New Beer Weekend #10

I didn't truly enjoy it until a couple years ago, and now it's almost all I drink. Weird how our taste buds change.

It's a glorious morning here in the Brazos Valley, nice enough that I've already walked the puppy dog, ate breakfast and poured a new-to-me beer:

Lindeman's Kriek Cherry Lambic, 3.5% ABV

I'd have sworn I've had this one before, but the records showed I had not when I bought this bottle about a month ago. I've had the raspberry, peach and Lindeman's impressive Oude Gueze Cuvee Rene, all very nice. As much as I like cherry candy, I figured the Kriek would be my favorite.

Turns out it's not, but it's still a very good dessert-type beer. It has loads of cherry flavor and cherry candy flavor and is right on the bordline of being too sweet. The nose isn't. Somehow this beer reverses the norm and has a much earthier/tart/funky nose and much sweeter flavor — I find most beer to be the reverse with the nose almost always being sweeter than the flavor. Maybe it's the "natural sweetener" added to the bottle (candi sugar I assume?). Whatever it is, I'd say steer clear of this one and go for the peach or raspberry if you don't like cloyingly sweet things. For me, it's got just enough lemon peel tartness to tame the sweetness, though I wish it tasted a bit more like the aroma, which has a lot more hay, wet hay and funky yeast in it.

The official review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/187/600/?ba=Premo88#review
4.16 (6.9% rDev)

I've tried four Lindeman's beers and have enjoyed all four. Just for Ss and Gs, here's the scorecard:

Peche 4.36 (+9.8% rDev)
Oude Gueze Cuvee Rene 4.24 (+2.7% rDev)
Framboise 4.23 (+7.9% rDev)
Kriek 4.16 (+6.9% rDev)

I think if I could blend this Kriek with maybe a 1/3 of a bottle of Oude Gueze Cuvee Rene, *that* would be my favorite Lindeman's. At some point that probably needs to happen.

Cheers!

 

Pours a hazy golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has slight wheat and spice hints
The taste follows the nose with a slight wheat flavor
A light bodied decently carbonated beer
A decent wheat beer

 

Pours a clear golden color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has intense lime hints
The taste follows the nose with a strong lime flavor
A light bodied well carbonated beer
A easy drinking Lager

 

Greetings, NBW, I hope everyone is having a good weekend thus far. I spent yesterday visiting with my parents over dinner and drinks at their place. It was a beautiful late summer/early fall day and I drank a number of good beers. I usually try to write my entries here as I'm finishing up the particular beer, or at least right after drinking it. Today is an exception though because this week's first beer left me particularly excited. I've been enjoying the marzens and festbiers that come with the season lately, and while this isn't a seasonally made beer it is the perfect brew for a crisp fall day.

Danging Gnome is best known for their hazy IPA's and imperial stout's, but they have a passion for making traditional and low abv styles as well. Ginkgo, the most recent release in 2020's tree series, is and English Mild. This is not a style that I gravitate toward, but after reading several glowing reviews in some local groups, I decided to pick up a 4-pack and I am so happy that I did. I may just need another. A particularly aggressive pour left this rich amber/brown liquid topped with a slightly tan and fluffy head that I pushed to the limits of a becher glass. The aroma, as expected, was all malt. Every bit of toasted malt wafts up from the glass. The taste follows the aroma. I've rarely tasted such a clean toasted malt flavor in a beer. It was toasty almost to the point of smokey while some caramel and toffee notes played under all of that beautiful malt. I didn't expect a beer with only 3.6% abv to have as much body as this, but Ginkgo pushes into the medium range. Overall, this was an easy drinking and highly flavorful beer that I could easily drink pint after pint of in pub, and makes me want to explore the style more.


4.24/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

 

I bought that FreshFest bundle locally and enjoyed a lot of them, but I think this one was probably my least favorite of the bunch. It doesn't hold a candle to the Dancing Gnome x Warcloud collab in my opinion. Both lagers were fantastic, I thought, with the Cinderlands x Rhythm collab edging out the other for me personally. It's probably not fair to compare them though since they're different styles. I really enjoyed both sour offerings as well.

 

That's one of my favorite local fall beers. My dad always takes a case home to Michigan with him if he visits this time of year. Glad you enjoyed it! I'll be interested to hear what you think of Ozark's take. It's their first year doing one, I think, but @russpowell and I were both impressed.

Edit: And there it is! I agree with your assessment. Hunter takes it, but I enjoyed both also.

 

Great picture!

 

I was out shopping the other day and found this Oktoberfest with stein for $11.99. Seemed like a good bargain to me and, as a bonus, this is a new beer.
Clear gold color. Large white head that disappeared quickly.
Sweet malt aroma, some fruit, some bread.
Taste of caramel, apple, bread. Late hops.
Crisp and refreshing.

 

I forgot how much I liked that one

 

It is tolerable to sit outside, so it must be Fall here. Some small drops of Bearded Iris beers happened here last week and I picked up one Homestyle IPA.



4.29/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

16 oz. can dated Jobs Are Wack 8/27/20

Golden haze, one finger fine white head, full lacing and cap. Nothing floating.
Strong citrus, pineapple, yeast, light pine aromas.
Sour pineapple, lemon,pine, mango, tangerine flavors.
Crisp and bitter, leaning toward dryness. Light bodied. Hoppy tangy aftertaste.
Nicely hop forward but not astringent. Very good straightforward IPA.

Bearded Iris showing up seems like another pandemic event, like fresh Jai Alai, otherwise I'm not complaining.

 

Founders Mosaic Promise:

Appearance: Slightly hazy yellow, big head, looks good!

Smell: Mild danky aroma, followed with some citrus.

Taste: Moderate bitterness throughout, citrusy, some mild berry fruit, medium body.

Overall: The berry notes I often get from mosaic are present, but not too strong. It is a good one for easy drinking to get your mosaic fix on!

 

Yes, do join us.

If you follow this thread:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...astings-idea-submission-thread.476806/page-15
you can join the discussions about upcoming online tastings, the whens and the whats. (The link is to the last page of thread; the discussion about the lambic tasting starts taking shape about half-way down.)

I expect a thread specific to the lambic tasting will be posted in a week or two by @FBarber.

 

I've had some Lost Forty beers and really enjoyed them, but not that particular one.

 

That blend sounds like it would be right up my alley, you should definitely give it a shot. You even have me wondering why I never thought of it before. Maybe I'll even do it for the tasting...