 Dickinsonbeer (3434), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Jun 8, 2008 750 ml bottle 2000 vintage at Spuyten. Thanks to Meguire for sharing. This was one of my favorite beers of the day actually. It was in great condition, and had everything I like about Iris, but this one seemed more powerful and even more acidic than usual. Pours a typical slight shade darker than cantillon lambic or gueze, mostly golden copper with a fizzy head which dissipates, first pours clear, then hazy towards the end. Aroma is the typical iris funk, along with its hoppier nose (hops were still apparent despite its 8 year age), dull dusty hops as well, some light funky cheese, sweaty wet animal, goaty and more farmhouse funk with a nice citric and lacitc acidity. Flavor is musty and slightly copper- metalic with tons of nice powerful lemon rind-grapefruit rind acidity, earthy hops, tons of woody tannins- vinous as well with some nice sour notes and astringent woody character. This stuff never has failed me.
mjs (1446), Helsinki, Finland
Jun 5, 2008 (Draught at Pikkulintu on 2008-06-04) Golden/orange colour. Hazy. Sour and slightly malty nose. Medium palate which dries. Some fizziness. Hops, wood and bread in sour taste. Interesting and nice.
JK54B (913), Helsinki, Finland
Jun 4, 2008 Draught. Pale brown/amber colour. Fruity nose. Fullfilled sourness. Some lemon , toffee and butter in in the taste. Also some grapefruit and some peach in the finish. Also some cellar in the taste. A fine lambic from Cantillon.
wickedpete (625), Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
Jun 3, 2008 Bright, almost glowing, cloudy orange, effervescent white head. Aroma is funky, sweaty, sour, cheese rind, and lemon. Flavor is acidic sour, lemon juice, not overpoweringly sour, very pleasant. Dry on the palate, slightly watery. Wonderful.
OleR (2008), Oslo, Norway
Jun 3, 2008 375 ml bottle. Orangey-amber with a slight haze. A thin layer of foam covering the surface. Fresh tartness to the nose. Notes of sour apples and lemon. Tart fruitiness from lemon and grapefruit in the flavor, blended with some rather surprisingly, sweet fruity notes. Noticeable hop presence, earthy and quite sharp. Fruity, astringent end. Utterly refreshing.
CapedBrewsader (260), Brasschaat, Belgium
May 29, 2008 Bottle at Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation 2008: Dark old gold with a few stray bubbles. Aroma... hops! Hops in a lambic! Maybe not the freshest hop aroma with a hint of cheese and some horse-sweat... but it is a nice change. There is also a nice summer fruit quality to the nose. Hops come in in the flavor too with a good deep tartness coming from the back. The hops are somewhat metallic and fused to pale malt. The hops are most noticeable in the back of the throat. Long metallic horsey finish with hops in the back.
mcbackus (725), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
May 26, 2008 2005 bottle: pours an orange bloosom hney colour witha huge white foamy head. the aroma is great with good apple adn pear awesome sourness that i cant wait to taste. just simply a great aroma. the flavour is just unbelievable sour great astringent wood. the sour is perfect. alot of wood and very earthy.
joekinty (263), rockledge, Florida, USA
May 25, 2008 2005 thanks mcbackus
nice golden blond color really nice thick head sweet floral aromas nice wooody crisp dry and mildly tart flavor you can taste the brett but it has a nice mild flavor overall
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