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Welcome to the official page of the Lindemans family which has been brewing lambic since 1822. The family has owned a farm since the dawn of time. It was to occupy (and refresh) the peasants in winter that we began our brewing activity. With time and success, our agricultural activities decreased as our brewery developed.
As Darwin said, functions create organs. Today, we are once again expanding our brewery to share the love of our beers beyond our borders.
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Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Cassis Lambic from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
7.3/10 — 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
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Framboise from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
8/10 — 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
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Kriek from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
4.6/10 — 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
diabel (1874) reviewed
Oude Gueuze Cuvée René from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
7.8/10 — 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
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Pêche Lambic (Pêcheresse) from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
4.8/10 — 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
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Oude Gueuze Cuvée René from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

2024-12-13, corked 375ml bottle, vintage 2018, bb 29 AUG 2024, 6% ABV, 7-5-7-3-15=37
Mild aroma: funk, plastic. Bone dry, moderately sour; there are some funky elements, but overall the body is lacking, and so the depth of flavours.

2022-08-19, corked 375ml bottle, vintage 2018, bb 09 AUG 2024, 8-4-7-3-14=36
The aroma is nice, funky; but, having had 3 bottles from this batch at different times, the flavour and mouthfeel are not the top, it tends to get a bit oily in the finish.

2020-12-26, corked 375ml bottle, bottled 13 Jan 2017, cap tag BA13QGC 12750, 4 years old, 8-5-8-3-17=41
Strong funky aroma, nothing out of place. Bone dry, with sharp acidity, some funk, strong elements of calamansi and yuzu.

2020-06-27, corked 375ml bottle, bottled 13 Jan 2017, cap tag BA13QGC 12825, 3 years old, 8-5-8-3-16=40
Hazy golden colour. It has nice funky Lambic elements, but also some egg smell (raw egg, not sulfur). Bone dry, with sharp acidity, good Lambic character, then lemon peel, a bit weak in the finish.
It's not very elegant, but it's bold.

2016-07-10, corked bottle, batch BG010GC, 7-4-8-4-17=40
The bottle is very lively, it opens with a pop; the beer pours in the glass with a huge compact head, leaving behind a golden-copper hazy liquid. The aroma is a bit too much on the cork side, but it has interesting cellar smell too. Some lemon. Nice degree of acidity, although the mouthfeel is very soft, almost sweet; the character is ther, there's the funky celllar, and also a strong lemon side.
Accessible, excellent.

2003-07025, 7-4-6-3-13=33
Blond color; fine, big perlage. Tart aroma, wood, cork, magnesia. Tarty, a bit astringent, less dry than others, lemon peel. Not enough character, just drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2003 at 08:36
caesar (10832) reviewed
Oude Gueuze Cuvée René from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Cloudy orange color, short head. Aroma is oak, tart gueuze, apple. Taste is sour gueuze, bit more yeasty i guess. Medium lasting palate, i've tasted better in gueuzes. Decent gueuze, but not special.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2003 at 12:37
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Faro from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Faro in a bottle... Contradictio in terminis. Enfin. Clear amber. thick, dense amberish head. sweet nose, like a caramel&chocolat bar ("Snickers",...), and a stiff whiff of "horseblanket". Sweetness has an artificial ring. The sweet + sour taste gives an impression of fruitsugar ("Traubenzucker"). The base is there, and it is real, you just want to get rid of the horrible overlying sweetness. Underneath - 't would just be great. Fruity tones: blue eating grapes, rambutan,... Mouthfeel : a bit sticky, of cours... Faro ought to be drunk, freshly made on the spot with real lambic and honest candi syrup. This can only be a far cry.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2003 at 13:02
NotABeerProfessor (3597) reviewed
Kriek from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
Finally getting around to this one...dark rose color with full fizzy pink head. Aroma strong with cherry and malt. Some leather. Sweet cherry and barnyard first in the mouth. Puckering tartness closes it up with a drying finish. Palate adjusts rapidly to the tartness, softening it into a drinkable twinge. Fruit a bit overdone but otherwise funky enough to acknowledge. Still, its a world away from the best lambics - and I didn't bother finishing it.
Tried on 09 Jun 2003 at 09:02
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Kriekenlambik from Brouwerij Lindemans
23 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
(For good understanding: this is the draught beer, not having had the final blending for refermentation on the bottle. It was however sweetened all the same...) Deep-dark Burgundy colour. No head. Almondy nose; sweet cherry drops, artificial. taste is better than the nose/ reminiscent of the cherry-stones. Strange, as he uses 'juice' (i.e. concentrated and then diluted fruitjuice), and still too sweet. Cloying mouthfeel; medium-bodied, no tartness. It wouldn't be bad without this artificial sweet cherryflavour. And that's exactly what it makes popular...
Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2003 at 23:36