Lindemans Pêche Lambic (Pêcheresse)

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

Far too sweet. The peach seems slightly artificial. At least there is a nice naked lady on the label.

Bottled. Almost clear yellow-orange, with a white head-like foam around the rim. Peach and sugar, along with some cellar, in the aroma. Sweet and fruity flavor, mostly peach. Sweet, cloying mouthfeel. Refreshing beer, but not a "killer". (060720)

Assertive peach juice aroma with spritzy carbonation piercing through...Brown sugar sprinkled on peach skins with near absence of lambic tartness...This is a simple, middle-of-the-road sweetened heathen...

Smells like a mash of apples and peaches, with more of an emphasis on apples. Medium amber color and very clear, with a small white head with medium lacing. Very carbonated, like a 7-up and apple cider mix. The taste is quite sweet, but moderately dry. Has an abrasive, yet enjoyable, texture.

This is the most drinkable of the fruit lambics that I’ve tried, but I’m not thrilled. Nice golden-orange color with a short-lived soapy white head and little carbonation. This smells peachy, obviously, with a little tartness. That’s how it tastes, too. But, why?

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Hazy golden peach color with a fizzy white head. Light wheat, dough, and peach aroma. A bit metallic nose. Sweet fresh light fruit flavors intermixed with some cobwebs. A touch perfumy in flavor. Quite spritzy in feel. Not much depth in this one.

Smells like peach marmelade. Not much foam, a bit cloudy. Very sweet with some sourness. Peach hits you like a hammer (yuk!). Sweet and sour finish which lasts some time. Re-rate, 5 year old bottle, score 3.9: I’m not gonna enter this rating but I do suggest people try this. What a beautiful beer this has become after 5 years. The artificial peach turned to real ripe fruit. I gained a very nice soft port flavor but this is not overwhelming like other old beers. The sweetness has been reduced. It’s fuller than before somehow. Really very nice.

I’ve only tasted this once and that was at the NABA BeerFest in ’03. If you’re big into the sweet jolly rancher peach thing, you’ll probably like this beer. I find too many of lindeman’s beers to be too fruity, too sweet, too akin to candy. Yeah, it’s fairly pleasant to drink and doesn’t remind you of any alcohol. But at 2.5% there’s not much here anyways. There’s lots of girly drinks that pull off peach better than this.