Lindemans Cassis Lambic

Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Fruit
St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

(25cl bottle) Cloudy, murky red colour with a short reddish creamy head. Slightly sweet and moderately sour nose with distinctive notes of black currant. Sweet and sour flavour, light bodied with a pleasant carbonation. Cassis-fruity taste that covers almost everything else but which is furthermore never artificial nor tangy; slighty sweet, moderately tart cassis-fruity finish. All in all not bad (09.03.08).

From 25cl bottle. Dark ruby body with a reddish head long lasting and with a good lacing behind. Strong aromas of blackcurrant. In mouth, blackcurrants dominate as it should be, but you get the full sourness of the lambic, together with bready and yeasty tones. High carbonation plus light body equals a crisp and refreshing brew. Blackcurrants give a superior result than raspberries and this fruity lambic gets close to the standard set by the kriek.

Bottle poured into flute- poured dark red purple, transparent, medium carbonation, off pink head formed and went away, strong aromas of yeast and various fruits (pineapple, blackberries, red sour cherries). Hits the mouth with a thin body, alot of different fruity tastes, some sweetness, finish is mildly sour.

Bottle from Trenton Take out. Ruby pour with a odd aroma whic I guess can only be the currant they advertise. It was too sweet for me ans not well balanced. Not horrible mind you but I wouldn’t drink it again.

Smells of Vimto, tastes like Vimto but by eck, it isn’t you know. Not sure if there are better black currant lambics but when I’m not drinking beer my usual choice of throat lubrication is black currant juice. So I’m quite happy that this can get me drunk. Perhaps I should stop drinking soft drinks all together. A good clean your teeth with drink. The kind of drink I could use to wipe the eye bogies away, and then neck the rest of the bottle on the way to which ever adventure I was on my way to. I’m not a lambic fan really, most are too tart. This were proper nice.

Grape juice color with a foamy strawberry tinted head, nice lacing. Strong oak nose with burnt rubber and berries. Full bodied and smooth. Taste is fruity sweet grapejuice with subtle oak and mustiness. Malted fruit juice. 3257

4 year old/2003 bottle supplied by EDA, I guess as an experiment. I haven’t had this fresh, but this was a damn interesting beer being this old. Massively fruity, almost overwhelmingly so, but lots of complexity. Very tropical: pineapple, passionfruit, agave, blackberry, cherry. Lightly tart up front in the flavor, more fruit punch going down. When blended with Nogne O’s massive 16% Dark Horizon imperial stout, this be completely overwhelmed it until I got near something like 6:1 DH to this. The fruit sweetness was that strong. But not in a bad way.

pours a dark clear red with pink head. sweet sour cherry aroma. Milky initial palate and a flat consistency. mild front with fruity sour finish. hidden fruit complexity with the full bodied fruity finish, lacks a spritz and offers a unique mouthfeel.