Brouwerij Lindemans - Revision history

Matthew: /* Vieux Lambic */

2026-01-30T17:21:17Z

Vieux Lambic

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	=== Vieux Lambic ===		=== Vieux Lambic ===
			<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
	* [[Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée Francisca\|Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée Francisca]]		* [[Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée Francisca\|Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée Francisca]]
	* [[Lindemans Pure Oude Gueuze\|Lindemans Pure Oude Gueuze]]		* [[Lindemans Pure Oude Gueuze\|Lindemans Pure Oude Gueuze]]
	* [[Lindemans Vieux Lambic\|Lindemans Vieux Lambic (Draught/Cask)]]		* [[Lindemans Vieux Lambic\|Lindemans Vieux Lambic (Draught/Cask)]]
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	== Breweriana ==		== Breweriana ==

Matthew: /* Fruit */

2026-01-30T17:20:59Z

Fruit

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	=== Fruit ===		=== Fruit ===
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	* [[Lindemans BlossomGueuze\|Lindemans BlossomGueuze]]		* [[Lindemans BlossomGueuze\|Lindemans BlossomGueuze]]
	* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]		* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]
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	* [[Lindemans Tea Beer\|Lindemans Tea Beer]]		* [[Lindemans Tea Beer\|Lindemans Tea Beer]]
	* [[Lindemans/Mikkeller SpontanBasil\|Lindemans / Mikkeller SpontanBasil]]		* [[Lindemans/Mikkeller SpontanBasil\|Lindemans / Mikkeller SpontanBasil]]
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	===Other===		===Other===

Matthew: /* Gueuze */

2026-01-30T17:20:43Z

Gueuze

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	== Beers ==		== Beers ==
	=== Gueuze ===		=== Gueuze ===
			<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
	* [[De Heeren Van Liedekercke 20th Anniversary Blend]]		* [[De Heeren Van Liedekercke 20th Anniversary Blend]]
	* [[Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié Oude Gueuze\|Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié Oude Gueuze]]		* [[Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié Oude Gueuze\|Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié Oude Gueuze]]
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	* [[Gueuze Cuvée René\|Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René]]		* [[Gueuze Cuvée René\|Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René]]
	* [[Cuvée René Special Blend 2010\|Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René Special Blend 2010]]		* [[Cuvée René Special Blend 2010\|Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René Special Blend 2010]]
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	=== Faro ===		=== Faro ===

Matthew: /* Beers */

2025-11-07T15:02:08Z

Beers

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	=== Gueuze ===		=== Gueuze ===
	* [[De Heeren Van Liedekercke 20th Anniversary Blend]]		* [[De Heeren Van Liedekercke 20th Anniversary Blend]]
	* [[Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié\|Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié]]		* [[Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié Oude Gueuze\|Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié Oude Gueuze]]
	* [[Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2019\|Lindemans Cuvée Lambikstoemper, De Lambikstoempers 20th Anniversary Oude Geuze]]		* [[Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2019\|Lindemans Cuvée Lambikstoemper, De Lambikstoempers 20th Anniversary Oude Geuze]]
	* [[Lindemans Gueuze (filtered)]]		* [[Lindemans Gueuze (filtered)]]

Matthew: /* Beers */

2025-11-07T15:00:44Z

Beers

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	=== Gueuze ===		=== Gueuze ===
	* [[De Heeren Van Liedekercke 20th Anniversary Blend]]		* [[De Heeren Van Liedekercke 20th Anniversary Blend]]
			* [[Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié\|Lindemans Cuvée de l’Amitié]]
	* [[Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2019\|Lindemans Cuvée Lambikstoemper, De Lambikstoempers 20th Anniversary Oude Geuze]]		* [[Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2019\|Lindemans Cuvée Lambikstoemper, De Lambikstoempers 20th Anniversary Oude Geuze]]
	* [[Lindemans Gueuze (filtered)]]		* [[Lindemans Gueuze (filtered)]]

Matthew: /* Fruit */

2025-10-27T18:31:00Z

Fruit

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	* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]		* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]
	* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]		* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]
	* [[Lindemans D’Or\|Lindemans D’Or]]
	* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]		* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]
	* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]		* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]
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	* [[Lindemans Pêche\|Lindemans Pêche (Pécheresse)]]		* [[Lindemans Pêche\|Lindemans Pêche (Pécheresse)]]
	* [[Lindemans Pomme\|Lindemans Pomme]]		* [[Lindemans Pomme\|Lindemans Pomme]]
			* [[Lindemans Tarot D’Or\|Lindemans Tarot D’Or]]
			* [[Lindemans Tarot Noir\|Lindemans Tarot Noir]]
	* [[Lindemans Tea Beer\|Lindemans Tea Beer]]		* [[Lindemans Tea Beer\|Lindemans Tea Beer]]
	* [[Lindemans/Mikkeller SpontanBasil\|Lindemans / Mikkeller SpontanBasil]]		* [[Lindemans/Mikkeller SpontanBasil\|Lindemans / Mikkeller SpontanBasil]]

