Boon Oude Lambik

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Draught, 2 year old. Aroma is simple but nice with oak and vinegar. Hazy, golden color, no head. Sweet for a lambiek, bitter, hay and some oak, flat. Compared to others lambiek quite onedimensional but compared to other styles still complex of course.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 5,3% abv) Colour is pale amber, almost golden, with small, disappearing, bubbly head. Nose is acidic and musty, with hints of lemon peel, horse blanket, stable, barnyard and wet socks. Complex. Taste is musty and acidic with juicy notes of green apples and a long sour finish. Complex and very tasty.

Sampled from draught at Zythos Beer Festival 2006 - named "Boon Lambiek" (2 years).
Golden appearance, no head. Lemonady aroma of grapefruit with a woody hint. Pretty dry. Sweet flavor with a grapefruity sourness in the background. Dry and flat mouthfeel. All right but far from the best lambik I have had, it’s rather unbalanced and a tad too dry. Needs some more sharpness as well.

Had a "Boon Lambik" at Grote Dorst, so I’ll have to assume that this is the beer. Draft. Gold/apple juice-like color. No head. Nose is sour fruits, strong acidic notes, leather, earthiness and sweat. Taste is sour fruits, light leather, mild barnyard, and light herbal notes. Body is light and is almost flat with mild dryness and a decent acidity to it. Finishes with obvious tartness, barnyard, sour fruit, and hints of lemon juice.

Draught (ZBF06): Sweaty, funky old socks. Funky cheese, mild earthy hop notes. Slightly citric but mainly leathery and horsey.

Bottled, whilst at the St. Albans Beer Festival, 2004
Hazey orange, fine white head. Astringent mouth feel. A complex lambic flavour best described as wet, aged leather. (Borrow from Gez).

Hazy orange body. Barnyard aroma. Lightly acidic initial flavour. Lightly acidic, lidgthly bitter finisf. Oily texture. Lightly astringent mouthfeel. Flat carbonation.

UPDATED: JAN 10, 2005 Keg @ Akkurat, Stockholm
Sold as "oude lambiek" @ 5.2% abv. Very dry and refreshing, surprisingly high CO2 content, though not over done. Fruits and berries linger in the aftertaste. Highly recomendable if you are into Lambics. Not a beer for muggles.

Tap, ZBF 2004. Hazy gold, no head and minimal condition. Excellent big leathery lambic notes in the nose, sweaty leather and a citric tartness in the mouth and a long dry funky finish laced with tannins.

UPDATED: JUL 13, 2005 [Draught] Dark orange coloured. Very refreshing with lots of grapefruit flavour. Notes of wood.