Lindemans Kriek Lambic

Hmmm...yet another gem from Lindemans. Fonnie and I have a strange draw to these fruit beers. They're not amazing by any stretch of the word - but they sure are interesting.

Pours almost blood red with a huge, pink head. It is kinda opaque though - a little weird. It smelled of sour cherries...that's it. Were you expecting something else? And the taste was a huge surprise...not. Cherries! Sour and tart at the same time - interesting combination. Texture was very smooth but no body whatsoever to speak of. It was just flat, cherry, liquid.

Not a huge surprise from this fruit brew. It has it's highs and lows and makes tradeoffs in normal brew focuses for amazing smell and taste. Great if you're looking for a gimmick; I sure loved it.

Appearance - 3.5
Smell - 4
Taste - 3.8
Texture - 2.8
Overall - 3.53/5

Lindemans Kriek Lambic

And up next is another Lambic courtesy of Lindemans, this time it is of the Kriek (cherry) variety. It pours a dark red with brown hints throughout and the actual pieces of the fruit can be seen floating around in it. It also has a large pink frothy head which lasts throughout almost the entire tasting process. The smell is exactly what I was expecting: tart cherries. I kind of wish that the taste was more like the smell but unfortunately it has a distinct artificial/fake taste to it. Overall it is a nice smooth Lambic but there is just something missing: I'm hoping to hit the Lambic jackpot one of these days.

Appearance - 3.6

Smell - 3.8

Taste - 3.9

Texture - 3.6

Overall - 3.73/5

Lindemans Pomme Lambic

This is one of our first, literal, fruit beers that we've tried. It's a pretty popular one amongst the liquor stores we visit and cheap. We weren't expecting much, but we expected it to be delicious.

How'd it look? Not too great. It poured our a generic golden color but it had a slight green tint to it and it was a tad cloudy. It produced a nice film, but no head. The smell was great though - just like a sour green apple drink. Personally, I think this should be a girl's drink. There was also a slight alcohol scent. It tasted just like we expected - amazing. It tastes just like sour green apple flavoring and there's almost no beer taste. You could get sufficiently buzzed without knowing it with this beer. It was pretty smooth, although it had no body. There was also a nice fizz that followed the sour taste.

Overall, this was a pretty good beer. It wasn't anything huge, expensive, or complicated. It was just a simple beer that focused on tasting great. It accomplished that very well.

Appearance - 3
Smell - 3.8
Taste - 4.2
Texture - 3.2
Overall - 3.55/5

Lindemans Pomme Lambic

And we finally have our first lambic, took long enough considering we've done, what, 12 reviews before this? Oh well, at least we're starting with an interesting one to begin with. The Lindemans Pomme (apple) Lambic pours greenish yellow in color with a nice robust off-white head. Now we could have started with the traditional raspberry or strawberry lambic but that wouldn't be fun. We jumped right into the green apple. It, of course, smells like green apples - in a way you would expect from a good cider. The taste is strong, sour green apples, slight alcohol sting, and other sweet fruits in the background. It is a good lambic, but I would go to this as a desert beer and not much else.

Appearance - 3.5

Smell - 4.0

Taste - 4.2

Texture - 3.6

Overall - 3.83/5