6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep red with semi-sweet, fresh cherry flavour. Refreshing, but far from the complexity of Girardin's or Boon's interpretations of the style.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2002
at 03:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Hazy gold with a med fluffy white head. Aroma is sweet and fruity - slight peach notes. Full tartness is nicely balanced by a sweet fruitiness. The peach flavor is itself mild. Med body, lightly fizzy. Great fruit lambic.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2002
at 11:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rerate: It takes some time getting used to beer with an overwhelming taste of cherries, but dammit - this is GOOD! Sweet and sour cherries galore - but I like it. A nice change of pace - will buy again. I’m upping my rating a few points.
Original rating: I bought a bottle today purely out of curiousity. I willingly admit being prejudiced: My attitude is that if I want cherry juice, I buy cherry juice - and if I want beer (yes, I normally do!) then I buy beer. So how do I rate a combination of the two? The aroma was delicious, the flavour - well, it’s the best cherry soda I’ve ever had. But to call it a BEER??? - and worth the price? - nooo! However, REFRESHING is a relevant word.
Original rating: I bought a bottle today purely out of curiousity. I willingly admit being prejudiced: My attitude is that if I want cherry juice, I buy cherry juice - and if I want beer (yes, I normally do!) then I buy beer. So how do I rate a combination of the two? The aroma was delicious, the flavour - well, it’s the best cherry soda I’ve ever had. But to call it a BEER??? - and worth the price? - nooo! However, REFRESHING is a relevant word.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2002
at 14:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Darker colour, medium-sourness and complexity. Good quaffing gueuze. Refreshing.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2001
at 11:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The best of the Lindeman's fruit beers. The overt sweetness works is much better suited to peach flavours than the others, and the ridiculously wheaty body makes for a wonderful refresher in the summer.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2000
at 20:15
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
While a spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, too many spoonfuls of sugar will ruin what was once a respectable lambic.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2000
at 20:12
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Very sweet. Heavy, sticky body. They need to ease up on both the sugar and the blackcurrant essence.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2000
at 20:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Quite sweet. An intro lambic...............................................
Tried
on 29 Jun 2000
at 16:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
The sweetness of the berries cut the tartness. It has a rich raspberry red color and aroma - and the flavor is rich, as well. Update: better than I remember, with mild tartness, a rich layer of warming raspberries and not overly sweet at all.
Tried
on 13 May 2000
at 20:19
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
May 2004 update: Bright golden, fizzy fading head. Caramelized aroma, slight funk. Intensely tart up front quickly transitioning into a tight sweetness. Almost candyish in the finish, but drying. Less barnyardy that I might expect but is so easily drinkable and fun...no complaints.
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2000
at 21:24