Lindemans Apple (Pomme) Fruit Beer Review #68

Lindemans Apple (Pomme) Fruit Beer
Style: Lambic-Fruit
ABV: 3.5%
Part Of The Brewery's Fruit Beer Collection
11.3oz Cork And Bottle Poured Into A Lindemans Flute Glass

Lindemans Brewery
Belgian Family Brewery
Viezenbeek, Belgium
Frans Lindeman
1811

Appearance:
Champagne Quality Color
Maize Color With Some Green Tint
Plush Etiolated Head
Once Poured The Head Collapses Quickly
Foggy Clarity
Some Fragmentary Lacing
Vast Carbonation

Aroma:
Synthetic Type Aroma
Granny Smith Apples
Wheat
Sweet Tarts
Sour Apple Jolly Ranchers
White Grapes
Pears
Hint Of Dried Leaves

Mouth Feel:
Cider/Beer Hybrid
A Little Meaty
Medium Bodied
Sugary Sweet/High Tartness Balance
Cloying Sweet Mouth Feel- Willy Wonka's Wet Dream
Particularly Unsophisticated Generic Palate
Apple Cider Slam That Is Uninspiring 
Insanely Refreshing In Small Doses
A Perfect Breakfast Beer
Not Really Sessionable, I Find This Beer To Be A Novelty Beer
Fountain Soda Quality Texture
Low Drinkability Due To The Fact That After One You Mouth Puckers, Like You Ate A Whole Bag Of Sour Patch Kids
A Long Thick Sourness Green Apple Finish That Lingers For A Few Minutes
Carbonated Apple Juice Aftertaste
Pretty Artificial And Not A Natural Quality

A very prominent taste of apples up front... no surprises there. The synthetic character is played down a bit in the taste, but it’s still there and the beer still tastes very much as apple candy. It’s reminiscent of sweet apple cider. It’s very sweet at first, then a slight sourness and some faint malty flavors take over for a little while. This is actually not a very pleasant part of the taste, since the faint malt flavor mixes badly with the overly sweet taste of apples. The finish is primarily sour, but also a bit tart and sweet. Again, the taste of sweet and sour soft apple candy appears. The sourness definitely adds to the brew and makes for a pleasant aspect of its overall profile. But after a while, it feels like I’ve eaten to much candy.  I find this one to be better than Lindemans Framboise and is a decent introductory lambic, but it just isn't my preference when it comes to beer.

2 Out Of 6
Don't Want A Sixer