De Cam Oude Faro

Brewed by Geuzestekerij De Cam
Style: Lambic - Faro
Gooik, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle. Pours murky brown with thin head of bubbles which quickly fade. Nose/taste is caramel, candy sugar, cane sugar, toffee, wild yeast, old wet wood, cheese and tart lemon peel. Mildly sweet with a complex multilayer tartness that gets mellower towards the bottom. Medium body.

Bottle (75 cl), courtesy of _angst. Shady mahogny, medium off-white head. Earthy aroma, wood, grapefruit and barnyard. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation. Dry with medium acidity.

75cl, as De Cam Oude Faro, exclusive brew, from De Bierkoning Amsterdam, complex sweet brew, sweet/woody and slightly sour/fruity, easy to drink, balanced, cloudy, nearly no head, nice brew

Tap, ZBF 2005. Hazy gold, thin white head and low condition. Tart nose verging on vinegar with some citrus notes, Sweet and thin in the mouth with a gentle quenching tartness. Short, watery and sweet finish.

30 år surt. Pours clear dark amber with a nice off white head leaving lace. Aroma is dry cellar sour horse stable. Flavor is sour tart dry woody in beginning, more bitter and pungent with some harshness towards the end. Finishes shortlived bitter sour and dry.

(Bottle) Pours dark orange brown with a small head. The aroma holds bretty /mouldy funk, citrus, crackers, cheese and a touch of brown sugar. The flavour light sweet to dry and medium acidic with almost no bitterness with citric and bretty notes. The mouthfeel is watery and a bit tart with a light carbonation. Citric and ligt bretty finish. Light bodied.

Sampled from draught at De Nacht van de Grote Dorst 2006.
Muddy orange appearance, almost no head. Grapefruity slightly acidid aroma with a sour edge. Woody hints. Flavor is sweet and sugary at first with a fresh sourish lemon note showing up. Very smooth with an excellent drinkability, almost lemonady. A really good faro.

Fra fat på Geuzestekerij De Cam i Gooik under Tour de Geuze 1 Mai 2011. Gyldenbrun. 0 skum. Tung fruktaroma. Smaken bra avrundet med litt krydder og frukt. Litt syrlighet i ettersmaken.

On tap at Bab festival. Pours golden orange color, with almost no head. Aroma spicy, sweet malts. Medium body. Taste some lemon notes, sweet malts, and sourness. Good.

Bottle shared during RBWG 2012
Hazy dark amber with a small beige head and some lacing. Caramel. easty, barnyard and citrus. Nice.