Lindemans Pêche Lambic (Pêcheresse)

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

Draught at Tyler’s in Durham, NC. Served in a tall thin Lideman’s glass. Clear yellow-orange color with thin white head. Smells of honey, peaches, and malt. Sweet with peach and malt flavors. A bit too sweet for me, but a good beer.

My favorite of the fruit lambics, the peach pours out a nice suble pink/amber color. Great , calm nose. Great subtle peach taste, and nice sour finish. Love it.

Nobody has really ever traveled to the proverbial land of “Milk and Honey”, but apparently imaginary territory exports some of its delicious elixir to hapless folk like me. It’s distinctive amrbosia is called the Pecheresse. Dare I call this a beer? Yes, but no. The light and somewhat lackluster satisfied orange/brown color looks to be a fruit juice, but shows some beerish strains when the imagination is cued. The smell is like an angel’s sandal; what do I catch but the sweet scent of clover honey and honey comb, with the obvious peach instilled through the brew. And upon the tongue there is a restrained sugary sweetness with a floating peach touch, and a mouth feel that swirls around the teeth and down the throat. I know this is a beer, but I don’t think of beer when I sip it. No, its liquid magic, genteel and refined, and I want more. Forget dramatic deaths and exaggerated treachery. If I ever experience a Greek moment of catharsis it will be channeled through this Ambrosia: Lindeman’s Peche Lambic – a tumble from greatness, drowned in a glass of delicious peach flavored beer.

straightforward. tastes essentially like peach juice with very little detectable beer flavor, maltiness, hops. enjoyable but falls substantiall behind the framboise. has no tartness - very smooth, but not exciting. The pecheresse seemed to me more peachy, fruity. Flavor is more sharp, like biting a sour apple version of peach. It really didn’t seem the same as the Peche.

The bottle poured a hazy light yellow beverage with a small white creamy head that was mostly lasting and left good lacing on the glass. The aroma was fairly simple, displaying caramel malt and a quite noticeable peach presence as you might expect. It had a medium body with soft carbonation and a creamy texture which was somewhat surprising ... I was expecting dryness. The flavor started off moderately sweet and continued sweet throughout the long finish.

12oz bottle - Pours a very hazy orangish color with a yellow hue. There is no head to speak of and no lacing. The aroma is more that of apricot and cherry than of peach, at least for me, with hints of peach and a funky sourness. Flavor is more peach than in the aroma and sweet, with nuances of pineapple and apricot. Mouthfeel is fizzy, light and clean, if that makes sense. Aftertaste is sweet with strong hints of peach but it doesn’t last very long. This is certainly different and okay now and then but I could never drink very much of this at any given time.

Slightly cloudy yellow gold body, thin champagne head. Peachy apricot up front with a definite sour (Brett?) thing. Strawberries/cherries and a little oak. Sour, funk and cherries disappear as it warms and the nose becomes apricot syrup. Flavor is peach/pear/apricot syrup. Slightly mediinal. There is lambicy funk going on with oak and brett but for the most part this is candy.

Tastes like a mix of sparkling cider and peaches. Nice combo of sweet fruit and dry, crisp and refreshing effervescence. Nothing really complex or groundbreaking. This is a good beer if you’re into this style, but I can’t imagine ever craving one. The funny thing is I bought this for my mom, thinking it might be a beer she would actually enjoy, but she hated it. Go figure.