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Lambic Digest #307		             Wed 23 March 1994


	Forum on Lambic Beers (and other Belgian beer styles)
		Mike Sharp, Digest Coordinator


Contents:
  Boon 86 Framboise (Dave Resch)
  Cuvee Rene, Bland Palates (C.R. Saikley)


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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 08:21:39 MST
From: resch at craycos.com (Dave Resch)
Subject: Boon 86 Framboise

It has been reported by several sources on this digest and by the liquor
store owner where I bought mine, that this IS the Marriage Parfait. Very
nice package, excellent contents!

Dave

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 09:42:34 PST
From: humphrey!cr at uunet.UU.NET (C.R. Saikley)
Subject: Cuvee Rene, Bland Palates


Martin Lodahl writes:
>>prefer.  I've never tasted a European-market Lindeman's (I just never 
>>seemed to be anywhere that had them without seeing something I'd
>>rather try instead), but always suspected that the very mild
>>products we were getting here were toned down at the behest of the
>>importer, to make them more accessible to the notoriously bland
>>American palates.  If so, Charlie Finkel apparently believes we've
>>grown up.  Last week I had several opportunities to taste a new
>>product in the final stages of label approval, expected to be on sale 
>>within 90 days, and friends, I'm already a believer.  Called "Cuvee
>>Rene' Grand Cru Gueuze-Lambic," it's clearly the genuine article, 

And Phil responds:
>Nah, it's the same stuff over there, too.  Plus a gueuze that to me is 
>redolent of banana, and a faro that's pretty sweet and a lot like Belle-Vue.

While the main Lindemans products are the same on both continents, they
also make an excellent gueuze which has been available in Belgium for quite 
some time. It's pretty tough to find, even over there. They could never get 
it into the States with its original label, becaused it doesn't have one. 
Just a white smear of paint across an unlabeled bottle. It's superb. I'd bet 
a bottle of Cuvee Rene that it's the same product as the unlabeled version.

Unfortunately, Americans aren't the only ones with bland palates. The largest
selling beers in Belgium are still Stella and Jupiler. I suspect Belle Vue and
Lindemans aren't thinking about US market when they make their products more
accessible. Belle Vue produces about 250,000 hl annually, by comparison,
Frank Boon produces about 1% of that amount. Sadly, what works here seems to
work over there too.

CR


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