear, apple, raspberry) are really not as lambic-funky-sour as I remember. Tastes great, artfully constructed, worth trying, and I'd always drink one if it was offered, but for me, not worth the huge pricetag to revisit regularly.
Nov 05, 2023
 
Rated: 3.24 by TheIPAHunter from California

Oct 13, 2023
 
Rated: 4.64 by Beergod420 from Michigan

Sep 05, 2023
 
Rated: 4.16 by RoyalKaiju from Kentucky

Aug 20, 2023
 
Rated: 4.18 by MutuelsMark from Kentucky

Aug 20, 2023
 
Rated: 4.03 by Vistance from Kentucky

Jul 15, 2023
 
Rated: 3.25 by NorbertB1974 from Germany

Jun 22, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by adosen01 from Minnesota

Jun 16, 2023
 
Rated: 4.15 by Roejogan from Canada (BC)

May 09, 2023
 
Rated: 3.63 by Bogdawg from Massachusetts

Apr 23, 2023
 
Rated: 3.91 by RalphStanley34 from French Polynesia

Mar 31, 2023
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Rated by JessicaSpeLangm from Ohio

4.61/5  rDev +18.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
I sampled this @ Cincinnati beerfest. While it can be off-putting for a beer to be so carbonated, I found it very refreshing.
Feb 09, 2023
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