Lindemans Framboise

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

750 ml bottle (Marcello’s, Lafayette, LA) - Aroma: fruity (raspberries) Appearance: red color, clear, red head; Flavor: mod to high sour or acidic, fruity (raspberry), low sweetness; Mouthfeel: low body, high tart, high carbonation; Overall: fruity, sour low alcohol.

This was on tap at a local Mexican place (La Cueva) and I thought why not give it a try. It was served in what looked like a Lindeman’s Framboise pokal glass, very nice. Dark, maroon-red color almost purple. Smell was instant raspberries and not much else. The taste was like a syrupy raspberry juice, very good but I didn’t want more than a couple ounces. This was an interesting beer but not something I would revisit. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 10-09-2007 15:53:31

a brew with a nice aroma of fruit and a equally appealing flavor. a touch chalky and a bit light of palate it is fizzy. all in all a pretty darn good alcohol infuzed malt beverage, and not an impressive beer.

In the words of our forefathers... what the f@*# is this?! The bottle has a cap and cork... pours purple-red, leaves very thin head ring. The nose is raspberry, no doubt. Tastes more like a champagne than a beer to me. Not my cup of tea, but definitely true to the definition of this style...

red pour, copious amounts of reddish head, lots of carbonation...nose is full of raspberry...good beer that’s easy drinking...a little more tartness would make it great

A classic. This beer is a great introduction to those girls who’ll tell you there’s never been a beer they’ve liked. They’ll even deny that this is a beer because they like it! This is great to sip after dinner for those that don’t want something with ABV >10%.

Have had quite a few times. A pretty solid lambic with nice sweet and tart raspberry flavors... but I’d rather have NG Raspberry Tart!

Appearance: Pours out a clear, deeply-hued, perhaps artificially-hued, dark reddish-pink body with a tall, foamy, dark pink head that settles out fairly shortly. Smell: Boldly jammy, preserve-laden raspberry nose with a particularly tart, sour fruitiness. Fairly one-dimensional, sure, but at least it prominent and pleasant. Taste: Mixture of Sweet Tarts ground up in a coffee grinder (set for a drip machine) and fruit-flavored Nerds candies. It presents a bright burst of puckering tartness and a roundhouse kick of sharp sweetness. Both malts and hops are a mere afterthought (if even), as this concoction is meant as a conveyance of sweetened raspberry flavoring, and though this would seldom find a home either in my refrigerator or on my table, it would pair reasonably well with some equally sweet, fruity desserts or even a nice chocolate tart. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Some slight stickiness to the overall mouthfeel. Drinkability: Like a child’s chilled juicebox or a late teen’s wine cooler, this pasteurized, non-traditional lambic drinks fairly easily, and is only hampered by the toothsome sweetness and whether or not one likes raspberries. Although, if one were diametrically opposed to the noble raspberry, I wouldn’t fully understand why one would be imbibing this in the first place.