Matthew: /* Fruit */

2025-10-27T17:42:36Z

Fruit

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	* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]		* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]
	* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]		* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]
			* [[Lindemans D’Or\|Lindemans D’Or]]
	* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]		* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]
	* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]		* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]

Gaël: /* Overview */

2025-02-13T09:19:50Z

Overview

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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
	Lindemans is a lambic producer that brews and blends its own lambic, as well as providing wort to several other blenders throughout the Senne Valley. Lindemans produces both traditional and sweetened lambic. The brewery is currently under its 7th generation of ownership by the Lindemans family. Though there is some confusion as to when exactly the brewery came into its own under the Lindemans name, some older Lindemans labels note 1811 as the founding official founding. Around 2016, this was updated after more historical research by the brewery found that the date written as 1811 was actually 1822. The 1822 date is now officially noted by Lindemans as their start as a lambic brewery, but there may have been ~~breweing~~ production as early as 1809 (noted below).		Lindemans is a lambic producer that brews and blends its own lambic, as well as providing wort to several other blenders throughout the Senne Valley. Lindemans produces both traditional and sweetened lambic. The brewery is currently under its 7th generation of ownership by the Lindemans family. Though there is some confusion as to when exactly the brewery came into its own under the Lindemans name, some older Lindemans labels note 1811 as the founding official founding. Around 2016, this was updated after more historical research by the brewery found that the date written as 1811 was actually 1822. The 1822 date is now officially noted by Lindemans as their start as a lambic brewery, but there may have been brewing production as early as 1809 (noted below).

	== History ==		== History ==

Matthew: /* History */

2025-02-05T16:49:46Z

History

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	Over time, Lindemans eventually abandoned the oak casks used to age lambics in favor of stainless steel tanks with wood shavings added in so that the lambic would still come in contact with wood, in accordance with Belgian law. As the brewery’s popularity continued to grow, more storage space was required. Plans to construct new buildings to house a bottling line and warehouses were completed and finally approved by 2002.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen,[[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer\|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref>		Over time, Lindemans eventually abandoned the oak casks used to age lambics in favor of stainless steel tanks with wood shavings added in so that the lambic would still come in contact with wood, in accordance with Belgian law. As the brewery’s popularity continued to grow, more storage space was required. Plans to construct new buildings to house a bottling line and warehouses were completed and finally approved by 2002.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen,[[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer\|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref>
	[[File:LindemansFoeder.jpg\|right\|175px\|Foeders at Lindemans]]		[[File:LindemansFoeder.jpg\|right\|175px\|Foeders at Lindemans]]
	The recent history of Lindemans also reflects the revival of the lambic culture as a whole. In 1995, the Lindemans importer for the United States, Merchant du Vin, convinced René that enough demand existed for a traditional oude gueuze. Lindemans Oude Geuze Cuvée René was born with a vintage date of 1994 for the first batch. Over a decade later, Oude Kriek Cuvée René made its first appearance in 2007. The addition of twenty ~~100hl~~ oak foudres (in compliance with European Union protections for lambic) in 2005-~~2006~~ saw the return of one of the most traditional aspects of lambic brewing and blending.<ref name=LambicLand>Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Siobhan McGinn, [[Books#LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World\|LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World]], 2010</ref><ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen,[[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer\|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref><ref name=HoralLindemans>HORAL - Lindemans (Dutch), http://www.horal.be/en/members/lindemans-vlezenbeek</ref>		The recent history of Lindemans also reflects the revival of the lambic culture as a whole. In 1995, the Lindemans importer for the United States, Merchant du Vin, convinced René that enough demand existed for a traditional oude gueuze. Lindemans Oude Geuze Cuvée René was born with a vintage date of 1994 for the first batch. Over a decade later, Oude Kriek Cuvée René made its first appearance in 2007. The addition of twenty 100 hl oak foudres (in compliance with European Union protections for lambic) in 2005-06 saw the return of one of the most traditional aspects of lambic brewing and blending.<ref name=LambicLand>Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Siobhan McGinn, [[Books#LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World\|LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World]], 2010</ref><ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen,[[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer\|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref><ref name=HoralLindemans>HORAL - Lindemans (Dutch), http://www.horal.be/en/members/lindemans-vlezenbeek</ref>

