 awaisanen (1160), Irvine, California, USA
Apr 14, 2008
From a 750mL Bottle. Courtesy of valpoaj. Somewhat hazy, pale banana gold color with a finger of effervescent white head. Aromas of mild lemon and a whiff of pear skins, along with a puzzling talcum powder minerally character. Minimal acidity present in the nose, but some mild musty brett and faint alcohol is noticeable. Medium light bodied, softly carbonated mouthfeel. Bretty, musty flavors with a mild wheat acidity, but none of that deep, complex funky acidity. Hints of herbal coriander. The flavors aren’t bad overall, but I find it to get a bit flabby and thin on the palate and lacking any real depth or acidic complexity. Still, a respectable attempt at a difficult style. Thanks AJ!
sloth (1536), Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA
Sep 20, 2008 Small white head with fair retention and decent lacing. Hazy gold appearence. Nose was very nice, fruity, citrusy with some notes of cat pee, wood and light leather. Body is light, unfortunately thin and a tad watery, low carbonation, a serious drawback to this brew. Lightly tart. Decent fruity flavors, appley, citrus, light funk, leather and must. Dry, lightly tart and fruity finish. Did,nt have that Gueuze type refreshing quality though imho. Damn nice try though! Thanks for sharing brian!
eaglefan538 (2077), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Sep 20, 2008 Bottle 141/308 (7/06 bottling of a 8/05 brew) from Beertopia (3/07) in Omaha, shared at SL with sloth. The pour was fairly typical for the style, hazy straw-orange in color, white head, although the head was a little smaller than usual for the gueuze. The aroma was really excellent, far exceeded the flavor, but built some serious expectations: oak, slight bret, citrus, light funk. The flavor was a bit watered down, lemons, only light sourness (definitely not tart), earthy dirty notes, some rubber off notes, and oak. Mouthfeel was on the flat side for a gueuze, lightly carbonated, not clean enough of a finish without that heavy-handed tart zip at the end of each sip. It all just combined for a rather bland flavor, despite the aroma being so good. Great to see an American brewer working on a lambic, would love to try a few more of the Upstream lambics!
Dickinsonbeer (2550), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Jul 2, 2008 750 ml bottle. Pours a hazy dull golden with a fizzy off white head. Aroma is funky, leathery, some lemon citrus character, farmhouse brettyness. Light soapiness in the flavor, chunky yeasty character, more earth and leather, horsey, ligth smokey and cheesy- almost goaty or mouse-piss-like, with lots of sourness- lactic and wierd pedio or other acid bacteria. Interesting and funky overall- way out there, and not quite as refined as some belgian lambics.
badbeer (410), Iowa, USA
Jun 6, 2008 Golden yellow color with a white head that has good lacing to it. Sour, funky, aromas. I get some pineapple, oak, and some fruit skins. This has some barnyard flavors to it, but it also has some citrus type flavors to it. It’s acidic, but not overly so. Dry and light bodied with pretty high carbonation. Very good beer, I wish I could have another bottle of this.
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