Lindemans Brewery

This month, our Beer Club members will enjoy a variety pack of Lindemans Brewery’s beers, plus a Lindemans branded stemless glass! Learn more about our October Beer Club beers below.

Lindemans Brewery
Framboise (Raspberry)
Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Dark pink with a slightly pink foam head. Powerful raspberry aromas with a hint of caramel and a slightly sour finish, characteristic of lambic beers.

ABV: 2.5% alcohol / volume
Style: Lambic – Framboise
IBU: 12
Beer Style at WineStyles: Sour, Tart & Funky
Serving Suggestion: Served as an aperitif at 35.6ºF-37.4ºF. Can also be used in cooking, or pair with an endive salad.
Conservation Tip: Bottles should be stored lying on their sides
History: Available since 1980
Awards:

• International Beer Awards – Winner category Fruit Beers 2010
• World Beer Awards:
  • Gold Medal – Category Sour & Wild Beer, Framboise 2019
  • Bronze Medal – Category Sour & Wild Beer, Framboise 2020
  • Winner, Category Sour & Wild Beer, Framboise 2021

Brewery Notes:
“The appearance of this exceptional beer is matched only by its taste! To make our Framboise, we add raspberry juice to our lambic. That gives it a delicate fruity aromas and a beautiful dark pink color, just like the dress I wore to our cousin Willy’s wedding (but that’s no interested to you since you undoubtedly don’t know Willy). Our raspberry lambic is served as an aperitif, but also use it in cooking. And when I don’t finish the bottle in my preparations, I finish it in my glass.” – Victorine de Gens

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Pêche (Peach)
Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Golden blonde and slightly cloudy in appearance. As its name suggests, Pecheresse is a lambic beer enriched with peach juice. This is a fresh fruit beer that has a bright and full-bodied flavor as well as a nice balance between the sweet taste of the peach and the sourness of the lambic.

ABV: 2.5% alcohol / volume
Style: Lambic – Fruit
IBU: 10
Beer Style at WineStyles: Sour, Tart & Funky
Serving Suggestion: Serve at 35.6ºF-37.4ºF. Pair with salads (such as Salad Niçoise or a Waldorf Salad), Meats (such as grilled chicken, caramelized pork or peking duck), and desserts (such as peach melba, sorbet, Belgian waffles and crêpes)
Conservation Tip: Bottles should be stored lying on their sides
History: Available since 1987
Awards:

• Australian International Beer Awards – Bronze Award, 2014
• World Beer Awards:
  • Europe’s Silver Lambic, 2013
• World Brewing Congress:
  • Gold Award, 1994
• Asia Beer Awards:
  • Silver 2010 Category Fruit Lambic, 2010
• US Open Beer Competition:
  • Gold Award, 2014
• World Beer Championships:
  • Gold Medal, 1994

Brewery Notes:
“Lindemans Pêche is a young lambic enriched with peach juice. And this fruit beer is a real peach! It is nice to drink at any time of day. Or, on a sunny patio. Personally, I enjoy it with my girlfriends. And what we talk about is of no concern to you.” – Alice de Voghel

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Kriek (Cherry)
Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Red and slightly cloudy in color. This deliciously fruity lambic highlights notes of freshly picked cherries. Its sharp and full-bodied flavor gives way to a perfect balance between sweet and sour. Like other Lindemans beers, this filtered kriek is made from a lambic base. The difference, however, lies in the maceration of 25% juice of fresh sour cherries before the beer is filtered and pasteurized.

ABV: 3.5% alcohol / volume
Style: Lambic – Kriek
IBU: 18
Beer Style at WineStyles: Sour, Tart & Funky
Serving Suggestion: Serve at 35.6ºF-37.4ºF. Pair with bread with cottage cheese and herbs, terrines, and carbonade flamande (a traditional Flemish stew)
Conservation Tip: Bottles should be stored lying on their sides
History: Available since 1979
Awards:

• World Beer Awards – Europe’s Silver Kriek 2013
• Beer International Recognition Awards:
  • Best of Fruit Beers, 2011
  • Belgium Grand Award, 2011
• World Brewing Congress:
  • World Champion, 2001
  • Platinum Award, 1994
• US Open Beer Competition:
  • Gold Award 2021, Category Sour/Belgian Lambic: Kriek

Brewery Notes:
“We’ve already told you that our family never does anything the way other people do. Lindemans Kriek is a good example of that. In order to obtain a beer like no other, we have been adding whole sour cherries to our lambic for generations. Our meeting with American importer Charles Finkel in the 1970s revolutionised the fruit beer segment. Charles convinced us to export our old kriek to the United States by boat. What we had not thought of is that the movement of the waves would reactivate the fermentation process and cause the corks to pop during the trip. It was like something out of The Adventures of Tintin. To prevent that from happening, we therefore developed an alternative production method for our kriek. We use fresh, not from concentrate, unsweetened cherry juice which we blend with lambic that is at least one year old before fermenting & macerating for up to 3 days and pasteurising the whole batch. So the corks don’t pop. Due to the use of juice and pasteurisation, this kriek is sweeter and fruitier than Oude Kriek Cuvée René, which undergoes a second fermentation process in the bottle. Thanks to its innovative flavour, it was a resounding success both here in Belgium as well as around the world. Nowadays, it is undoubtedly the reference kriek for consumers.” – Rene Lindemans

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Pomme (Apple)
Vlezenbeek, Belgium

This apple lambic is the youngest of their range of lambic beers. A mixture of several selected varieties of apples, this young lambic is a fruit beer with a nice balance between the sweetness of red apples, the freshness of green apples and the sour-sweet character of lambic. The first taste is sharp and full-bodied, but then the sweet cider notes give way to a balance between a slightly sweet-sour taste..

ABV: 3.5% alcohol / volume
Style: Lambic – Fruit
IBU: 12
Beer Style at WineStyles: Sour, Tart & Funky
Serving Suggestion: Serve at 35.6ºF-37.4ºF. Pair with salads or foie gras on toast
Conservation Tip: Bottles should be stored lying on their sides
History: Available since 2005
Awards:

• World Beer Awards – Europe’s Best Lambic 2013

Brewery Notes:
“Apple Lindemans (formerly called ‘Pomme’): brewing apple beer goes back to ancestral tradition. The Celts drank it in abundance during their harvest festivals. All we have done is extend the pleasure to the present day by adding the juice of several varieties of apples to our delicious lambic. The tasting experience, which is quite exceptional, combines the sweetness of cider with the sourness characteristic of lambic.” – Geert Lindemans

ABOUT LINDEMANS BREWERY:
Southwest of Brussels, in the quiet Belgian town of Vlezenbeek, the Lindemans family has crafted wild fermented lambics of exquisite taste and complexity for six generations. What began as a small home brewery to keep the farmers busy (and quench their thirst) during winter, continued to grow until commercial brewing started in 1822. Merchant du Vin introduced Lindemans lambics to the United States in 1979, making them the first lambics marketed in US history. To this day, they are the best-selling brand in the category. Check them out on Untappd, or learn more about their company here.

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