	The future for Lindemans looks strong. Since 2006, the seventh generation of Lindemans has been in charge of the brewery. René’s son Geert (1968) now runs the administrative side of the brewery while Nestor’s son Dirk (1968) runs the brewing operations after having been involved with the brewery since 1993. Sadly, Nestor Lindemans passed away in 2008. For his part, René Lindemans is still involved in the brewery. He still opens the brewery in the morning and closes it at night, but spends most of his time with the future 8th generation of the Lindemans brewing family: three grandsons born in 2001, 2002, and 2010.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen,[[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer\|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref><ref name=HoralLindemans>HORAL - Lindemans (Dutch), http://www.horal.be/en/members/lindemans-vlezenbeek</ref> Lindemans is a member of [[HORAL\|HORAL]].		The future for Lindemans looks strong. Since 2006, the seventh generation of Lindemans has been in charge of the brewery. René’s son Geert (1968) now runs the administrative side of the brewery while Nestor’s son Dirk (1968) runs the brewing operations after having been involved with the brewery since 1993. Sadly, Nestor Lindemans passed away in 2008. For his part, René Lindemans is still involved in the brewery. He still opens the brewery in the morning and closes it at night, but spends most of his time with the future 8th generation of the Lindemans brewing family: three grandsons born in 2001, 2002, and 2010.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen,[[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer\|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref><ref name=HoralLindemans>HORAL - Lindemans (Dutch), http://www.horal.be/en/members/lindemans-vlezenbeek</ref> Lindemans is a member of [[HORAL\|HORAL]].

	In 2013, with demand for lambic products increasing around the world, Lindemans began working on a new expansion that would increase the storage capacity to 170,000 hectoliters. At a cost of 15 million euros, the new space was dedicated on April 28, 2015. This new space houses a bottling line for ~~25cl~~ bottles, more storage area for barrels, and new office space. The coolship and brewhouse remained intact.<ref name=LindemansPress> Lindemans Press Release - [http://lindemans.prezly.com/verdubbeling-brouwcapaciteit-en-personeel-brouwerij-lindemans-breidt-fors-uit-om-te-voldoen-aan-exponentieel-stijgende-vraag# Verdubbeling brouwcapaciteit en personeel], April 28, 2015 </ref>		In 2013, with demand for lambic products increasing around the world, Lindemans began working on a new expansion that would increase the storage capacity to 170,000 hectoliters. At a cost of 15 million euros, the new space was dedicated on April 28, 2015. This new space houses a bottling line for 250 mL bottles, more storage area for barrels, and new office space. The coolship and brewhouse remained intact.<ref name=LindemansPress> Lindemans Press Release - [http://lindemans.prezly.com/verdubbeling-brouwcapaciteit-en-personeel-brouwerij-lindemans-breidt-fors-uit-om-te-voldoen-aan-exponentieel-stijgende-vraag# Verdubbeling brouwcapaciteit en personeel], April 28, 2015 </ref>

	==Brewing Process==		==Brewing Process==

Matthew: /* Brewing Process */

2025-02-05T16:48:09Z

Brewing Process

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	Lindemans follows much of the traditional [[Brewing Lambic\|lambic brewing]] processes, with the following notable facts:		Lindemans follows much of the traditional [[Brewing Lambic\|lambic brewing]] processes, with the following notable facts:
	* Wind drives much of the brewing. Wind leads to more evaporation during brewing, shortening the boiling time. Also, the beer is divided among the two coolships in different ratios depending on the direction that the wind is blowing.		* Wind drives much of the brewing. Wind leads to more evaporation during brewing, shortening the boiling time. Also, the beer is divided among the two coolships in different ratios depending on the direction that the wind is blowing.
	* Lambic is primarily aged in stainless steel tanks with wood shavings as opposed to barrels. However, in 2005, 10 foudres were purchased thanks in large part to the requirements around the ~~european~~ protection of lambic. The brewery has continued to acquire more barrels since then.<ref name=GeuzeKriek />		* Lambic is primarily aged in stainless steel tanks with wood shavings as opposed to barrels. However, in 2005, 10 foudres were purchased thanks in large part to the requirements around the European protection of lambic. The brewery has continued to acquire more barrels since then.<ref name=GeuzeKriek />

	==Bottle Dating==		==Bottle Dating==

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	* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]		* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]
	* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]		* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]
	* [[Lindemans D’Or\|Lindemans D’Or]]
	* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]		* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]
	* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]		* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]
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	* [[Lindemans Pêche\|Lindemans Pêche (Pécheresse)]]		* [[Lindemans Pêche\|Lindemans Pêche (Pécheresse)]]
	* [[Lindemans Pomme\|Lindemans Pomme]]		* [[Lindemans Pomme\|Lindemans Pomme]]
			* [[Lindemans Tarot D’Or\|Lindemans Tarot D’Or]]
			* [[Lindemans Tarot Noir\|Lindemans Tarot Noir]]
	* [[Lindemans Tea Beer\|Lindemans Tea Beer]]		* [[Lindemans Tea Beer\|Lindemans Tea Beer]]
	* [[Lindemans/Mikkeller SpontanBasil\|Lindemans / Mikkeller SpontanBasil]]		* [[Lindemans/Mikkeller SpontanBasil\|Lindemans / Mikkeller SpontanBasil]]

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	* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]		* [[Lindemans Cassis\|Lindemans Cassis]]
	* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]		* [[Lindemans Chello\|Lindemans Chello]]
			* [[Lindemans D’Or\|Lindemans D’Or]]
	* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]		* [[Lindemans Framboise\|Lindemans Framboise]]
	* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]		* [[Lindemans GignerGueuze\|Lindemans GingerGueuze]]