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$22.99 on a recent mercy trip to the Detroit 'burbs. 2020-2021 vintage, BBD 16-03-2031. Apparently 7/8 Rulles Brune with 1/8 one-year-old lambic, then macerated with 160 grams of blackcurrants per liter. Corked and caged, nice pop on opening. Color...
Bottled 11/23, good for 20 years after that date. Corked and capped, 375 mL. Pale golden pour with the head that you would expect. Medium body, perhaps a little bigger and softer than I had first expected. Some light acidity up front, but this is...
375 mL bottle, corked & caged with the lavender colored cap on the cage (not always the case). Modest pop on opening, and carbonation is mid to low. A little head that lingers to give a film and even some lace - quite surprising TBH. Lightly...
Batch/Lot L41631, Best Before 12.06.2034. Modest pop on opening the corked and caged bottle. Dark burgundy body with some decent pink head. Some film-like retention. No lace, as expected. Much like the sister Gueuze, this is a gentle beer. Soft,...
Another beer that I am astonished to see that I haven't got any formal, significant notes on. I've had this many times before, going back at least 20 years. 355 mL bottle, foil, capped and corked. 16 FEB 2033. Bright red-purple, grape juice color...
A relatively new Lindemans lambic blend (2023). Also see D'OR. Classic Lindemans cassis type pour with a dark red body and a pinkish hue on the head. Head is really well-retained and provides some good lace. The nose has a plenty of dark berries of...
A relatively new Lindemans lambic blend (2023) that wears their traditional, high sweetness as a badge of honor. I mean there's no two ways about this, it's extremely sweet and if that's not what you appreciate you'd be better of staying away from...
Astonished to see that I haven't got any formal notes on this beer before now - so here we go. Usual Lindemans fruit presentation, the usual outcome. Pinkish colored body sits underneath the bubbly/fizzy head. The color reminds me of canned...
Medium thickness on the matt, black foil reveals a corked & caged bottle. Pop on opening is, as expected, quite strong with a smattering of gunsmoke. Cork shows a 2010 vintage. Label tells us this is a 'Malt Beverage' with natural flavors and...
2008 vintage. PL18 on the cork, 04.11.2030 as the best before date. Deep, dark, purple body with a pink head. The pour and color are a little more 'vibrant' than I was expecting and has the appearance of something much less sophisticated. Not much...
Pictured 06/29/24 2021 Vintage. Still a lot of raspberry seeds and the fruit is surprisingly strong even when cold. Increases on warming of course. Original notes 10/10/10 375mL bottle, corked & capped. Bottled 23rd December 2009. Blood red,...
Most recently (March, 8th 2023) as a surprise gift from Dave Blanchard at The Brick Store, Atlanta, GA, USA (pictured) Last purchased ($60) at Monks in Philadelphia, summer 2015 to celebrate signing a book writing contract. Original notes 07/16/10...
Oh gosh, not at all good. Like the "Exotic" version in this series, the pop on opening is disappointing, and the beer remains suspiciously flat. Pour gives a dark golden or amber body with just about ZERO head, retention or lace. Like the pineapple...
The 12 oz, mini champagne bottle with dimpled bottom and capped and corked presentation (along with the somewhat cheesy label), is impressive. This bottle came from Camp Creek Beverage near the Airport, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is quite well...
12 oz, champagne style, dimpled bottomed bottle. Capped and corked. Pop on opening is disappointing, suspiciously flat. Pour gives a golden body with just about ZERO head, retention or lace. Looks dead. The nose has a strange mixed fruit note with...
12 oz, mini champagne, corked and capped affair from Camp Creek Beverage, Atlanta, GA, USA. Dimpled bottom. Pour is a nasty looking, malt liquor colored, golden hue with minimal head and a LOT of dark golden floaties. Unattractive. Nose gives off...
OK, interesting. Bought this one with four others from Camp Creek Beverage back in March of this year. At the time I knew that they had been around for quite a while, so I expect that these a quite old, BUT with no freshness dating of any...
$3.00 for the 8.4 oz bottle from Bruisin' Ales, Asheville, NC, USA. This one is poured into the Gouden Carolus small chalice. Appearance is pretty much as expected. A light brown, slightly reddish body with some nice, simple head and some decent...
