• Source: Lindemans Brewery

Lindemans Brewery (Brouwerij Lindemans) is a Belgian family brewery based in Vlezenbeek, a small town in Flemish Brabant, southwestern Brussels. It produces lambics, a style of Belgian ale that uses raw wheat and wild yeast.




History


The history of Lindemans Brewery began in 1822 when the brewery was founded on a small farm in Vlezenbeek. The brewery's patriarch was Frans Lindemans, the brother of the then-bailiff of Gaasbeek. In 1930, due to the growing success of the brewery, the agricultural activity was stopped definitively to focus on the brewing of Kriek and Gueuze. They produced their first Faro in 1978. Shortly after, in 1980 the brewery started its production of Framboise. Consequently, in 1986 and 1987, Lindemans added Cassis and Pêcheresse to its assortment. Finally, in 2005, Apple was the last beer to be introduced.
The brewery, to this day, is still a family company, run by brothers Nestor and Rene for a long time, before their sons, Dirk and Geert, took over the business, each having a 50% interest in the company.




Production


Lindemans brews its lambic according to the method of spontaneous fermentation. This lambic is then used as the base for all of the fruit beers. In 25 years, the production grew from 5.000 to 50.000 hectoliters. Over that span, the brewery expanded multiple times. In 1991 a new brewhouse was built next to the old one to increase capacity. In 2013 works for a new expansion, with a new bottling plant, started. Today, the brewery brews 85.000 hectoliters per year. 60.000 hectoliters of this amount is lambic, the base to which fruit juices are added. Each year 6.000 hectoliters of Lindemans Faro are produced, representing 7,5% of the entire production.




Beers






= Faro

=

Lindemans Faro is a lambic beer. The first Lindemans Faro was brewed in 1978, when the beverage was becoming popular again. At 4% ABV, it is considered a light beer. It is available in 250 ml, 375 ml and 750 ml bottles.




= Fruit beers

=
Lindemans varieties include Lambic Framboise (raspberry), Kriek (sour cherry), Pêcheresse (peach), Cassis (blackcurrant), Pomme (apple), and Strawberry.
Because of the limited availability of sour cherries from Schaerbeek, the traditional ingredient for Kriek, Lindemans Kriek is made using unsweetened cherry juice which is added to a mixture of lambics of different ages. The resulting beer is described as less sour and more fruity. It contains 2.5% ABV.




Awards


Asia Beer Awards
2010, Silver in the category Fruit Lambique: Pecheresse
Australian International Beer Awards
2014, Gold Award: Cassis
2014, Silver Award: Kriek
2014, Silver Award: Oude Gueuze Cuvée René
2014, Bronze Award: Pecheresse
2014, Bronze Award: Apple
Beer International Recognition Awards
2011, Best Fruitbeer: Kriek
2011, Belgian Grand Award: Kriek
Brussels Beer Challenge
2013, Gold Medal in the category Lambique and Gueuze: Oude Gueuze Cuvée René
2013, Gold Medal in the category Fruit Lambique
Great International Beer Festival
2011, Gold Award: Faro
International Beer Awards
2010, Winner in the category Fruitbeers: Framboise
US Open Beer Competition
2011, Golden Award in the category Fruit and Spice: Pecheresse
2014, Golden Award in the category Fruit and Spice: Pecheresse
World Beer Awards
2013, World's Best Sour Beer
2013, World's Best Kriek
2013, World's Best Gueuze: Oude Gueuze Cuvée René
2013, Europe's Best Lambique: Apple
2013, Europe's Best Label: Oude Gueuze Cuvée René
World Beer Championships
1994, Platinum Medal: Kriek
1994, Gold Medal: Pecheresse
World Brewing Congress
1994, Platinum Award: Kriek
1994, Gold Award: Pecheresse
2001, World Champion: Kriek
1985: Michael Jackson named Kriek Lindemans as one of the 5 best beers in the world.
Californian Beer Festival
1995, Gold Medal: Framboise
1995, Gold Medal: Gueuze
World Beer Cup
1996 & 1997, Lindemans named one of the 10 best breweries in the world.
2000, Gold Medal: Oude Gueuze Cuvée René
2001, Beer-World Champion: Kriek
2002, Bronze Medal: Oude Gueuze Cuvée
Hong Kong International Beer Awards
2009, Winner Fruitbeers: Framboise
2010, Winner Fruitbeers: Framboise




References






External links


Official website (in English)
RateBeer
BeerAdvocate
Brouwerij Lindemans (in English) Brewery details from BeerTourism.com

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Lindemans Brewery
• Lindemans
• Grand cru (food and drink)
• Vlezenbeek
• Lindeman
• Beer in Belgium
• Pêcheresse
• Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
• Tilquin
• Lambic