Strawberry-flavoured Lindemans fruit beer, created exclusively for the American market in 2017; big thanks to my downstairs neighbour Jo, whose father works at the brewery, for fixing me this bottle! Foamy, rocky, pale off-pinkish, very stable, moussy, cobweb-lacing head on a near clear, warm reddish amber beer with salmon pink tinge. Aroma of strawberry coulis and strawberry-flavoured children's candy (Fruitella), honey, sweet stewed red bell pepper somewhere, hint of onsetting oxidation (wet cardboard), grenadine, bubblegum, paprika-flavoured potato crisps. Sugary onset, very sweet with rather sharp, stingy carbonation, lots and lots of artificial strawberry syrup (though apparently juice was used), grenadine with a slight lemony edge from the lambic crushed under all this sweetness; cloying sugariness and stickiness continue through a slender white-bready core remaining deeply stewed in artificial strawberry flavours. Very vague hints of wood and even earthy hop bitterness pop up briefly faraway in the background, but this overly dominant, sickly sweet strawberry flavour and sugariness keep the upper hand entirely, so that a red fruit candy effect is basically the only effect remaining. Seems even sweeter and simpler than the more classic Lindemans fruit beers (like Lindemans Kriek or Lindemans Framboise), I guess because this is designed for the typically American sweet tooth? Not my beer at all, of course, but still I am glad I had a chance to taste this export product.

22/XII/23 - 33cl bottle from De Koninck (Antwerp), shared @ home, BB: n/a, LBB22VAA 8225L20741 00:04 (2023-1187) Thanks to Marie Anne for the bottle!

Clear pinkish orange to almost amber coloured beer, big solid creamy white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: funky, dirty, rotting strawberry, a bit oxidized, cardboard, wet walnuts, strawberry flavoured bubble gum. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very sweet, sugary, actual real strawberries, overripe ones though, some banana, bubble gum, sugary. Aftertaste: oxidized, soft acidity, a bit lemony, quite some cardboard, lemony touch, very sweet and sugary, sticky, a bit artificial, strawberry flavoured Frutella candy (so beaver anal glands…). Bleh, but I’m very happy with the tick, though, as this is a one-time export only beer, if I got it right.

Flaske fra Kvickly, Bruuns. Grumset rød farve med et hvidt skum. Den dufter meget af jordbær. Sød smag med en fin syrlig eftersmag.

On tap at Valhalla Zagreb. Unclear red coloured, small off-white head, strawberry in the nose. Sugary candy strawberry taste with sweetish tartish finish.

25cl bottle at home. Poured light red in color, not much head. Sweet strawberry aroma and flavor, some raspberry even. Light tartness in finish.

0.25 l bottle from 'Slijterij Berendsen', best before February 2025. A little hazy, reddish amber with a thin, slightly fluffy, quickly diminishing, white head. Intensely sweetish, a bit sourish, rather fruity, a little artificial aroma of strawberry jam, sherbet powder, gummy bear and traces of lemon. Rather sweet, slightly sourish, fairly fruity and moderately artificial taste of strawberry jam, sherbet powder, gummy bear and a touch of lemon, followed by a short, slightly tart finish. Thin to medium body, slightly astringent and gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Another unnecessary sweetened lambic.

Draft. A hazy red beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of strawberries, brettanomyces, and funk. The flavor is sweet and sour with notes of strawberries, and funk, leading to a tart finish.