$3.00 from Bruisin' Ales, Asheville, NC, USA for the 8.4 fl oz bottle. Beautiful color on the pour with complete clarity and a stunning, bright, cherry-red pour. A small pink, finely bubbled head forms with a touch of lace. Nose has a touch of an...
Corked and caged 375 mL bottle. Opens with a mild pop; SB 45 on the cork. Unreadable dot-matrixed date in the "Best Before" portion of the label. Light pink head sits upon the light burgundy body. Some tobacco like floaty bits sink to the bottom of...
Updated notes 01/05/23 (pictured) 2018 vintage, $11.99 from Gay's in Angola, IN, a ridiculous find in the middle of nowhere all things considered. This bottle is marked as being BB 29/08/2021, so around 17 months past what the brewery considers its...
$6.99 for the 375 mL, corked & caged bottle from Mac's in Atlanta, GA, USA. SB 52 on the cork. Seemed like another good choice for Valentine's Day. A light pop on opening, but nothing dramatic. A mild puff of gun smoke. A pinkish, orange body...
$6.99 for the 375 mL, corked & caged bottle from Mac's in Atlanta, GA, USA. SB 54 on the cork. Seemed like a good choice for Valentine's Day. A light pop on opening, but nothing dramatic. A mild puff of gun smoke. Nice, dark cherry red body (a...
Lucked out with this one. In town for a few days from the ATL, and Mike (BA sprinkle) happened to have persauded his wife to part with her bottle of the Kiwi for a tasting at Crown #15 in Fishers, IN, USA. MANY thanks - MUCH appreciated by me....
2007 vintage, capped and corked in the 750 mL bottle. Label slightly different than the BA db picture AND the label lists this at a 5% beer. Aged in Oak Barrels and has the Merlot grape addition. $29.95 from Green's, Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA,...
Additional notes 05/20/24 (pictured) I don't find this beer nearly as sweet as I once did. In 2024, 16 years after my original notes it has a much more, genuine, sour cherry note that is not too sweet and does not tate artifical to me. It's still...
$8.99 at Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. 12.7 oz bottle corked (with that nasty, synthetic cork) and caged. Lot #02, bottled in December 2005. Label declares that this is good for at least 10 years after the bottling date. As expected, very...
Additional notes 08/16/26 (Pictured) 2023 vintage BB July 2028. I've learned a lot about beers like KdR over the years and since those note below from close to 20 years ago. Some of what I wrote in 2007 still holds true for me, in as much as it's...
Additional notes 05/18/24 This still feels a little "Jolly Rancher" to me, and although not quite as sweet as remember it doesn't tastes especially natural to me. One of my least favorite of Lindemans fruits. Original notes 06/08/07 355 mL bottle,...
My guess is lots of people will not like this much. First off this is a VERY sweet beer. I like that, many will not. I like this type of beer for an occasional change of pace. Truth be known, it's really a girly beer, but every once in a while I...
Dark orange/pink pour with a fantastic head and magnificent lacing. As some others have noticed there was a certain champagne like character to this beer. Obvious sweet start with the infused blackcurrant taste, that gives a degree of tartness in...
Despite the fact that I've drunk several lambics, and I know that Lindemans lambics are very, very sweet and not representative of the classic style, you're never quite ready for the jolt to the taste buds that this beer provides. Very low...
Additional notes 05/18/24 Likely my favorite (along with cassis) of the Lindemans fruits, the Framboise has really strong raspberry flavor which seems like it comes stright from the seeds of a raspberry. Sweet? Yep, but also a decently tart finish....
Additional Notes 12/02/22 (Pictured): A lot of changes in a review of this 17 years after the original notes. Carbonation in terms of the bottle pressure is much lower, and the beer itself was much less annoying in that department than it formerly...
Additional notes 05/20/24 (pictured) Along with the strawberry and apple, the peach is one of the three Lindemans fruit lambics that work poorest IMO. It's not too sweet, but it's just a bit bland. You need the tartness of the blackcurrant, cherry...
Updated notes 05/18/24 355 mL corked & caged. Going old skool. Still incredibly drinkable in small amounts, and the combo of sweet and tart is really perfect. This feels like a fruit cocktail to me, it always has, but from time to time I do not...