DDT 2/15/16: Bye Bye Florence

[NAD1983]

Off to Rome for Real Madrid-Roma!!!

 

[nathanmiller]

Indian leftovers on the stove, it's 17° outside, today's a bank holiday, and I have this beauty from moc513.

 

[tosh1]

Indian leftovers on the stove, it's 17° outside, today's a bank holiday, and I have this beauty from moc513.

And hopefully you have Fed Ex knocking on your door with intact boxes.

 

[nathanmiller]

And hopefully you have Fed Ex knocking on your door with intact boxes.

Here's hoping!

Next up, since it's kinda still breakfast:

 

[Wino1]

Special pour at Cantillon's closing today: Lambic containing yellow wine from Jura.

Description notes:
The barrels used are extremely rare (only 2 at this winery) as the wine takes 7 years to make. Lambic was aged 2 years in those barrels. It's the combination between an excellent Jura wine maker and Cantillon (winery name was not given). It took a few years to forge this relationship. Apparent it will not be bottled, tho I saw a bottle behind the counter with a white label containing "Solieil Vxxxxx (couldn't see the last 5 letters), Limited Edition" penned in black ink - when I asked what the last word was I was told "don't worry, it doesn't exist." I believe this is what may have been poured.

Tasting notes:
Delicate white wine with very low carb. Citrus, lemon, funky chardonnay-esque flavors. Mouthfeel is silky with a light, almost non existent feeling on the palate. Slight curry spice exhibited on the finish. Closest wine like beer I've ever had. This was an absolute treat.

SeaWatchman

 

[SeaWatchman]

Special pour at Cantillon's closing today: Lambic containing yellow wine from Jura.

Description notes:
The barrels used are extremely rare (only 2 at this winery) as the wine takes 7 years to make. Lambic was aged 2 years in those barrels. It's the combination between an excellent Jura wine maker and Cantillon (winery name was not given). It took a few years to forge this relationship. Apparent it will not be bottled, tho I saw a bottle behind the counter with a white label containing "Solieil Vxxxxx (couldn't see the last 5 letters), Limited Edition" penned in black ink - when I asked what the last word was I was told "don't worry, it doesn't exist." I believe this is what may have been poured.

Tasting notes:
Delicate white wine with very low carb. Citrus, lemon, funky chardonnay-esque flavors. Mouthfeel is silky with a light, almost non existent feeling on the palate. Slight curry spice exhibited on the finish. Closest wine like beer I've ever had. This was an absolute treat.

SeaWatchman

The winery was likely Stephane Tissot. He has bottled the Lambic Jaune (aged in Vin Jaune barrels) before, but there are alternating reports now that there are a couple different batches that may or may not also include some grapes or grape must in there. The bottle that Jean poured for us in June was absolutely phenomenal.

https://www.lambic.info/Cantillon_Lambic_Vin_Jaune

 

[Wino1]

The winery was likely Stephane Tissot. He has bottled the Lambic Jaune (aged in Vin Jaune barrels) before, but there are alternating reports now that there are a couple different batches that may or may not also include some grapes or grape must in there. The bottle that Jean poured for us in June was absolutely phenomenal.

https://www.lambic.info/Cantillon_Lambic_Vin_Jaune

When they said "very rare wine maker from Jura" I asked if it was Pierre Overnoy - "No, Tissot" was the response. Must be what you had or a different blend. Regardless, it was incredible.

 

[ExcuzM3]

Special pour at Cantillon's closing today: Lambic containing yellow wine from Jura.

Description notes:
The barrels used are extremely rare (only 2 at this winery) as the wine takes 7 years to make. Lambic was aged 2 years in those barrels. It's the combination between an excellent Jura wine maker and Cantillon (winery name was not given). It took a few years to forge this relationship. Apparent it will not be bottled, tho I saw a bottle behind the counter with a white label containing "Solieil Vxxxxx (couldn't see the last 5 letters), Limited Edition" penned in black ink - when I asked what the last word was I was told "don't worry, it doesn't exist." I believe this is what may have been poured.

