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Revision as of 09:35, 18 December 2015
Description
Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René is a traditional gueuze produced regularly and released in 355ml, 375ml, and 750ml bottles. It is labeled as 5.5% ABV
History / Other Notes
The first batch of Gueuze Cuvée René was released in 1994 at the suggestion of the U.S. importer for Lindemans, Merchant du Vin.[1] It is named for René Lindemans, who was the 6th generation master brewer at Lindemans before retiring and passing his share of the brewery on to his son in 2006. The label, in the Art Nouveau style, was designed Charles Finkel.[2]
In April 2015, Lindemans released a special blend of Cuvée René upon the inauguration if their new facility.
Bottle Dating
Certain vintages of Cuvée René have coded bottle dates while others have actual dates printed out. When trying to decipher bottling codes for this beer you can go by the following example:
LD04NGC
L is for Lindemans
D is fourth month (April), (A=January, L=December)
04 bottling day of the month
N is year, (A=2001, N=2014, etc)
GC is Gueuze Cuvée
Thus, the above date reads April 4, 2014.
Label
U.S. label, Cuvée René
Key keg ring
References
- ↑ Jef Van den Steen,Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer, 2012
- ↑ Lindemans Cuvée René, History - http://www.lindemans.be/news/read/24/nl, 2010
