tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Tarot Noir from Brouwerij Lindemans 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Sweet with lots of cherries, lightly tart dark/red fruits. Sweet rather than sour, but I don't mind it too much. Medium body.
Maverick (5074) reviewed Framboise from Brouwerij Lindemans 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Forgot to rate this. Bottle. Dark w/pinkish head. Sour finish. It’s lindeman’s you know it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draft, pours amber, taste is sweet but not overly so. Wow, a delicious peche, well balanced, great on a summer day, just a fantastic example. all around.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Small, fast dwindling, lightly cream-coloured head over hazy reddish brown beer; some lacerings. Faraway farmyard/horseblanket, hints of chocolate(malt), bit sweet - suggesting corn. Again this hint of chocolate/cacao powder, immediately followed by lactic acid and farmyard flavours, if all mild. Wood, lemon, muddy medlar. I don't get the cognac, however, and there is no alcoholic streak. Acidthinning and light -burn, well-carbonated, medium bodied at best. Original, interesting. But we both preferred the last Lindemans specials. To me, it still is a gueuze, but not everybody agreed.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Ever since I first started to take beer seriously, more than a quarter of a century ago, I have wondered why some old styles are what they are – including the fact that lambic traditionally is always a pale beer… I asked myself more than once why nobody at the time brewed dark lambics, but of course “sticking to tradition and history” is the only reasonable answer to that question, given that the experimental tendencies of the great global craft beer movement had not arrived in Europe yet at the time. The theoretical possibility of ‘dark lambic’ became reality in 2015 with Cantillon’s Zwanze of that year (a “spontaneously fermented stout”) and again in the spring of 2017 with Nocturne, 3 Fonteinen’s very first Twist of Fate; the latter was poured for me by the legendary Armand Debelder himself, who clarified that this experiment of turning lambic into a dark beer had lead to something eerily close to oud bruin (Flemish red), which may be the reason why the idea did not caught on, because what is the point if a whole tradition of oud bruin already exists… In fact I cannot even think of any other examples, at least not within the Belgian lambic tradition – and then suddenly Lindemans comes up with this: a ‘dark geuze’, aged on cognac barrels on top of that. Knowing how refined Lindemans’ special editions often are, I was stoked to sample this one, so big thanks to my neighbour Jo for sharing the bottle! Pale yellowish beige, moussey, medium sized, slowly breaking but generally well-retaining head on an initially clear ruddy brown robe with mahogany glow, hazy further on. Aroma of blackberries, unripe blueberries, sour grapes, dry caramel, brown bread, vanilla-ish oak wood and indeed a whiff of brandy, old wrinkled autumn apples, wet tree leaves on a forest floor (with sediment), touches of balsamico and passionfruit but little Brett ‘funkiness’. Very fruity, tart onset, lots of blackberry, medlar, halfripe plum and apple peel impressions, sour with a sweetish core – and sour in a very ‘malse’, soft way; moderately carbonated with minerally effects but no real ‘champenoise’ effect. Dry-caramelly, brown-bready maltiness, supple and rounded, with vinous mouthfeel and slick wheatiness underneath; the dark malts even briefly and gently provide a toasty bitter accent further on, while this tart ‘autumn fruit’ component remains very dominant, aided by yoghurty lactic sourness. The overall vinosity is even increased in the finish due to the cognac effect; the liquor does not become too strong, though, supporting the ‘grapey fruitiness’ rather than heating it, accompanied by rustic woodiness (even vague ‘oaky vanilla’ retronasally). Supple, tasty and, in all, quite ‘clean’; indeed – unsurprisingly – very oud bruin-like, even in a way reminiscent of Rodenbach Vintage and the like. Interesting beer in my opinion, but that said, if you are looking for an actual dark geuze, this will not live up to expectations, as it clearly lacks the ‘wild’ complexity, effervescence, funkiness and depth a ‘normal’ geuze, if properly done, has to offer. My rating here remains however based on whether I liked it or not, and I sure enjoyed this creation – and intend to keep another bottle in the cellar for a while and see how it evolves.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Looking forward to try this one. First Geuze I'll have with roasted wheat malt. Interesting label. Color: Clear orangish brown, long lasting dense off-white head. Aroma: Clearly present Cognac, funk, some tartness. Taste: A messy blend of Cognac, funk, moderate fruity tartness (lime, berries), some wood and some dark / roasted malt, hints of caramel and a bit earthy. Medium body, below average carbonation. Tasting a bit like lemonade or candy, somehow. Light to moderate tartness. Unpleasantly surprised, I was expecting a lot better, especially for an anniversary Geuze.
