Lindemans Gueuze - Brouwerij Lindemans

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.6/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a virtually clear golden brown with a light tan head. Nose is an expected musty yeast with a sweet tone blanketing it. Flavor is sweeter than I expected with slight apple qualities as well. The sweet barely leans towards a tart edge...barely. Feel is decent. Nice carbonation. Drinkable, sure. I won’t be pouring it down the drain, but for gueuze, I’ll be going elsewhere in the future. Even with my limited experience on the style, I can tell that this one is not as "mature" or full in character as others are and can be.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2007 13:55:13 | More by RblWthACoz

drgonzo2k2

California

3.75/5  rDev +5%

05-18-2013 17:51:50 | More by drgonzo2k2

hotsudge

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -9%

05-18-2013 02:57:35 | More by hotsudge

supermeniscus

Netherlands

2.75/5  rDev -23%

04-05-2013 18:35:45 | More by supermeniscus

harpus

Alabama

3.5/5  rDev -2%

03-27-2013 14:40:38 | More by harpus

Poupae

Thailand

3.25/5  rDev -9%

03-25-2013 23:59:19 | More by Poupae

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -9%

03-24-2013 04:49:14 | More by onix1agr

abijen

Netherlands

3.78/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

A nice Gueuze beer. 5% ABV
Not that special I think.
What I like is the taste and the mouthfeel. An average sourness and a light sweetness.
It felt light and thin with a lively carbonation.
What I liked less was the appearance. It is not that special. A minimal white head.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2013 09:50:30 | More by abijen

chippo33

Vermont

4/5  rDev +12%

03-13-2013 23:28:39 | More by chippo33

Thehuntmaster

South Africa

2.71/5  rDev -24.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

250ml bottle 5,0% Abv.
Served lightly chilled in an oversized wine glass.
Best Before: 02/05/2013

I nearly fell over when I saw this sitting on the shelf at my local bottle shop. Lambic in Africa??? The world must be about to end!!!

Appearance: Lindeman’s Gueuze pours an amber colour (WTF), with a backlight revealing a number of small to medium sized particles in suspension. A rough pour yields a large white head that fizzes away pretty quickly and doesn’t leave much in the way of lacing.

Smell: Hmmm, this certainly doesn’t smell like any geuze that I have ever had, in fact it seems more like a pale ale with a little lambic added. Notes include: Sweet apple juice, pale grain, skunk, a little tart apple peal and a very light musty character.

Taste: As with the nose, the flavour leaves a hell of a lot to be desired! Sweet apple juice dominates, with some grainy malt, a little mustiness and a touch of old wood also present. There is only a touch of tartness and the finish is a little watery.

Mouthfeel: Surprisingly (after the dreadful nose and flavour), the mouthfeel is actually pretty damn good. The body is light or just over and the carbonation is of a medium level and fantastically smooth.

Overall: I really have no idea what Lindeman’s is trying to do with this beer, but it is the sorriest excuse for a lambic that I have ever encountered! I will certainly never ever buy it again!

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2013 15:09:27 | More by Thehuntmaster

Satyr179

Sweden

3.5/5  rDev -2%

03-09-2013 09:50:38 | More by Satyr179

djrn2

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -23%

03-01-2013 00:24:45 | More by djrn2

jazztoloc

Mexico

4.5/5  rDev +26.1%

02-22-2013 19:03:56 | More by jazztoloc

DrinkSlurm

Connecticut

3.64/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured from 250ml bottle into HF Wine Glass. Im not sure of the date, but I purchased at Flair Beverages in NYC - where everything is pretty old (i bought a 6er of saranac black forest and it was so old and skunked i had to pour it down the drain).

Pours a clear brown/syrup color; little amount of released carbonation but bubbles remain around edge. Cork and metallic aromas mixed with obvious sour characteristic, funk, tart, etc...but slightly malty. The taste is way too sweet for the style, but it does have some nice tart and sour quality, but I do taste some cork. Nice malty, woody base; just too sweet. Its super easy to drink.
Its not bad, but not amazing. It seems to be a good entry to the style but not anywhere near the grand daddy of cantillon.

Serving type: bottle

02-10-2013 00:59:00 | More by DrinkSlurm

matjack85

Illinois

2.5/5  rDev -30%

02-02-2013 08:22:24 | More by matjack85

KillaB

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -23%

01-29-2013 09:11:37 | More by KillaB

starlight37

Korea (South)

3/5  rDev -16%

01-19-2013 18:08:34 | More by starlight37

rale

Quebec (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +5%

01-17-2013 20:42:22 | More by rale

Sipchue

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +5%

12-29-2012 14:09:04 | More by Sipchue

jco3rd

California

4/5  rDev +12%

12-21-2012 23:50:07 | More by jco3rd

sliks96

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -2%

11-16-2012 02:34:27 | More by sliks96

M_C_Hampton

Georgia

1.75/5  rDev -51%

10-10-2012 01:21:08 | More by M_C_Hampton

t0rin0

California

2/5  rDev -44%

09-08-2012 01:17:05 | More by t0rin0

Cnorrisl

Rhode Island

3/5  rDev -16%

08-24-2012 17:45:41 | More by Cnorrisl

olbubba

Florida

2/5  rDev -44%

06-10-2012 16:44:12 | More by olbubba