Tasting notes:
Delicate white wine with very low carb. Citrus, lemon, funky chardonnay-esque flavors. Mouthfeel is silky with a light, almost non existent feeling on the palate. Slight curry spice exhibited on the finish. Closest wine like beer I've ever had. This was an absolute treat.

SeaWatchman

What the hell? I was there as well.... Thought that beer was very interesting, very buttery like a Chardonnay.

 

[ExcuzM3]

Drinking a pint of Cantillon Gueuze at Moeder Lambic. Heaven.

 

[ExcuzM3]

Some Cantillon fun earlier

 

[Wino1]

Some Cantillon fun earlier

You were sitting right next to us! You had the red shirt on right? We were sitting in the back corner to your right. The beer world is quite a small world!

 

[ExcuzM3]

You were sitting right next to us! You had the red shirt on right? We were sitting in the back corner to your right. The beer world is quite a small world!

Yes I was! Holy ****, small world. Think I saw you at Moeder Lambic this evening as well?

 

[nathanmiller]

Hey tosh two boxes arrived for me. I'll open them while drinking this.

 

[Wino1]

Yes I was! Holy ****, small world. Think I saw you at Moeder Lambic this evening as well?

Hahah that's awesome. Wasn't me at Moeder - we went to Brew Dog after to meet my brother in law. If you're still at Moeder and see this, ask for Zenne - it's not on the menu but they have it.

 

[BravoDawg]

Decent but not great. Used to like it more. Maybe because I've had so much more good stuff from around the country trading.

#proper

 

[tosh1]

Alpine and Fieldwork collab. Relative Hoppiness.

 

[owens99]

I found this bottle in my basement, and I'm not sure where I got it from - either a trade extra or an ancillary item in a bulk set from BIAB. Really had no idea what to expect, other than 6.8% ABV:

It tastes quite a bit like a gueuze, except a little sweeter. Apply whatever gueuze-like adjectives you want, because I sure as hell can't distinguish barnyard from horse blanket from cobweb. I kept thinking of it as a gueuze on training wheels - not a ton of complexity, but also nothing that would obviously offend someone new to the style. I expected to dislike it and move on to something else, but really enjoyed it and had no problems finishing the whole thing. I doubt I'd buy it (again?), but would be happy to drink it again if offered.

So, what the hell is this thing from Belgium? A gueuze? Let's check the go-to site for lambic and its derivatives:

Apparently not. Hmm, check other sources.

Oh my:

Spoiler: Trigger Warning

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[RayP]

Post run beer.

 

[RyanG1]

Working way through spour blueberry beers

 

[tosh1]

SawHorse, Rye IPA from Fieldwork.

 

[yamar68]

...the first of many.

 

[Aaron from the Wood]

I'm going to drink so much of this when summer comes around.

 

[Respirologist]

The regular is honestly the best.....

 

[These are Talls]

Thank you American heroes and patriots for allowing me to drink without inhibition on this fine Monday.

 

[bmh_the_1legend]

This is an interesting beer. Smells like a cream ale but it drinks like a sweet IPA. Not bad at all.

 

[GuisseppeFranco]

Im still not driving around the city like an idiot chasing cans but this is pretty damn good. Thankfully I have a place to easily snag their stuff when it shows up.

 

[nathanmiller]

This is unreasonably delicious!

 

[tylerk88]

03/2015 Arthur. Just incredible.

 

[Ataraxia1]

Having a few goozies and sours with FalconA on a lazy President's Day

LPG was much better than expected but the reg geuze was surprisingly simple and faint in terms of flavor

Batch 6, pretttty nice (inb4 comparison to b5)

and some FL fruit juice courtesy of DelToro

 

[RayP]

Trying to take the lil **** for a walk but a he wants to do is go back up and eat his dinner.