Lambic Discussion Thread

[cBing66]

Same deal in Amsterdam and Paris? And anyone know if Golden Blend is still around in Europe? I'd like to stock up but prices in the states are too high to buy a bunch.

Also interested in any details about which rare bottles are still available at Moeder or other bars. I can't seem to find any updated menus online.

Buying bunches of de Cam 750s for like 8 euros a bottle and not paying shipping sounds like a damn good time to me. I'd fill two suitcases with Oude Kriek at that price no question. Now I just need to find a way to get to Gooik...

I was in Amsterdam last year in April. Go to De Bierkoning. They had Cantillon Gueuze, RdG, Kriek, Bruocsella, Lamvinus, Vig, Iris. They has had all the Cantillon glasses that the brewery had for sale.

They also had a ton of other stuff including Kuhnhenn and Hunahpu bottles for sale (at very high prices).

 

[cBing66]

On a totally different note, I'm going to be in Amsterdam for work late next month and am planning to spend a few vacation days in Belgium after my work is done. I will not have a car and don't a shitload of money to spend on taxis getting to obscure places. My questions are...where should I look for bottles to bring back in Amsterdam and Brussels aside from at Cantillon obviously (and what bottles can I realistically expected to find on shelf in late February)? And just as importantly, is there any inexpensive way to get to de Cam from Brussels without a car?

I also found a bunch of Cantillon that the brewery didn't have at either Beer Planet or De Biertempel right off the Grand-Place in Brussels. Bottles were much more expensive than the brewery but they had things like Lamvinus that wasn't available at the brewery

 

[andrewdrinks]

CantillonWatch says St Lam, LP Gueuze and Fou are available right now. With a bit of luck St Lam and Fou may still be around in a month. And Vigneronne hasn't been released yet, so one can hope.

Fou is done for the year now - the last cases sold through the brewery on Monday. St Lam and Vigneronne should still be on sale though

 

[RyanG1]

It doesn't need to be. I was drunk the other night and posted that for some reason. I was just curious what people's preference is. Mine is geuze.

The answer is: Cascade or Fruited Guezeuesz

My favorite one to drink is regular 3F, all day errr day

 

[stupac2]

Fou is done for the year now - the last cases sold through the brewery on Monday. St Lam and Vigneronne should still be on sale though

Any LPG left, or did they blow through that in record time?

 

[Quatz]

On a totally different note, I'm going to be in Amsterdam for work late next month and am planning to spend a few vacation days in Belgium after my work is done. I will not have a car and don't a shitload of money to spend on taxis getting to obscure places. My questions are...where should I look for bottles to bring back in Amsterdam and Brussels aside from at Cantillon obviously (and what bottles can I realistically expected to find on shelf in late February)? And just as importantly, is there any inexpensive way to get to de Cam from Brussels without a car?

Don't get your hopes up for Brussels, the only decent bottle shops I know are in Ghent and Grobbendonk, Beer Planet and Biertempel are decent and you might find some De Cam or something there but nothing too special unless you get lucky and everything will be expensive. I might consider keeping my eyes open for some stuff for you though if you really want

 

[Quatz]

Same deal in Amsterdam and Paris? And anyone know if Golden Blend is still around in Europe? I'd like to stock up but prices in the states are too high to buy a bunch.

Also interested in any details about which rare bottles are still available at Moeder or other bars. I can't seem to find any updated menus online.

Buying bunches of de Cam 750s for like 8 euros a bottle and not paying shipping sounds like a damn good time to me. I'd fill two suitcases with Oude Kriek at that price no question. Now I just need to find a way to get to Gooik...

Haven't seen Golden Blend for a while now. You will find De Cam around Brussels but I have never seen enough bottles of that to fill two suitcases, usually just a few bottles. Have fun in Belgium and feel free to ask me anything!

 

[The Red Viper]

Haven't seen Golden Blend for a while now. You will find De Cam around Brussels but I have never seen enough bottles of that to fill two suitcases, usually just a few bottles. Have fun in Belgium and feel free to ask me anything!

