Lindemans (Vlezenbeek, Belgium)
3.5% ABV
We've already told you that our family never does anything the way other people do. Kriek Lindemans 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 filtrate 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 filtrate and pasteurisation, this kriek is sweeter and fruitier than Old 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.
林德曼 樱桃 水果兰比克
从来不做别人做过的事，林德曼樱桃啤酒就是一个例子。为了得到与众不同的啤酒，在兰比克系列里加入了整个的酸樱桃。
上世纪70年代与美国进口商查尔斯芬克尔在革命性的水果啤酒节上举行会晤。查尔斯说服林德曼把老款樱桃啤酒用船运方式出口到美国。没有想到的是，海浪不停地晃动会使发酵重新启动，导致瓶口的软木塞在旅途被弹出来。就像丁丁历险记中的情节一样。为了防止这种情况发生，林德曼为樱桃啤酒研发了另一种生产方式。把新鲜的、非浓缩、不加糖的樱桃汁在发酵前混合到至少一年前的兰比克里浸泡3天，然后整批进行巴氏灭菌。这样瓶塞就不会再弹出来了。
由于果汁和巴氏灭菌法的使用，这款樱桃啤酒比老款在瓶内进行二次发酵的樱桃啤酒口感更甜，果香味更浓。凭借其创新的味道，这款樱桃啤酒在比利时和世界各地都取得了巨大的成功。如今，毫无疑问它已成为樱桃啤酒的标杆。