Meet the Kriek lambic beer that started it all!
In 1979, Lindemans Brewery revolutionized fruit beer with the creation of Lindemans Kriek, a bold innovation that blended lambic with pure cherries and then carefully pasteurized them. This groundbreaking innovation not only solved a challenge, it set a new standard and established the global popularity of Kriek lambic.
 
Today, Lindemans Kriek remains the global benchmark for kriek beers: brilliantly red, sparkling, and perfectly balanced between sweet and sour.
It is the best-selling Lindemans lambic beer in the world.
Lindemans Kriek was born from a quirky challenge. Back in 1979, while shipping traditional Kriek to America, ocean waves reactivated fermentation—sending corks flying and spilling beer into the sea! René Lindemans, our 5th generation brewery owner, transformed this difficult predicament with an innovative solution. He stopped the refermentation via pasteurization and invented a sweeter, smoother Kriek in the process. A clever fix then, this cherry lambic beer is still a global favourite today!