2.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Red like blood, pink head. Smells like some soda, or a cherry-juice. This is pure soda. This shouldn’t be called Kriek-LAMBIC. There are so many lambic-brewers that are working very hard to get a fabulous lambic and Kriek, but mostly they don’t get the recognition they should get. Actually in Belgium this Kriek Lindemans is the most known kriek, and because of that, everyone around here has a wrong impression of kriek, lambic, gueuze, etc. It is a shame.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2003
at 14:52
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rating #750:
Dark violet colour with a light purple head. Pure black currant aroma, very potent with that almost minty (wintergreen) aroma and a pungent tartness and sweetness. Medium to Light-bodied; Strong carbonation; Potent black currant flavour with a slight maltiness. Aftertaste tart and subtley sweet from the fruit. Overall, this is exactly like how I expected it to be. Maybe I'm a sucker for these fruity lambics, but I really enjoy them! Black currants truly make this one a treat. I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York and sampled it on 02-November-2003.
Dark violet colour with a light purple head. Pure black currant aroma, very potent with that almost minty (wintergreen) aroma and a pungent tartness and sweetness. Medium to Light-bodied; Strong carbonation; Potent black currant flavour with a slight maltiness. Aftertaste tart and subtley sweet from the fruit. Overall, this is exactly like how I expected it to be. Maybe I'm a sucker for these fruity lambics, but I really enjoy them! Black currants truly make this one a treat. I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York and sampled it on 02-November-2003.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2003
at 00:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. I like lambics, and I enjoyed this beer. It's red with a big pink head, has a string aroma of raspberries, and a very fruity taste that's slightly sour. Highly carbonated for a very big head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2003
at 19:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber color. Prickly acetic nose in the beginning; turns to be sweeter and woodier. Quite sweet body, with a wood note. Not impressive, but pleasant sweet drink.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2003
at 08:03
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On Tap. Dark red. Strong raspberry aroma. Flavor is of raspberry and sweet, but the finish is a little sour. The first lambic I really liked.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2003
at 13:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Absolutely superb cardinal-red beer with deep-cyclamen head, slowly collapsing. "Pure" blackcurrant nose, like cassis-sherbet or cassis-icecream. Slightly sweet nose. Again, cassis-ice like taste, but with a good sweet-sour balance, nearly tart. Taste is less aritificial, candisweet-like than the nose. Palate remains too sweet, though. Virtually no indication of lambic, the acidity is purely fruity in character, like citric acid. Tart, mouthfeel not light. Dry-out effect on the teeth and gums. This is a perfect soft drink for somewhat larger children. IMO, it's not beer, and doesn't deserve the name lambic.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2003
at 10:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Fairly aged sample) Orange colour, hazy. Serious white head, going down fast. Nose of "horseblanket", raspberry - edge of natural-artificial. Fairly acid taste - lactic and acetic. Fruity. Ageing has completely got ridden of the syrupy symptoms. Result: magnificent flavour - just the negative taint of artificial sweetener. Very good natural carbonation. Young, I'm afraid this would be horrible. This 20-year (estimated) old beer has become superb. More proof all this bludgeoning of the natural flavours are nothing more than a "postponement of execution".
Tried
on 31 Aug 2003
at 09:46
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
The beer is. . .red? Wow they werent kidding about the cherries. It smells like sweet cherries, which is good but very sharp and sweet. Let’s get this over with. Cloying, sickeningly cherry flavored. DID NOT FINISH. wow. way too sweet cherry flavor. Has lindemans heard of the word SUBTLE? The worst crime was that behind the huge overpowering cherry flavor, was a wonderful sour yeasty lambic taste that tried to peek through but was crushed in a bloody violent cherry sweetness. I suppose it goes over better with the right food, but come on, does it need this much cherry??? no. Maybe it needs to be cellared for about 20 years. . .
Tried
on 16 Aug 2003
at 12:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottled. This amber-coloured beer with white head has all the typical characteristics of the original Gueuzes. The sour-sweet, rotten aroma. And in contrast (and let's all be happy about it and have a great party) of the other Lindemans beers this has a very good flavour (not as sweet as Kriek Lindemans), it's sour and sweet. It is very enjoyable when you're really thursty. The aftertaste is also sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2003
at 13:21
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pale old gold with, indeed, peachy shine, clear. Slim white head, ever so slight pinkish. Faint peach-jam odour, sugary. Taste is peach jelly dissolved in a bit of very watery and very sugared lemon squash. Palate is somewhat better as the rest. There is even some lactic acid detectable. Shocking! This is a joke. In very bad taste - metaphorically; and in very little taste, literally. Yet it sells like the proverbial hot muffins, which proves again the world wants to be cheated. At 2.5 Alcohol(?)BloodyVolume(?).
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2003
at 13:07