Lindemans Faro

Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Faro
St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

My first faro thanks to 502flavors: wow, weird. Definitely get a mouth full of that belgian candi sugar and the aroma honestly reminded me of $5 Andre champagne and the mouthfeel was very similar - incredibly sugary and fizzy. Poured a very beautiful amber color though, with a quickly fading white head and minimal lacing. An interesting try and I’d be interested to find other faro’s that aren’t lindemans.

37.5cl bottle pours amber, thin white head. aroma of brown sugar, some tartness, of lambic with hints of fruits. taste, candy sugar, some sourness, mid range with fruits, there is also an old barrel/wood mouthfeel. Very bubbly palate. tasty adn easy to drink.

Pours nice red colour, big head, gone quickly, fruity aroma. Flavor of champagne, sour fruits, sugar, apple as well. nice brew.

bottle into snifter. Really nice rich mahogany color, clear, with an orgaish/redish hue and a nice white head that fades slowly and leaves nice lace. Aroma is soft and pleasant - very light gueze quality mixed with a light belgian candi quality. Flavor is startlingly sweet at first, but with smaller sips and more time, it gets much more bearable. Sweet Belgian sugar upfront that fades slowly into a somewhat tartish dry (with even a small hint of funk) gueze base. Medium to light bodied on the palate with just the right amount of carbonation - very fine carbonation, i.e. not bursting with an overzealous quantity of huge C02 bubbles that often characterize lambics. Overall: not my favorite lambic style, but very interesting and fun to try.

Brownish amber color with a thick head. Appley aroma with just a hint of lambic leather. Sweet, but with a grapefruity bitterness. Refreshing lemony character, almost minty. Good faro.

Aroma is a bit vomity. Very grainy. Very very sweet. Too sweet. It’s an odd sweetness too. Kinda of like lemonade.As I drink it, I keep waiting for the sour to come, but it doesn’t. I could see this style being good.

Thaks as well to MrBunn. The nose had the funk with some sweet undertones. First sip I was shocked as I thought it was be more funky. Very lemony flavor and sour. I can see drinking this on a very hot day and needing something refreshing. Not what I would want to expect from a lambic but it is Lindemans.

Enormous thanks to MrBunn for this one, and finishing out my 72 out of 72 style ratings. Pours a hazy deep gold with a small head. Aroma is slightly funky with notes of bile, really not very appealing. Flavor is considerably better than the aroma immediately there is some good lemon and a good sweet on tart thing going on, this is way too sweet and tastes like Lindemans Kriek without the cherry flavoring. The beer is seriously refreshing and I can see why someone would like the style. Not so much my thing, but tasty enough.