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Liefmans, Dentergems Witbier Riva Blanche (Belgium) 
This Belgian witbier pours a pale, cloudy yellow with a high-rising, fluffy white head. The nose is filled with citrus and cool apple aromas, with very little spice or clove, and just a hint of toffee emerging. In the mouth it is fresh and medium bodied, with plenty of pale, lemon and underripe pear fruit, a refreshing, dry acidity, and again just hints of toffee or honey adding a little sweetness and depth. Lacks complexity, but an enjoyable, refreshing witbier. 5.0% ABV, 33cl, �1.59, Beersofeurope, Onlyfinebeer, Beerritz, Sainsbury's. |  |
Liefmans, Frambozenbier (Belgium)
Not a lambic beer like many other belgian fruit beers, but a Flemish brown ale flavoured with raspberries that comes in a Champagne-style corked bottle. It pours a deep, warm brown colour with a thick cream-coloured head. The nose has a very complex nose, with balsamic notes, cough-syrup and a deep-set rasberry fruitiness. There's a really concentrated Victory V lozenge spice and warmth. On the palate it is more substantial than most fruit lambics I've tried, with a full, rich texture and the sweetness of the fruit balanced against a lot of richness and treacly dark flavours. There is a nice bitter, even slightly sour finish, in a lovely beer. 4.5% ABV, 37.5cl, �2.29, Asda, Beersofeurope, Luvians, Beerritz. |  |
Liefmans, Kriek (Belgium)
Like Liefmans' Framboise beer, this is a Flemish brown beer flavoured with cherries, so is a much darker, less vibrant colour than some Lambic cherry beers. It has a tall, pink-coloured head. On the nose there is a lovely subtley about this beer, with a definite aroma of luscious, ripe cherries, but also a smokiness and toffeed depth and nice sour suggestion of lemons. On the palate the rich, generous flavours continue, with plenty of sweet and sour cherry flavour, but a very grown-up, complex array of fruity, salty and bittersweet notes that makes this much more complex and fascinating than many krieks, whilst still being easy to drink. 6.0% ABV, 37.5cl, �2.29, Asda, Luvians, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, independents.  |  |
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