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Lindemans Cassis Lambic

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Fruit

St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5603.37/5.03.36/5.04%48.1Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Lindemans Cassis is a lambic made from local barley, unmalted wheat, and wild yeast. After spontaneous fermentation the lambic is aged in oak. Black currants are added creating a secondary fermentation and yielding an ale of exceptional flavor and complexity.
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 Gromit (461), Port Orchard, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
May 3, 2005  
Pours a deep red with a dark pink fluffy head that leaves little lacing. Aroma is sour with some nice fruitiness to it. Quite nice. Flavor is pleasant; the currants are subtle and far from overpowering. It’s sour as is the style, but it’s balanced with a nice sweetness presumably from the currants. Palate is crisp and full. Overall, this is nice. It’s not nearly as fruity as a lot of Lambics and would be a good beer to use to show how different beers can be as there is nothing objectionable here at all.


 oh6gdx (8838), Vasa, Finland
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Apr 29, 2005  
Bottled. Dark red colour, reddish foamy head. Lacing. Strong flavour of blueberries. Blueberries in flavour and a long bitterish finish. Mouthdrying. Very refreshing.


 MartinT (5050), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 27, 2005  
The Lure:
Black currant candies floating in red wine.

The Festivities:
Prickly black currant skin covers the flavor spectrum with its heightened sweetness. Straightforward and perhaps pleasant on a hot summer afternoon.

Transcendence:
I have a hankering for popsicles once in a while.


 tiggmtl (4310), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Apr 21, 2005  
Strong candy-like black currant aroma has some occasional minty notes. Opaque reddish-purple body with decent cover of pink-white head that laces nicely. Very sweet candy-like fruitiness that is enjoyable but displays very little beer or lambic character. Very slight tartness in the finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Bottle (City Market Burlington, Nov. 2004) sampled with beerbuzzmontreal, ClarkVV, MartinT, muzzlehatch, Olivier, Rastacouere and Simon.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2911), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 19, 2005  
Pours a dark red color with a thin pink head. Sweet but somewhat unpleasant aroma of black currants. Unpleasant flavor of black currants, it’s much to sweet.


 Rastacouere (5552), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 18, 2005  
Clear pinky blood color. Limited head. Strong grapey cassis aroma. Extreme level of sweetness, nothing else, no alcohol trace whatsoever. So sweet it burns, overwhelming. The slightest hint at branches keep it from being a disaster, very cloying nature, teeth sticking. Smooth bodied, soft carbonation, syrupy mouthfeel. I don’t know.. I don’t enjoy it, but for a fruit syrupy beer, it is well made indeed…


 roomtempbeer (185), Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Apr 18, 2005  
Available in the bottle served with the appropriate glassware at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse in Pittsburgh, PA. Very nice appearance. An interesting musty aroma. Reminds me of the inside smells of the Noah’s Ark in Kennywood Park. Very easy to drink. I would consider this equal in stature to the raspberry. Equal, but different, a very good beer.


 frylock (1024), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 9, 2005  
Deep purple body with a pink head, lots of lacing down the glass. Aroma is of currants with some light woody notes. Mildly sweet, currants and a light vinegar notes. Some light tartness balancing out the fruity sweetness. Overall a bit too sweet, but that was expected from this one.



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