Lindemans: Kriek

Belgium Fruit Lambic
Brouwerij Lindemans Brewery
Vlezenbeek, Belgium
ALC/VOL: 4.5%

It's the day before my 28th birthday and it's been great so far. My wife Caitlin called off from work today to spend some time with me. We slept in late, finally stirring around 10am. We headed out around 11am with a whole list of things to accomplish. We dropped off some donations at Goodwill and then headed to CD Depot, the record store I visit the most frequently. I had been there rather recently, so I had already picked over most of the collection. I still got my hands on a few nice old R&B and Jazz vinyls. (I'm sure the posts to come will include these selections.)

Feeling rather unfulfilled, we decided to head down the street to Record & Tape Traders. I used to come here a lot more. However, while their vinyl selection is far more attuned to my taste, it is a lot more expensive here. For example, i picked up my version of Little Feat Waiting for Columbus at CD Depot for $6 and Record & Tape Traders had it for $59. Big difference. I picked up a few more old rock LPs as well as a 180gm version of Diamonds on the Inside by Ben Harper (hells yeah!)

Then we headed over to JoS A Bank to get a bow tie for my upcoming chamber concert. Then a quick jump over to the Natural Brothers Cafe in Timonium. Amazing little place with great sandwiches. Then on the way back home we stopped at Beltway Fine Wine to pick up an assorted six pack. Awesome day!!!

So here's the first of those selections. I was diggin the Lambic from the last entry, so I thought I would find another. This is a Kriek Lambic, which is fermented with black cherries. and you would know that too as soon as you pour it. The taste is overpowering, almost all cherry. I'm usually a sucker for "punch you in the face" beers, but this is not my speed. Like I posted in my last entry, I find most lambics too sweet. And this falls right in line. One saving grace though; I can chug through this lambic in no time at all to get to the next beer.....