Lindemans Cassis Lambic

In my attempt at finishing off as many of Lindeman’s beers as I can, this was next on my list. I knew going into it that Lindemans is nearly always sweet, to othe point of tooth decay sweetness. They obviously know HOW to make a good beer, because Cuvee Renee is really tasty. But the others....well....

So the beer pours out a strange purple/violet wine like color, lots of carbonation with a huge pink frothy head. I give it points just because it looks so damned different. Aroma is fruity and sweet. At least Lindemans keeps it the same with most the others and if you gave it to someone who didn’t know any better, they could probably tell you it was a soda pop of some kind. Flavor is no better. Sweet, fruity, irony and earthy, like eating a berry with some dust on it. Finish does have a bit of tart to it, like eating a Sweet Tart candy. Mouthfeel is cloying.

Bottle. Pleasant tart fruit aroma. Dark red body, creamy pink head. Flavor is tartly sweet, fruity, quite refreshing. Finish evolves into an airy dryness that is tinged with fruity sugars.

Very nice lambic - vinegar and fruit skins, then sour fruit, fresh and sharp. Hint of grassy and yeasty nuances. Finish is sour.

Bottle. Light straw for the malt, moderate grass and musty for the hops and yeast, with strong background notes of vinegar and berry. Head is average sized, fizzy/frothy pink with excellent lacing and is fully lasting. Color is hazy light burgundy. Flavor starts moderately sweet and heavily acidic, then finishes moderately acidic, lightly bitter and a little sour. Palate is medium, watery, with a lively carbonation and has a dry finish. I’m still not a huge Fruit Lambic fan, but has got to be my favorite so far.

Aroma and flavor remind me a lot of wine. Nice dark red/purple color, thick slightly pink head. Tart. Not that great

Pours deep purple into a tumbler. Bright lilac head with excellent retention recedes to skim surface. Dark fruit and funk aromas. Dark sweet black currants. A little too sweet upfront for my taste, but turns nicely sour in the finish.

Bottle. Violet pour with red foamy head. Aroma was blueberry. Flavor was cloyingly sweet blueberry, sugar, blood, a blueberry pie that someone poured rustyy water onto, extremely backsweetened, and then labeled as a "lambic". Liquid cancer.

Bottle. Pours with a vile, pink cream puff of a head over a dark, merlot colored body. Aroma is surprisingly not nauseating, cassis, and a bit of soil, plus attic, but not sour, a bit of various other berries including cherry and raspberry. Taste is berry, dirt, metal, meat, crap, sugar and soil. Cloying. Sticky mouthfeel from so much sugar.