Framboise version called "Rosé de Gambrinus" that is based on the traditional kriek style. The Liefmans brewery uses oud bruin beer instead of lambic to make its framboise beer, resulting in a very different taste. Framboise is also commonly used to refer to eau de vie distilled with raspberries. Framboise Framboise () is the name of two kinds of alcoholic drinks fermented with the raspberry ("framboise" is the French word for raspberry). In English, "framboise" is used primarily in reference to a Belgian lambic beer that is fermented using raspberries, It is one of many modern types of fruit beer that
Lambic Belgian fruit beers, the use of names such as kriek, framboise or frambozen, cassis, etc. does not necessarily imply that the beer is made from lambic. The fruit beers produced by the Liefmans Brewery, for example, use an oud bruin, rather than a lambic as a base. Many of the non-traditional fruit beers derived from lambic that were commercialized in the last decades are considered to be low quality products by many beer enthusiasts. These products are typically artificially sweetened, artificially carbonated, sterilized, and based on syrups instead of whole fruit. Lambic beers are only produced within 500 kilometres of