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Lindemans
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Lindemans, Cassis (Belgium) 
This beer pours a dark, vivid purple/black with a mauve-tinted head. On the nose there is a soaring cassis and fruit pastille character, with just a hint of something a little sour beneath. On the palate it is rich and mouthfilling, and an immediate flood of Ribena-like sweet blackcurrant washes over the tongue. This beer is noticeably heavier than the Kriek, with a weighty texture and a subtle undertow of toasty malt bread. The acidity is soft, but a suggestion of blackcurrant skin tartness does add some freshness on the finish. 3.5% ABV, 37.5cl, �2.19, Oddbins. |  |
Lindemans, Kriek (Belgium)
Kriek is traditionally made with fresh local black cherries of the district, though some makers now use the pulp of the fresh cherries which extends the beer's season. This beer pours an astonishingly bright, garish purple pink with a vividly pink head. The nose is suffused with the aroma of cherries, very specifically of Amerena cherries and a little edge of Bazooka Joe bubblegum. There is a hint of wheat beer sourness in the background. On the palate it is dense and full, with loads of cherry fruited sweetness. This is just a fun drink, with little beer character to speak of, and some might look for a little more bite, it is delicious in its own way and once of the great beer experiences everyone should try. 3.5% ABV, 37.5cl, �1.89, Oddbins.  |  |
Lindemans, Pecheresse (Belgium)
The peach-flavoured Lambic is an extraordinarily light 2.5% ABV, and pours with a lovely orangy-peach colour and white head. On the nose this is the least fruity, with a distinct wheat-beer note. On the palate it is quite full and rolling, coating the palate with a sweet-edged blast of peach fruit, and a nicely sour tang of wheaty flavour and acidity. It is soft and easy to drink, but that little bite plays against the sweetness and keeps it very moreish. Because of that, that I slightly preferred this to the cassis, and it would be a sensational summer-in-the-garden drink with that low alcohol. For that purpose, it is excellent. 2.5% ABV, 37.5cl, �2.15, Oddbins. |  |
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