Spontanbasil
Brouwerij Lindemans in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: MikkellerLambic Style - Untraditional Regular
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Score
7.40
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Blend of 1 to 2 years old lambic fermented on oak with fresh basil herb.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(750ml spring 2015 bottle from Systembolaget) Pours a clear medium gold with a large fluffy white head that lingers with lace. No surprise, nose leads with heaps of freshly torn basil leaves, almost medicinal herbal tincture notes, musty basement and wood, mulch with sulphurous hints, and just a bit of lime like a wedge was dropped in. Palate of fresh basil leaves in lime juice, a bit of citrus peel, lactic acidity is fairly light though. Some fairly light white bread to the malt. Wood character is quite bright and not powerful. There is a little damp basement funk. Still mostly about the basil. Finish is slight lactic citrus pucker, moderately bitter basil and drying wood. Palate is fairly light with high effervescent carb. Not as much like pesto made into a drink as I feared, not crazy drinkable but not the opposite either. Definitely a different lambic though, herbal and grassy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2016
at 14:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell 10/9/2015. Many thanks to Paul for this one. Aroma is spicy veg, chive, tart, lacto, acid sour, little pesto. Honey golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting thin white head . Flavour is composed of peppercorn basil pesto chive, pretty clean tangy lacto acid. Lingering veg, peppercorn. Palate is spicy spritzy carbonation, drying finish .
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2015
at 10:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared during the RBScSG2015. Pours hazy yellow with a frothy white head that leaves a small trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is herbal and funky with sourdough crackers, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, freshly cut basil, ripe cheese, minerals, barnyard and lemon zest. Taste is sour, herbal and funky. Mouthfeel is sparkling, dry, tart and medium bodied. Finish is sour ith sourdough crackers, lemon juice, pesto, minerals, barnyard, leather and lemon zest. Really cool pesto lambic which I guess I actually like. Fairly simple and to the point.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2015
at 06:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Little Leeds Beer House. Pale gold. Light haze. Thin, dense, lasting, white head. Nose is floral, grassy and herbal. The basil comes across like basil that is old, and has started with that aniseed and dill thing that it gets. Taste has a light sourness. Pretty tangy, with minimal sweetness. Foamy carbonation. Stays clean and crisp. Finishes light, herby bitter, with a tangy, sour close. Not a lot of depth to it. Boring, frankly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2015
at 12:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml @ home
Pours hazy orange with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, barnyard, funk, basil, fruits, tart and herbal finish. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium sour with a long dry, herbal, funky, fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy orange with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, barnyard, funk, basil, fruits, tart and herbal finish. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium sour with a long dry, herbal, funky, fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2015
at 04:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Botella. @Cimmeria, Oviedo 10/12/2015 Color amarillo, aromas y sabores muy especiados, toques agrios, bastante descompesada, larga de beber.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2015
at 06:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from Bottledog. Shared with jeevan. Pours hazy yellow gold, thin white head. Strong basil and sharp lime aromas. Taste is sour, more lime peel, basil. Finish is dried basil, sour linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2015
at 17:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Craft Beer Co, Clekenwell - London. Many thanks to Paul. Pours lightly hazy gold with a tight, creamy head. Big green herb aroma, with accents of grass, light funk and lemon rind. Light sweet flavor with rich basil character, some pesto, mellow funk, grass, wood, lemon. Light to medium bodied with average to lively carbonation. Pretty clean on the finish, with light acidity, more lemon, basil. Good for what it is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2015
at 01:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Many thanks for this beer to Erzengel. Pours a cloudy golden color. Aroma is basil, herbal and citric. Smooth fruity, peachy and slight citric.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2015
at 07:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; cloudy golden yellow pour with thin white head, aroma has basil, taste has basil and sage, some sourness, lemon grass, some floral action.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2015
at 13:50