Rivertown Lambic

Brewed by Rivertown Brewing
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Sampled at the st. Louis ratebeer gathering. Very hazy dingy gold. Sour and nice yeast in the nose. Spice and fruit. The flavor is tart citrus with yeast. This is tasty. An interesting beer and my last untasted beer style.

Courtesy of Styles

Bottle: The aroma consists of musty, oaky, and sour lemon. It pours a molly dull orangish-lemon with a moderate white head. The flavor starts with sour lemon and citrus. The finish has some light oak and more sour lemon. It’s ligjt-medium bodied with mild carbonation. Overall, very refeshing and sour. I will say the milky appearance leaves a little to be desired. I’m surprised this doesn’t score higher.

Light golden, hazy, minimal head. Musty, cheesy, lacto, light lemon sourness. Musty basement, light lemon sourness, lacto. Could use some more carbonation but other than that pretty solid.

Bottle. Ok, first time trying this style and tried to be fair but just don’t care for it. Aroma was extremely funky. Taste like cider vinegar, mixed with malt and hops, sour. Cloudy with bits of stuff floating in it.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy dark gold body with a nice frothy white head that had some decent retention. The nose is fairly restrained, just a bit of funk, a little woodiness, some light wild cider like qualities. The flavor is a little acetic and lacking in depth, just a little sourness on the back end. The funkiness just doesn’t seem to be expressed enough. The mouthfeel is fairly dry, but it could be drier. Light fizzy carbonation. All in all, it seems like they may be on the right track with this beer, but if they want to get serious about making lambics, it takes time to get the right flora going.

Really an awesome unblended lambic from a random brewery here. Really excellent lemon, grain, and restrained but perfectly present funk. Clean, really good beer.

Murky yellowish pour. Aroma is cheesy, sour, woody, yeasty. Flavor is sour, fruity, white wine, yeasty. Awesome.

From the bottle at GABF. Pours nice looking hazy gold with a head that dissipates. Nose is funky. Barnyard, pie cherry, Lactic acid and pure funk. Really decent nose. On taste, really solid. Dry white wine, yogurt and lemon juice. Some barnyard funk and the cherries make another appearance. Nice deep acidity that is clean. No vinegar. Really nice American sour.

750ml bottle, vintage 2010, thanks to Ryan011235.  Gusher alert!  Really cloudy yellow in color with a head that fades quickly.  The aroma is actually like a real lambic - not bad!  Funky and lemony and oaky aroma with a slight floral note.  Decent flavor, not at all bad, just not as complex as a legitimate lambic.  Dry, vinous, lemony, funky, with some oak.  Decent sourness.  Medium-bodied with medium acidity and fairly prickly carbonation.  Not half bad for a random-ass Ohio "lambic." Next to a Cantillon though (and I tried this), no contest.

Bottle from Belmont Party Supply shared with the DC crew. Gusher. Pours a hazy straw color with a fizzy white head. Decent head retention. Very tart aroma with notes of citrus, must, vegetal notes and sweet fruit notes. The taste is tart citrus, caramel and earthy notes. Medium bodied.