Framboise means raspberry in French, and the Lindemans Framboise is the raspberry expression of a lambic tradition that Brouwerij Lindemans has maintained in Vlezenbeek since 1822. At 2.5% ABV and in a 250ml bottle, it is the lightest and most compact beer in Omori Mart’s Belgian range — deep pink, sweet raspberry aroma, gentle tartness from the wild-fermented lambic base, soft sparkle throughout. It is a beer that crosses category lines in the way that only Belgian fruit lambic does: closer to a sparkling fruit drink in its accessibility, yet rooted in one of the most specific and historically grounded fermentation traditions in the world. If you are Belgian and living in Tokyo, the Framboise Mini is the bottle that introduces Belgium’s wildest fermentation tradition to everyone at the table, regardless of how much beer they usually drink.
Vlezenbeek’s raspberry lambic, from 1822
Brouwerij Lindemans was established in 1822 as a farm brewery in Vlezenbeek, Flemish Brabant, in the Pajottenland region southwest of Brussels. The brewery has remained in the Lindemans family across generations and continues to produce spontaneously fermented lambic using the wild yeasts native to the Senne valley — a production method that cannot be replicated outside the region because the microflora responsible for fermentation are specific to the local air and environment. The Framboise is the raspberry expression of this base beer, produced by adding raspberries to aged lambic and allowing the fruit to interact with the wild-fermented base before the final blend is prepared.
The Framboise Mini pours deep pink, and the raspberry aroma arrives immediately — sweet, ripe, present without being synthetic. The lambic base contributes a gentle tartness that sits beneath the fruit sweetness, giving the beer a complexity that a straightforward fruit drink does not carry. The sparkle is soft, and the 2.5% ABV places this firmly in the territory of something to be shared across a dessert course or passed around a table where not everyone wants a full-strength beer. The 250ml format reinforces that logic: a single bottle per person, enough for a few sips alongside whatever closes the meal.
How Lindemann’s Framboise Mini Beer is drunk at home
Santé! / Op uw gezondheid! (sahn-TAY / op-uw geh-ZONT-hayt) — French and Flemish respectively, both meaning “to your health.” With a beer called Framboise — a French word, produced in Flemish Brabant — both toasts have equal claim, and at a Belgian table that includes people who do not ordinarily drink beer, the Framboise tends to generate the most participation in the round.
In Belgium, the Framboise belongs to the close of the Sunday family lunch — the point at which the Stoofvlees has been finished, the heavier ales have been cleared, and something lighter and fruit-forward suits the pace of the afternoon. Moules-frites is the meal that came before; the Framboise is what comes after. Belgian chocolate is the natural companion at this stage: a small square of dark chocolate alongside the sweet-tart raspberry and the lambic base produces a combination that Belgians have been enjoying since the fruit lambic tradition became established. Belgian fries with mayonnaise, present throughout the meal, are long gone by the time the Framboise appears — which is as it should be.
Belgian beer festivals give fruit lambic its own space, and the Lindemans range is among the most recognised in that category. The Framboise attracts people who approach the festival with no intention of drinking a Trappist strong ale and leave with an understanding of what makes Belgian beer culture broader than the Chimay shelf suggests.
How to drink it in Japan
The Lindemans Framboise Mini Beer suits Japan’s summer most directly — June through August — when the heat makes something cold, low in alcohol, and fruit-forward the most natural choice at a table that includes people with varying relationships to beer. It is also the bottle that suits the dessert position at any gathering: Belgian National Day on July 21 in the middle of summer, or any Tokyo dinner party where the meal has ended and the table wants something to finish on.
At Lawson, try it alongside a raspberry mousse cake from the chilled dessert section — the fresh raspberry of the mousse and the sweet-tart Framboise occupy exactly the same flavour register, the soft sparkle of the beer providing contrast to the dense, creamy texture of the cake. For a composed pairing at home, serve it with fresh lychee or strawberries: the clean sweetness of the fruit and the gentle lambic tartness of the Framboise layer without competing, and the 2.5% ABV means a second bottle is a straightforward decision. It is a pairing that requires nothing more than cold beer and ripe fruit in season — which is all the Framboise has ever needed.
Belgian fruit lambic in mini format is not a category that appears in Tokyo’s retail channels in any reliable way. By the case from Omori Mart — 250ml × 24 bottles — the per-bottle cost is accessible, and the format means a full case covers a summer season of dessert occasions without requiring repeat orders.
Get Lindemann’s Framboise Mini Beer delivered in Japan
Lindemann’s Framboise Mini Beer is available from Omori Mart in a 250ml × 24 bottle case, delivered nationwide across Japan.
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Rakuten and Amazon Japan do not carry this label. Omori Mart is where Belgians in Japan find the full lambic range — including the one that brings everyone into the round.
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Santé in Vlezenbeek, where wild Senne valley yeasts have been fermenting lambic since 1822, and kanpai at a Tokyo table in July — deep pink, 2.5%, and the beer that needs no further explanation than the colour in the glass.
Lindemann’s Framboise Mini Beer: A Taste of Belgium in Japan
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