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De la Senne Crianza (Lambic)

De la Senne Crianza (Lambic)

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88
overall
A Sour Ale brewed by
Brasserie de la Senne / de Zenne Brouwerij

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium

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303.61/5.03.57/5.07%40.8Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Zinnebir aged in oak casks for 9 months with the addition of lambic.

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 Boutip (1855), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Jan 18, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of Steph: Poured an hazy dirty beige color ale with a huge pure white foamy head with perfect retention and lacing, there probably was still foam in my glass 30 minutes after the pour. Aroma consists of a well balance mix between oak and tart with some green apple and some very light horse blanket. Taste is quite sour with load of oak and some tartness. The yeast from the original Belgian ale is still identifiable and provided an interesting complexity to the mix. Full body with limited filtration and some great carbonation. I have to admit that I was truly amazed by this beer and it definitely surpassed my expectation. It is too bad that I will probably never see a bottle of this again.


 beastiefan2k (1182), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Wow, simply wow.<br /><br />Pours beautiful with a large, foamy, head. As it slowly fades a sticky and strong lacing is left on the glass. And it never fully fades, left id a cm thick surface covering foam. Basically, there are soap suds in this beer. The color is hazy and thick but not muddy or murky. One cannot see through it but it has a sunshine irradiating hue. Looks like the sun is shining straight through the beer. Just beautiful, especially with the lightly visible carbonation. Aroma is lots of barnyard/cobweb lambic blended beautifully with perfume-like Belgian malts, which are very low key. The lambic part dominates. Further, lightly grassy and light leather, again perfectly melded. Taste is almost all kambic, spiky, cobweb filled leather and a nice long dryness. Throughout the flavor there is a light Belgian pale sweetness lovingly playing off the lambic flavors. Its not in your face with any one aspect. Nice light lemon zest in the back of the throat. <br />750mL from Beer Mania, no date, white wine glass, split 3 ways at home.


 JoeinUccle (716), Brussels, Belgium
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Apr 3, 2007    Updated: Mar 4, 2008
75 cL &#64; Delirium. Faded yellow beer with thin, lasting head. Aroma of lemons and dust. Starts just a tad sweet and evolves into lemony, mildly sour, with some mustiness and wood. Medium body with low carbonation. Very refreshing. Yet another one from this brewery that I appreciate more every time I get a taste. RE-RATE: These bottles are funkier and more awesome with age. Too bad there’s so few of them left! Wish I had some stashed in the cellar. Still available at Moeder Lambic.


 jbrus (4306), Delft, Netherlands
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Bottle&#64;Home. Lemon and grass aroma at first but peppery when warming up. Hazy, beige head, good lace. Sour, sweet, bitter, light salty, lemon, medium body. Not very complex but very well balanced and very flavorful.


 oh6gdx (6460), Vaasa, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 18, 2008  
Bottled. Hazy golden colour with small white head, which lasts for quite a bit. Leaves nice lace. Aroma is earthyness, mild notes of sour fruits, wood and yeast. Flavour is very much sour fruits, yeast and some wooden hints mixed in. A wellbalanced brew which does the "sweetish sour" thing very well. Refreshing.



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