De Cam Oude Lambiek

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle, 75 cl. Bought @ Bab festival. Cloudy orange color, very thin head. Aroma = fantastic tart gueuze, wood and some fruit. Medum body. Taste sour and tart with some wood. Very good lambic !

2003 vintage, De Cam Oude Lambiek. 750ml C+C bottle into a tulip glass. 5% abv. A - Dark amber body. First pour was sediment free but somewhat hazy. Some large bubbles form some edging and there a is a very faint cap. This doesn’t stick around for too long. Light lacing after a swirl. S - Super funky and sour. Lemons, green apple, and some grass and hay. Oaky with some vanilla tannins and light spice. The finish is of vinegar and strong brett notes. T - Somewhat watery and thin, but still complex and layered. Juicy apples and pears followed by some mouth puckering lemon juice. Smooth oak finished by funk, leather, vinegar, and some very faint but welcomed oxidation. M - Rating this to style, and its just about perfect. Very still with no carbonation. The body is light to medium. Drinks like a wine, with a very dry finish and lingering tartness. O - A world class beer. Its just held up so well over the nearly ten years its been in a bottle. Really complex and layered, yet approachable and drinkable. Certainly worth the wait.

Thanks to MaltOMeal for bringing this to the May tasting and helping me complete all styles. Pours a cloudy orange with a small frothy off white head that quickly diminishes. The aroma is a floral and lemon. Thin mouthfeel with apple and light hop with a lingering dry finish. Enjoyed every drop of this beer, simply amazing!

75cl bottle at Delirium Cafe Brussels vintage 2000. I could smell this one as the barman poured it into our De Cam glasses. This was a great beer to start me and oj83s epic lambic trip! Apparently the last bottle Delirium had in the cellar. There was some carbonation to this but it was hardly a geuze. Great complexity of flavours considering it’s an unblended beer. Supremely drinkable and it was showing no signs of being too old. The taste was like a very gentle geuze with a cask ale level of carbonation. Lemon, lime funk and a little acidity. A real highlight for me.

12.31.10 - This I believe is a 2003 vintage. on the label it says " exclusief" - from a batch of 1800 bottles imported to the states this year. 750ml cage and cork. Pours a light hazy orange with no head. Smells a slight citrus maybe some apple. Overall an excellent bottle, finished it no problem. Definitely sour with a lemony finish. As good or better than any Cantillon I’ve had. Recommended, but expensive at $38.

3 year old lambiek. Pours a hazy ruddy gold with the faintest layer of white head. The aroma is mouthwatering even from a distance. Hay, dust, mold, and yeast round out the intensely sour aroma. The body is very tart with a mouth puckering lemon finish. Very dusty with plenty of barnyard.

UPDATED: JAN 21, 2011 Hazy golden color with a small, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of brett, wood, earth, wild yeast, citrus, and barnyard. Taste of soured wild yeast, light apple wood, and a bone dry finish. Thanks to Rudy for sharing!

One of the highlights of the 5th Epic and Rare gathering. 2001 bottling. Medium, hazy gold. Aroma and flavor were a match - pleasant soft horseblanket, hay, and barnyard. I know that isn’t much, but this was a simple, straightforward, beautiful lambic. Just don’t get stuff like this often enough. Freakin’ awesome.

Bottle from MaltOMeal. Thanks!
Pours a deep cheddar orange with a nose of cedar, lemon, barnyard, and old men talking. Flavor is dry cedar, leather, and horseblanket. Every sip is a mouthpuckering orgasm. WOW.

thanks Tom, excited to get to try this! .. . pours a deep orange tan, pretty much no foam .. . nice funky pucker, wood and sour fruit skins . .. a nice lambirdbeak, wonder where a decade would put this.. . Crazy? Crazy like a fox!