Boon Jonge Lambik

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Lembeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

UPDATED: JAN 29, 2012 3 months old, sampled fresh from the Foeder, July 2010 at Brouwerij F. Boon
This beer is quite hazy with a yellow color to it and is quite flat such that there is not even a hint of a head. It smells quite yeasty, like freshly fermenting wort. There is a certain cider like smell here, but it is more like a fresh cut apple, though this note is actually fairly subtle. This definitely reminds me of a yeast starter and even gets a bit dough-like when you dig around in the nose.

The beer is sweet tasting, but has a quite bitter finish to it. A cider flavor is noticeable in the middle and this is complimented by a light tart character. A raw dough yeast flavor mimics the notes in the nose. This young Lambic is quite refreshing, though the yeast bite perhaps hinders this just a bit. This is really not yet sour, it has a light lactic quality to it, but is not characteristically so yet. The acidity seems to remind me of a fruit derived tartness somehow.

This is awesome, my first young Lambic of this trip. I really want to be able to explore more of these Lambics in training. It is a fantastic experience to taste this beer so early in its journey. I find it interesting how bitter this beer tastes, it was definitely the most surprising aspect of this beer.

Party keg @ Festival der Bierkulturen, Braustelle, Christianstr. 2, Cologne, Germany.

Unclear medium yellow orange color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple - grape, tart and sour, wood - cheese notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidic and light bitter with a average to long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. [20100515]

Taste @ weekend spont. fermetation Buggenhout. Cloudy golden color, with small white head. Aroma light some berries and wood. Taste very soft mouthfeel, fruits (apple) and sourness. GOOD.

@ ZBF 2010. Pours totally flat. Oak, Brett, Granny Smith apples on the nose. Big white wine vinegar, intense sourness, green apples and some funky cheese in the body.

Party keg at De Nacht van de Grote Dorst 2010. Cloudy golden - no head. Again high cheese in a jonge lambic, smooth wooden, oakey, acid, hay, light barnyard, bretty, apples. Too much cheese.

Draught at Nacht van de Grote Dorst 2010. Cloudy golden coloured with a small white head. Light acidic aroma of hay and berries with notes of oak. Light acidic flavour of berries and oak. Tart finish.

Cloudyvamber with no head. Sour aroma with apples, wood and barnyard. Sour flavour with sour apples, barnyard, wood and brett. Finished sour.

Draft @ Boon. Pours a slightly cloudy orange color with no head. Has a fruity slightly tart aroma with some hints of oak. Fruity slightly tart bitter flavor with some hints of grapefruit. Has a fruity tart bitter grapefruit finish.