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Austral Calafate if you want fruit that feels alive and structured,
Lindemans Cassis if you want fruit that dissolves into velvet.
The Calafate is a straight fruit beer—clean fermentation, the Patagonian berries actually *pop*. The Cassis is a lambic, so you're drinking wild yeast character alongside the blackcurrant; it's softer, funkier, lower alcohol, and honestly more of a meditation than a session.
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Tasting notes
Austral Calafate
The Calafate hits you with genuine berry tartness before anything else—not artificial, not candy. There's a herbal spine underneath (those 10 IBUs do work) that keeps it from becoming jammy. It's the kind of beer where you taste the terroir; Patagonian calafate berries have this mineral edge that comes through. Crisp finish, clean carbonation, finishes dry. Feels more like a sophisticated fruit ale than a gimmick.
Lindemans Cassis
This one's immediately softer—the wild yeast gives it a slight funky undertone, almost bready, before the blackcurrant sweetness settles in. It's gently tart, not aggressive. The body is wispy; at 3.5%, it feels fragile and elegant rather than thin. There's a slight vinous quality that sneaks up on you. It's a sip-slowly beer, the kind you drink at a café, not chasing flavor.
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