Upland Peach Lambic

Brewed by Upland Brewing Company
Style: Lambic Style - Fruit
Bloomington, Indiana USA

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Poured a clear, golden peach color with a thin ring of off white bubbles around the top, no lacing left. Aroma of sweet peaches, brett, oak, wild yeast, and light hay. Taste of toffee up front, peach, oak, and wild yeast, with a lightly sour finish. Could use more time to fully develop.

Thanks to Pud and Sliffy for sharing: This is not a highly carbonated lambic, however, I don’t think that detracts from the mouthfeel as much as I thought it would. On the sour scale of 1-10, it is comfortably in the middle. Didn’t really get the peach until the end of the taste, but has a nice sweetness to balance the sour. A tad of a woody-earthiness there as well.

Pours a lovely clear peach color with almost no head and scarce carbonation. Smells like some kind of cheese and a barn. Tastes slightly sour, lightly sweet, watery, peach at the back of the tongue. Definitely an interesting brew, but no for every day drinking.

UPDATED: JAN 16, 2011 Initial rating from GABF 2008, Dr. Bill’s tasting. Updated rating from 13th Richmond Gathering, courtesy of BrewEngineer. Pours hazy dark yellow with a small, fizzy, white head, somewhat lasting with good lacing. Aroma is average malt (grainy, straw, cereal, meal), light hops (earthy, grassy), average esters (apple/pear) with notes of peach, lactic sourness, and horse blanket. Flavor is heavy malt (bread, hay, straw, meal, cereal), light hops (earthy), and light esters (apple/pear) with huge peach notes and lactic sourness. Medium body and warmth, high carbonation, and low creaminess with a dry finish.

(750ml bottle) Pours a cloudy golden body with a spare off-white head. Aroma of peach, funkiness, and light white grape. Flavor of peach, tangerine, light citrus, and only moderately sour. Could use some more time to age.

750 mL bottle, pours the color of a peach (go figure.) No head. It’s even the shape of a peach in my glass, beautiful. =) Aroma, very peachy, subtly sour - lots of oak and some vanilla. This all comes together really well. Taste... Not what I was expecting. It is not all that sour (maybe this will come out more with age), not all that peachy, and almost a little watery. Plain. I want to say it reminds me of popcorn with a wee bit of butter? So yeah, overall great aroma, taste could have a little more oomph but I guess we’ll see how this one ages.

UPDATED: NOV 11, 2009 First rate! I got concerned when I popped the cap and there was no hiss. When I tried to pour I realized there was a cork... Pours a flat looking, very hazy orange. No head, just flat clear bubbles that disappear. Hopefully this one picks up some carbonation as it ages. Aroma is, wow, extremely authentic lambic-like. This is just a beautiful aroma. Very Russian River-esque, reminds me of Compunction and Beatification. Huge funkiness and acetic acid notes. Buttery oak, huge citrus fruits - funkified of course. Very, very ripe, fresh fruits. I don’t want to say peach because so much else jumps out. Orange, grapefruit, tangerine, apricot, chardonnay grapes, slight rubber and/or pencil eraser. Graphite. Wine-like. Hay and grass. Just a beautiful harmony of funk. Taste is lightly tart, very subtle, with a silky mouthfeel. Sourness is low, this doesn’t explode with acidity like I thought it might. Peach is much more prominent in the flavor, it stands out where it was kind of lost in the aroma. The nose on this is a knockout, the flavor is nice but I think I would like more sourness. Hopefully aging this will sour this one up. This is still a great beer to drink, even better to smell though. I am extremely excited to try the other Upland lambics.