3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On draf at DHVL. Pours dark golden, almost no head. Smells kind of sweet, taste is more of a honey taste, it misses the sourness. No really my kind of lambik.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at the 20th Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation. It pours hazy light golden yellow, with no head or carbonation. The nose is subtle, but pleasant: whipped cream, marmalade, floral, sweet orange and mango. The taste is chamomile, sour white grape, lemon Granny Smith apple, Braeburn apple and pickled onion Monster Munch in the finish. A pretty decent lambic offering.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aromatisch säuerlicher Geruch, vollmundig. Süffig-säuerlicher Antrunk, der sofort von einer trockenen Holzigkeit unterbrochen wird. Mit der Zeit fügt sich dies aber, nach der Intensitätssenkung, gut in das Gesamtbild ein. Würzig säuerlich, sehr angenehm. Dieses Lambiek wird zum Ende schwächer, bleibt aber noch länger in abgemildeter Form erhalten. 12/11/12/11//11
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Two years old. Cloudy golden brown, no head. Aroma of strong grapefruit, lemon, dust. Taste is very dry, very tart, acidic, with lemons and vinegar. Decent.
2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Sampled at WSF. After a wonderful bottle of De Troch Gueuze ’93 at DHVL the day before, I was feeling pretty good that, despite their horrendous end product, these guys may still make a decent lambik. Boy was I wrong. This was easily the worst traditional lambik I have ever sampled; nothing even comes close, besides maybe the Breughel abomination from Montreal, but I’d hardly consider that traditional. The truth is, this hardly tastes like lambik at all: notes of bright flower, soap, complex sugars. More like a crappy Biere de Garde. Watery body. No acidity to be found. They’ve clearly changed the recipe significantly over the past 20 years to adapt to their sugary crap. Tis a shame, especially since I passed up on other lambiks to give this one a shot. Fuck.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Cloudy golden with a very small head. Aroma of basement and lots of dust. Taste is sour and tart. Not very complex but an interesting mixture of tart and dust.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Plastic jug at WSF.
Cloudy yellow - no head.
Wheaty. Fruity. Peppery. Wooden. Light cheese. Light souness. Peppery.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 11, 2010 [9/6/09] Tap sample during a festival at De Heeren van Liedekercke in Denderleeuw. Clear golden. Aroma of wort, wood and fruits. Sour flavor with some oak and grainy malt. Medium-bodied.
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