I'm conflicted about La Cervecista. It's a decent enough place with shelves full of appealing beers, but it's really a retail space for Mahou. Oh sure, there are a bunch of craft looking beers on shelves and in fridges, but they are part of Mahou's network, like Founders and Nómada, or they're the typical Belgian and German imports. Still, I feel like I ought to at least check things out. Also, they have some quick and easy ciders right now, and it's still not as cool as I would like outside. No cider just yet, though, I bow to Belgian influence today with Lindemans Framboise.
The heavy smell of fruity lambic fills the air immediately, in a tantalizing way of course. The dark red beer sits in the glass like a vampire's party drink and the cotton candy head makes it all the more celebratory. The flavor is tangy, like ripe ripe raspberry, not a lot of sweetness underneath. I remember Mort Subité being a little sticky, but much like with the peach, Lindemans shows it knows how to balance out its beer. It's a lot like a barely diluted fruit syrup still, with a powerful amount of taste. Aside from the head there isn't much to indicate you're actually drinking a beer. It's not a very alcoholic beer either, at only 2.5%. You could easily fashion a cocktail out of this and fool people into thinking there's no alcohol at all. Not that you want to go around fooling people about those things.
Price: €2.30
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