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Pomme (Apple)
Brouwerij Lindemans
- From:
- Brouwerij Lindemans
- Belgium
- Style:
- Fruit Lambic
Ranked #134 - ABV:
- 3.5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #23,723 - Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 13.86%
- Reviews:
- 361
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 22, 2024
- Added:
- May 13, 2006
- Wants:
- 20
- Gots:
- 90
Making 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. The Americans are crazy about it, which is why they say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away".
12 IBU
12 IBU
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Reviewed by nasal from Illinois
4.01/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Like the others, a bit of artificial "Jolly Rancher" green apple flavor over some subtle complex wild yeast flavors. So absurdly drinkable. Perfectly balanced - not overly sweet, bitter, tart, malty, hoppy. Fruity in a "green" way - not syrupy. Not super complex, not a great representation of a lambic, but more complex than your average cider. Perhaps this is just telling me I need to try more ciders, haha.
Sep 03, 2023Rated by Sludgeman from District of Columbia
3.43/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Not tart enough.
May 12, 2023Reviewed by Foyle from North Carolina
4.2/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 8.45 oz bottle into tulip glass. Thin white head drops quickly, mild lacing. Color is hazy golden orange. Aroma of tart apples, spice, and yeast rolls. Mouthfeel is light and crisp. Flavor: tart apple, spices, sugar, bready malts. Overall: very good.
Feb 25, 2023Reviewed by Legendary_Geko from Florida
4.13/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Look: Carbonated apple juice. 1 finger head.
Smell: At first apples, then metal
Taste: Extremely sweet, like apple juice
Feel: Alright, just very light
Overall: Very good, just really sweet.
Oct 01, 2022Smell: At first apples, then metal
Taste: Extremely sweet, like apple juice
Feel: Alright, just very light
Overall: Very good, just really sweet.
Reviewed by chitoryu12 from Florida
3.44/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.44/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Look: Clear gold. One finger of foamy white head that quickly dissipates.
Smell: The classic sour barnyard funk of a lambic. Apple is barely discernable past the bacon.
Taste: Unlike the smell, strong sour apple flavor. Relatively little lambic funk, only what comes through on the scent as you sip.
Mouthfeel: Average body, very high carbonation.
Overall: If drinking a sour apple Jolly Rancher is your thing, here it is.
Sep 08, 2022Smell: The classic sour barnyard funk of a lambic. Apple is barely discernable past the bacon.
Taste: Unlike the smell, strong sour apple flavor. Relatively little lambic funk, only what comes through on the scent as you sip.
Mouthfeel: Average body, very high carbonation.
Overall: If drinking a sour apple Jolly Rancher is your thing, here it is.
Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.57/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
250ml bottle into a lindemans flute. Best by 7/2/23, fresh bottle.
Looks good enough. Pale golden body. Small white head shrinks to a fat collar, rings of lacing.
Musty barnyard aroma.
Sweet tart apple cider taste. Clean and refreshing, lambic aspect buried. Tasty though.
Mouth around medium, finish sweet tart apple.
Overall, pretty one dimensional. Could have told me I was drinking a cider and I would have believed you.
Aug 21, 2022Looks good enough. Pale golden body. Small white head shrinks to a fat collar, rings of lacing.
Musty barnyard aroma.
Sweet tart apple cider taste. Clean and refreshing, lambic aspect buried. Tasty though.
Mouth around medium, finish sweet tart apple.
Overall, pretty one dimensional. Could have told me I was drinking a cider and I would have believed you.
Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey
3.91/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
(250 ml bottle, L GG05UAP01101; purchased in a variety 4-pack... decanted into a teku)
L: polished-clear, gold liquid; the foam forming on the pour quickly recedes to a big-bubbled, webby collar
S: green apple Jolly Rancher, flesh of one Granny Smith... not much wheat/malt presence, maybe in the form of an apple danish?... very faint funky undertone... excellent expression and intensity; inviting
T: sweet apple juice, then immediately more earthy apple cider... very bright tartness, nearly exactly like biting into a Granny Smith... the aftertaste has a semblance of fruit juice, but is only vaguely sweet
F: the tartness does pucker a fair amount, also simulating a residual gummy film within the palate... seems a bit bottom-heavy and delicately viscous up front, but it mostly thins out in the finish... doesn't (but should?) display lively effervescence
O: arguably more true to its fruit than the Peche version I reviewed the other day... this is maybe my 2nd or 3rd time trying this... I could handle it if need be but, again, seems like this would go best in a pairing, preferably a spicy, zesty salad with vinaigrette, sharp cheese, and candied pecans? (1958)
Jul 27, 2022L: polished-clear, gold liquid; the foam forming on the pour quickly recedes to a big-bubbled, webby collar
S: green apple Jolly Rancher, flesh of one Granny Smith... not much wheat/malt presence, maybe in the form of an apple danish?... very faint funky undertone... excellent expression and intensity; inviting
T: sweet apple juice, then immediately more earthy apple cider... very bright tartness, nearly exactly like biting into a Granny Smith... the aftertaste has a semblance of fruit juice, but is only vaguely sweet
F: the tartness does pucker a fair amount, also simulating a residual gummy film within the palate... seems a bit bottom-heavy and delicately viscous up front, but it mostly thins out in the finish... doesn't (but should?) display lively effervescence
O: arguably more true to its fruit than the Peche version I reviewed the other day... this is maybe my 2nd or 3rd time trying this... I could handle it if need be but, again, seems like this would go best in a pairing, preferably a spicy, zesty salad with vinaigrette, sharp cheese, and candied pecans? (1958)
Reviewed by albehdez from Florida
3.5/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Apple cider. Had I not bought it myself, I would've thought it was overly sweet apple cider. Crystal clear, smells delicious, but tastes like apple cider. Not a hint of lambic-ness in this. Refreshing though.
May 08, 2022
Pomme (Apple) from Brouwerij Lindemans
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
847 ratings
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