Lindemans Kriek Cuvée René

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

Bottle, bought @ Willems, Grobbendonk.
<i><b>my 4,100th rating]</b></i>
<i>[vintage 2006, bottle #8464]</i>
Pours a great, deep, clear red with a big, fizzy, off-white and pink head. Just a few seconds before it becomes about a 1mm film head that stays. Wonderful aroma with lots of cherries, marzipan, light tartness, barnyard. Medium to high carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Flavour is nice, quite dry, wonderful fresh cherries and super balanced tartness. The aftertaste has light caramel and marzipan notes. Wonderful.

Bottle. Dark purple colour. Big pink but short lasting head. Earthy aroma, like a earthy red wine. Flavor is sour (like lime; also sweet) and complex.

0.75 l bottle, vintage 2007, 5.5 %. Hazy deep red color, looks like a viscous juice with spritzy sorbet head. Sweet, sour, perfumed and very cherryish aroma with bubblegum, strawberry and black currant. Sour, very cherryish and juicy flavor with notes of strawberry and hints almonds. Thick juicy palate with puckering finish. This is too juicy and cherryish which masks the wild yeast flavors.

Many thanks to joebrew for sharing this gem. A dark red color with faint head. A sour cherry aroma better than anything else I’ve had from Lindemans. A little sweetness in there but by far the most sour product I’ve had from these guys. Hope this makes it to America in bulk.

750 ml capped and corked bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5%. Vintage 2006, bottle No. 01761. Bottled 21.12.2006, BB date 21.12.2012. Red coloured beer, slightly hazy. Fizzy pink head, initially big, rapidly diminishing. Aroma of sour cherries, funk and marzipan. The flavour is very sour and tingling, nearly tart, with notes of sour cherries and lemons. Fairly dry. Lovely sour finish and aftertaste.

[75 cl bottle] Pours deep red with a fast dissipating, purple head. Sour sherries and marzipan on the nose with some faint barnyard notes. Flavour is sour sherries, black currants and oak.

75 cl Bottle. Deep red color with a pink head. Aroma and taste: tart/sour, cherries, almonds, citrus, yeast, wood, and light barnyard notes. Not very sweet.

This beer we had on a sampling with fellow beer geeks. We were divided in two aboute this beer. I for one loved this. It has a big, but short pink foam. The typical kriek aroma. Followed by a dry, crisp taste with a perfect acidity. A few of my fellow beer geeks thought that the cherries were to dominant and the acidity was to much and wanted to pour it away. I and another beer judge had to sacrefice ourself and finnsih the bottle.