omhper (44752) reviewed Pure Oude Gueuze from Brouwerij Lindemans 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Clear golden, small head. Intense funky horseblanket aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Funky horseblanket, rhubarb, hay. Mid bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Gekocht op 18-02-2025 bij Drankencentrale Maes in Dendermonde. En thuis mijn enthousiaste smaakpapillen tevreden gesteld op 10-05-2025.
Oude Gueuze Cuvee Rene Blend 2022 wordt gestoken door Brouwerij Lindenmans uit Vlezenbeek, gesticht in 1822 door Joos Frans Lindemans die door zijn huwelijk van de landbouwerstiel overging naar lokale brouwer. In de wintermaanden werd op het 'Hof ter Kwade Wegen' lambiek gebrouwen en naarmate de vraag naar lambiek toenam, werd de brouwerij de hoofdactiviteit van de familie. In 1991 werd een nieuwe brouwzaal gebouwd met een capaciteit die drie keer hoger lag dan de vorige. In 1996 tekende de brouwerij een contract met Delhaize, wat haar bereik vergrootte. In 2006 namen de neven Dirk en Geert Lindemans het dagelijks beheer over en startten ze met de export naar China. In 2022 vierde Lindemans haar 200-jarig bestaan en opende ze een tweede productiesite in Ruisbroek, de Lindemans Satellite Brewery, met een investering van ruim 28 miljoen euro . Vandaag de dag is Lindemans één van de voornaamste producenten van lambiekbieren ter wereld.
OUDE GUEUZE CUVEE RENE BLEND 2022 is een helder blond bier dat veel wit schuim produceert in de vorm van een gelijkmatige laag, dit blijft sterk aan je glaswand kleven maar zakt naderhand helemaal in elkaar tot er niets meer van overblijft. Je ziet onderaan de fles nog een randje gistdepot en in je glas parelt een normale hoeveelheid CO2 belletjes van een normale grootte naar boven.
HET AROMA:
Licht zurig, wat muffe bret (gist).
DE SMAAK:
Licht zurig, wat zoetig en fruitig, groene appel.
HET MONDGEVOEL:
Een medium body, licht bitterdroog, gladde textuur en een medium prikkelend koolzuurgas.
DE NASMAAK:
Vloeit wat uit, zurig, lichtjes droog, beetje bitterheid, zoetig, fruitig, groene appel.
HET TOTAALGEVOEL:
Een harmonieus bier.
HET VERDICT:
Lekkere geueze die gemakkelijk wegdrinkt. Vooral het fruitige valt op.
Meer info en mijn befaamde sublieme foto’s kan je vinden bij:
http://www.beersfrombelgium.eu/nl/Oude_Gueuze_Cuvee_Rene_Blend_2022-b-4716.html
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A small bottle, capped and corked, purchased from Beautiful Beers, for which many thanks, drunk at Dad’s place while home on holiday. 2022 vintage 6.0% ABV. Aroma: sour, Danish blue cheese, hay. Appearance: semi-opaque light amber, 2-3mm. off-white head of tiny bubbles. Palate: light-bodied and very tart, average carbonation; finish is clean and really dry. Taste: lightly-sweet with a powerful sour hit and a lick of old belt. Complex and very well-balanced, not your everyday fare.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
A small bottle, capped and corked, purchased from Beautiful Beers, for which many thanks, drunk at Dad’s place while home on holiday. Aroma: a bit of blackcurrant and a bit of 70s era homebrew. Appearance: clear Ribena, a full finger of creamy pink bubbles dissipating rapidly. Palate: light-bodied and dry on the tongue, average carbonation; dry and tangy with lambic character very evident at the finish. Taste: lightly-sweet with a little bit of blackcurrant; dry, well-balanced, very obviously a lambic. Good stuff.