Belle Vue Framboise
Brasserie Belle-Vue

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From:
Brasserie Belle-Vue
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.37 | pDev: 15.73%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
37
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 19, 2017
Added:
Aug 08, 2002
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Rated: 3.75 by paulish from New York

Jul 19, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by RMentair from Panama

May 21, 2015
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Rated by Brabander from Netherlands

3.68/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Drank a 25 year old bottle of this beer. Very imprssive how this beer kept so well.
Feb 21, 2015
 
Rated: 2 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 05, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by probert from New York

Sep 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by drbenderdo from Michigan

Jan 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by WOLFGANG from South Carolina

Jul 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by matjack85 from Illinois

Feb 02, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by harpus from Alabama

Oct 16, 2012
 
Rated: 3.25 by BelgiumBob from Belgium

Aug 12, 2012
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Reviewed by atigerlife from Hawaii

3.3/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2006 vintage.

Poured with a big light pink head and a dark pinkish hue. Carbonation seen rising. Pretty good start.

Aroma of raspberries and slightly musty.

Tate of raspberries, farmhouse, lightly tart and some wood. Not a very bold taste.

Mouthfeel was light and lightly cleansing.

Overall, a decent beer but there are definitely better beers of this style. I would also recommend drinking this fresh, as I don't think the aging helped any.
Jul 20, 2008
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Reviewed by thierrynantes from France

3.03/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Sorry but this following comment is in french :
Beer bottle (37,5 cl), tasted in 2003.
Appearance: amber colour, a beautiful foam slight
Smell: good raspberry nose
Taste and mouthfeel: in the mouth agreement between freshness and raspberry, rather short final
Drinkability : a correct gueuze, but without further

Review added 11-24-2007, translated from french 1-25-2008.
Nov 24, 2007
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Reviewed by cypressbob from Northern Ireland

3.38/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
375ml bottle, corked and caged

Pours with a murky pinky/purple body, fluffy off white pinky head with good retention, some lacing

Smell, musty fruit, strawberries and rasberries, fruits of the forest yogurt, touch of estery malt

Taste, creamy fruit, fizzy cabonated mouthfeel, fair whack of sweetness, some lingering bready malt on the finish

Bit bland and too sweet but not bad
Dec 30, 2006
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Reviewed by ohitsbrad from Australia

3.61/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
18 February 2006, Best Before June 06

Light brown colour with a dense foamy pink head. Great thick lacing and head retention. Sweet raspberry aroma. Flavour is sweet and sour, salty and irony. Medium bodied. Very refreshing. Not bad for an accessible fruit lambic.
Aug 31, 2006
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Reviewed by SkeeterHawk from Texas

3.39/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Appearance: Pours a pretty cloudy orange red color with a very small head that dissipated pretty quickly to a small ring across the top of the beer. There are very few bubbles rising to maintain the head. There is some thin lacing left on the glass after drinking.

Aroma: Very assertive fruity aroma with a noticeable tart character to it. The raspberries are the main component of the aroma. The fruit is really complex, and it almost has a strawberry presence to it also. It is rather one-sided, but still pleasant.


Taste: The flavor is pretty thin for such a bold aroma. The beer doesn't show a lot of tart character in the flavor, and ends a bit watery. The raspberry is definitely the key player here, and it dominates the entire flavor profile long into the finish. You really get no malt or wheat here...just a slightly tart kool-aid like drink.

Opinion: I am not a huge fan of fruit beers, and this one is no exception for me. It is OK, but lacking a lot of depth that I expect from a lambic style beer. This was a good experience, but not one that I will be seeking out in the future.
Jun 18, 2006
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Reviewed by JohnfromDublin from Ireland

3.31/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Tasted this 37.5cl corked and caged bottle on 04 June 06 (best by 24/02/07). Imported by Inbev UK, purchased in a Tesco store Dublin for €2.95.

Poured a clear ruby brew with a frothy white head tinged with pink. Smelled less than anticipated and tasted slightly sour-slightly sweet without being too challenging either way. Fruity flavoured; soured raspberries. Mouthfeel was quite syrupy.

Overall a worth-a-try brew for a Summers day (which it was), but only as an occasional.
Jun 06, 2006
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Reviewed by VoodooBrew from South Carolina

4/5  rDev +18.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Orange-red tinged brown. Medium fruit on the nose, with candy-like raspberry flavors big time. Tastes like Smarties-- it's really like drinking candy. The easy, medium tartness leads to an unobtrusive mouthfeel and solid drinkability. Would I get tired of this eventually? Well it's hard to speculate but my experience at least was a positive one.
Mar 20, 2006
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Reviewed by therica from Maryland

3.85/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I had one of these on New Years Day in Leuven Belgium (along with a few other beers!). I paid close attention to each of them, just for reference!

The head was nearly non-existent, with what little existed dissipating almost instantly.

The color was a sort of darker off-pink, looking more like a dark blush-wine than a beer.

The taste was fruity but not overly-so. My wife commented that it didn't have nearly as much raspberry taste as Lambec's, which to me was an advantage because I didn't feel like I was drinking fruit-punch or something.

I believe I could knock off a good number of these without complaint-- if I were in the mood for a lightly-fruity tasting beer.
Jan 02, 2006
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Reviewed by Finite from Australia

2.65/5  rDev -21.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
I didn’t enjoy this beer to much. It was very very fruity and I know this is a fruit beer but there has to be a line and for me this beer was far over it. The taste was very gastric and overly sweet. It could almost pass as alcoholic juice.

It’s not terrible but ive definitely had better ones in this range.
Dec 04, 2005
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Reviewed by BeerBeing from Pennsylvania

3.2/5  rDev -5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Presentation: 0.375 liter green glass slim Euro-generic bottle, white/red/pink on black label

Appearance: clear pinkish amber color, small pinkish head, no lacing

Smell: sweet raspberry, some maltiness

Taste: light to medium body, crisp mouth feel, sweet/tart raspberry, minor malt and yeast

Notes: refreshing one
Oct 05, 2005
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