 acrdz (4364), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Jun 17, 2006 Updated: Mar 12, 2007
Sampled this twice, from separate bottles. Much better the second time around, was more of a blend, I guess, than the first bottle, whch truly tasted like lambiek, and young. Overall not as much cheese funk as the Blauw, but still damn good. Fresh and fruity nose, some sour grapefruit scents, madarin oranges in there as well, and some acidic, pungent aromas, which are smooth, rich, chewy and fruity. Smells at times of peaches and sweet potpourri, and when at room temperature the scent of white grapes and apple cider is noticeable. Some raw grain and honey flavors, with a sour (lactic) punch. Very young smelling, like some unblended young lambics I’ve tried. The texture is rich and sticky, thicker than most geuze, more chewy. Also has less carbonation than most geuze. Very good, but very different from most blends. €13 at Heeren van Lindekerke.
Photograph of Bottle
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Doppelganger (1198), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Sep 24, 2008 Bottle Fin brought to our "Welcome Home Frank" tasting. Nice one! With Fin, Loz and Traci. Honey color with a small layer of white bubbles. Spicy orange aroma, tide pool, and distinctive tobacco: big pungent musky tobacco leaves, still with a bit of green to them. Apricot, lemon, and a woody chalk flavor. Good round oaky sourness, wooly dry finish. Stunny nose that the flavor doesn’t quite live up to, but this is a noteworthy beer just by merit of the aroma.
miketd (372), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Sep 22, 2008 Had this at the Austin Tastin and Cleveland get together as well. Hazy golden, orange. Decent white head. Peppery aroma with yeast and fruit as well. Much more subtle than the Blauw. Flavor is restrained too. A bit earthy. A good beer, but not great.
JK (2479), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Sep 14, 2008 Another huge thinks to Skyview for this one. Good label. Not as cloudy, and less carbonated as the Blauw, but still a great beer. Mild barnyard aroma with yeast. Sour, but again, not as sour as the othe J & J. Still dry, quite sour, and a less full, but all smoother palate. Sour aftertaste.
I am surprised the Lindeman’s lambic produced a more sour beer than this one with boon.
badgerben (3160), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Sep 10, 2008 Thanks to Skyview! Hazy gold color with a thin head. Light spicy aroma. Mint stands out. Quite a floral taste. Light underlying wheat body. Very light on the sourness. Seems less complex than the Blauw, but still tasty.
Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sep 10, 2008 Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Thanks Bob! Hazy, golden orange, full of mist. A tight cheese and mineral and tropical fruit aroma; whiffs of nectarine, pineapple, and tangerine, but rind-heavy and musty; the fruit and and herbal qualities are for the most part prominent, and the horse and animal wafts are soft, never wildly obvious.
Flavor is juicy and somewhat sharp; heavily acidic, but also quite dry in an unusual kind of dark spiciness; brown spices mainly on citrus and white fruits. The gravelly, cheese-rind and mineral characters are more forward, solidifying its sophisticated, non-confrontational dryness. Likewise, the fruitiness is pressed into a champagne vinegar sourness, and the beer has an all around serious and refreshing white wine character; eventually it becomes somewhat stuffy, in parching horseblanket and autumnal spicing, and acerbic pithy bitterness.
Sprightly, brisk medium body; when it draws out at the finish, it’s full and dry, if someone plain; potpourri, and kleenex more than cheese and funk. A good and different cool-weather geuze.
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