Lindemans Tea Beer

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

250ml bottle. Very flat with no carbonation and no head, only a light sprinkle of bubbles around the rim. Cloudy brown tea colour with the aroma of cold tea with lime added to it. Quite flavoursome given that it doesn’t look that great. Surprising burst of spritziness in he mouth, very different.

Bottle at Haket, 2010-05-28, Göteborg AR: Geuze - even more sour after poring (odd?) + raspberries? AP: sandy yellow, wee dimingsing white head F: Geuze + lime - sweet and sour. What kind of tea flavour have the add? Geuze tea?

Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours clear amber with a creamy egg white head. Nose is sweet and cloying. Fruit, tea, paper and flowers. Cloying and synthetic. A bit of Danish christmas gløgg. Quite sweet and nasty..

Bottle, 3.5%. Distinct cinnamon aroma. Clear amber colour. Very sweet flavour, hint of cinnamon and other spices. Candylike acidity. Not good.

Pours a amber colorr with some light carbonation and an average white head. Light sourish herby aroma. Fresh fruity , lemonlike little sourish taste. Finish is bitter, sour and fruity.

Bottle. A - Light amber, somewhat like a typical lager color. Would be a light color for iced tea. Very little white foamy head that fades fairly fast. Very little lacing left over. S - A little like tea, but not as much as I was expecting. Some citrus (lemon and lime) as well as some cherry. T - Similar to the nose, mostly fruity and not as much tea as I was expecting. That said, there is definitely a bit of tea flavor, it just seems to be overshadowed. It does come out more as you drink though. The fruit flavors up front seem to be a mix of citrus (lemon and lime), along with a bit of cherry, peach, and very slight raspberry. This provides a mix between tart and sweet. Also possibly a bit of mint. M - Pretty light bodied. Decent amount of carbonation and fairly smooth. D - Very drinkable if you are in the mood for it. It is actually kind of similar to drinking some tea, that’s how easy it goes down. However, it doesn’t really have a traditional beer feel to it. Notes: Really interesting beer and I’m glad I tried it. It’s not really all that beer like, although it does somewhat remind me of a Flanders Red/Oud Bruin. You really have to be in the mood for this, and I luckily was when I had mine. This does make it harder to rate as since at the moment it’s hitting the spot and what I’m looking for I’m tempted to rate it higher. However, I think the majority of the time I would be less inclined to drink this. This rating is kind of splitting the difference between the two moods.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy citrus and tea aroma. Sweetish fruity and slightly tart citrus flavor. Has a very sweet fruity citrus finish.

Bottle, bought @ Beermania, Brussels.
Pours hazy golden with a small, creamy, white head. Settles as a rather fine film. Aroma has clear tea-notes, lemon, barnyard. Highish carbonation, dry and fine mouthfeel. Flavour has clear lambic notes, funny green tea. Light herbal, good zestiness and relatively tart. Fine, but very weird.