Chapeau Banana

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Bottle. Aroma all banana. Poured hazed golden, no head. Flavor was all banana and strangely no tartness. Overall nothing spectacular but I can’t fault it either since I’m no lambic expert.

25cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, not complex sweet fruit brew, not balanced, clear, nearly no head, nothing special, too sweet

Clear gold pour without much head. Strong aroma of banana with some apple. Flavor is strong banana with an apple cider finish. Light body and very sweet.

12oz bottle from Countryside Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours a generally clear apple juice colored golden yellow with no head. Aroma is sour and malty with notes of apple cider vinegar, yeast, bread, some slight banana notes. Flavor is sweet and syrupy with notes of apples and apple cider, overripe bananas, fresh ripe fruit, some yeast. Generally light to medium body with a syrupy sweet finish.

Golden color with a small head. Banana infused smell. Large bubbles in the head. Very sweet, hardly any tartness which is not right for a lambic.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2009 $5.99 per bottle at Whole Foods Supermarket. Extrememly sour, unpleasant, more of an apple taste. Banana only exists in the smell. Lots of fizz and head for a Lambic add to the presentation. I think I am done with Chapeau.

Slightly cloudy gold brew with a small brief white head. Small amount of sediment floating and mixing with the carbonation bubbles. Aroma is yeasty and funky with some fruit including banana. Flavor is very sweet and fruity.and has "chick drink" written all over it. This is a beer that could go into the intro to craft beer category. At the risk of my masculinity, I like it.

Pours a lighter amber-yellow color with a white head. Aroma is pretty strong of bananas with hints of wild yeast and a little funk. Flavor starts of sweet with sugar and bananas right away. Slightly sour finish with yeast and some funkiness. Definitely a strange and interesting beer.