Lambrucha

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle from Craft and Capone’s. Pours turbid deep dull gold with big 3-finger off-white head. Nose is tart, orange zesty, citric, with hopcitrus, and a very tart, hopcitric, orange zesty flavor.

750ml bottle Pours a cloudy dark golden orange color with golden yellowish pear hues when held to a light source and a one finger white head that slowly fades into a lasting ring. Not much in the way of lacing. Very earthy aroma with hints of soil and grass along with a strong tea leaf presence. Peppery spice with hints of cinnamon, peppermint and possibly some licorice. Slight lactic cream in the nose. The dank earthy tea leaf presence completely hides any of the lambic notes, if there are any. Not very funky with only a faint vinegary presence underneath. Very odd smelling with possibly some earthy hops. This beer has a medium body which is on the lighter end of the spectrum and tastes more like a lambic than the aroma suggests. Very spicy up front with tight carbonation and hints of zesty pepper along with a slight puckering tartness which quickly fades into a slightly creamy lactic center. Dry finish. The vinegary presence from the aroma is the only sour/funky element of this beer but it is overpowered by the heavy spice presence and earthy tea leaf flavor. Also, some slight acidity. The tea leaves provide a slight tartness but really is just very earthy and unpleasant. An interesting idea that doesn’t work so well.

Odd lambic, tart, mildly sour, tea like, light, decent, definitely woth trying... golden hazy w some big sediment... pretty decent tart aroma...

Very interesting beer sampled from a bottle. This poured a hazy and cloudy dark golden color with a soft, ample and fluffy white head. The nose is full of dry fruits, like grapefruit and orange. The body is very bubbly and spritzy, but drinks pretty smooth. The flavors are similar to a lambic, with lots of carbonation and liveliness. I tasted some grapefruit, orange, earth and lots of yeast. The finish is quite dry, sour and tart.

Recieved in trade with Pantanap, huge thanks! Clear gold color with a large head that quickly falls. Light tart lemon aroma and a little tea-ish. Mmm... perfectly tart flavor. A good whack of tea, citrus and earthy notes. Quite bubbly. The tea character stands out more as it warms. Really nice.

750ml bottle from Binny’s Beverage Depot, Orland Park, Illinois: This pours a slightly hazed lemon yellow body with an initially tall head that reduces to something less than a film rather quickly despite a steady stream of rising bubbles. The aroma begins with a sweet grassiness followed by a touch of old grapefruit. There was less sweetness in the flavor, although it was there in an earthy form. The rest was a blend of lemons, tonic water, pink grapefruit, and vinegar. The finish is a clean tartness. Interesting drink. I had had second glass with some Dave’s Gourmet Insanity Corn popcorn. They do not pair well. Drink this solo on a warm day.

750ml Bottle: Aroma of hops, lambic, wood, sour fruit, slight tea, citrus, and lactic acid. Poured yellow in color with a small, white head that greatly diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Very sparkling. Full of tiny, medium, and large-sized particles throughout. Flavor is medium to heavily tart and light to medium sweet. Tastes of lambic, tart fruit, wood, light lactic acid, slight tea, and citrus. Medium body. Thin, tingly texture. Lively carbonation. Tart fruit, and lactic acid finish has a hint of wood.

Bottle. Pours a clear glowing yellow/orange with a fizzy white thinner head. Aroma of latex or doctors office, very lactic, vinegar, some lambic, seems minty. Sweet and quite sour, lactic, harshly lactic, tangy, lightly fruity, very yogurty, mouth puckering at times, tastes just like cranberry juice actually. Corse larger carbonation.

Cloudy orange, huge head of large bubbles. The lacing on this is truly a wonder. It stuck on there like half an inch thick. I am not sure I have ever seen a beer produce that much sticky foam. Sour, fruity nose. This stuff sort of comes off as lambic light. I have never tried Kombucha so I cannot say what it adds. I know it is sour but in this case it seems to have cut the acidity of the lambic. Very wheaty, oily texture. Medium carbonation. Interesting concept and a nice summer time drink.

variation between bottles would be a big detractor if this were something i could get regularly. both were better a little cloudy. 4/17/10--3.5 pale straw, lots of carbonation. Dies quickly. Nose—mild sour, citrus zest, mortadella fat, low quality boiled hot dogs. Very mild nose. Taste—dry, funky, meat fat. Citrus, green tea, med-mild sour. Thin body, lively acidity and carbonation. Develops more funky, peach comes out, cinnamon, hard waxy cheese 4/18/10—3.2 Grapefruit color, very low carbonation. Pinkish orangey gold Nose—VERY aromatic. Very sour smelling, grapefruit, lemon, peach, rotton tomato. Tea more pronounced as well. Taste—much sweeter, thin body, less lactic/meat fat. Lots of peach, grapefruit, rotton tomato, fuller tea flavor. Too sweet and low carbonation indicates less yeast activity? Develops a bit of cinnamon, much less funk. Much more like a kombucha or even fruit soda.