Thanks! I might be in touch. If you see quantity of De Cam Oude Geuze anywhere let me know. Golden Blend is listed on Beer Planet website but only a few bottles, and I don't know if everything on their website is also on shelf in the shop.

 

[Pneill3161]

7 gallons of pure unadulterated lambic. ****'s about to get turnt up in here.

 

[Upyours77]

i am curious how intense red will cellar.

Like your pic! It cellars good. Thumb- rule is that you want sugar to ferment, to cellar.

Edit! Don't know where this ended, but was supposed to be a respond to the guy with the lfc pic, and about the intense red

 

[Upyours77]

Same deal in Amsterdam and Paris? And anyone know if Golden Blend is still around in Europe? I'd like to stock up but prices in the states are too high to buy a bunch.

Also interested in any details about which rare bottles are still available at Moeder or other bars. I can't seem to find any updated menus online.

Buying bunches of de Cam 750s for like 8 euros a bottle and not paying shipping sounds like a damn good time to me. I'd fill two suitcases with Oude Kriek at that price no question. Now I just need to find a way to get to Gooik...

You need to know where to go. You can't access random vintages like with wine. They sell what they have, and its usually fresh. If you go to small villages they might have some unsold, older vintages. Greetings from Norway

 

[Upyours77]

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Thanks! I might be in touch. If you see quantity of De Cam Oude Geuze anywhere let me know. Golden Blend is listed on Beer Planet website but only a few bottles, and I don't know if everything on their website is also on shelf in the shop.

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[rsths13]

In stores? RdG, Bio Gueuze, and Bio Kriek will be available. Nothing else Cantillon will be unless you get stupid lucky. Regular 3F will be around. No idea about de Cam, if you can get to the store (and he's actually there...) you'll be able to buy bunches of it for pretty cheap, IIRC Framboise was the most expensive at like 9 Euro.

This, of course, changes if you have a car. I've heard of places outside of Brussels that have better selections, and I've been to a place in Ghent that had a shitton of the grape lambics. But you'd need a car.

I lived in Brussels for six months in 2006 (before I was into beer, ohh well). Unless things have changed you should be able to use the public transit to get to Ghent. You ride the Brussles subway to one of the train stations (there are a few if I remember) and then catch a train to Ghent. Trains within Belgium used to be rather inexpensive, and consider a Eurorail pass if you are doing a lot of traveling on the train. Just be sure to make sure you head to the right train station. Each station has trains for different areas.

 

[csano]

And Vigneronne hasn't been released yet, so one can hope.

The 2014 Vigneronne is allegedly flat. Last I heard, JvR was trying to decide what to do with it.

 

[drgarage1]

The 2014 Vigneronne is allegedly flat. Last I heard, JvR was trying to decide what to do with it.

Wine Loerik!

 

[Odesseiron]

Same deal in Amsterdam and Paris? And anyone know if Golden Blend is still around in Europe? I'd like to stock up but prices in the states are too high to buy a bunch.

Also interested in any details about which rare bottles are still available at Moeder or other bars. I can't seem to find any updated menus online.

Buying bunches of de Cam 750s for like 8 euros a bottle and not paying shipping sounds like a damn good time to me. I'd fill two suitcases with Oude Kriek at that price no question. Now I just need to find a way to get to Gooik...

You can find Golden Blend here and there, we've still got quite a bit in Norway for instance, but it's not gonna be much cheaper. It was an expensive beer from the get go.

 

[ASUBeer]

The 2014 Vigneronne is allegedly flat. Last I heard, JvR was trying to decide what to do with it.

I'll send him my address.

 

[Thorpe]

7 gallons of pure unadulterated lambic. ****'s about to get turnt up in here.

I've been thinking about ordering some of these as well. Think there's any way to hook some tubing up to the spouts so that they can be drained into a flushed keg?

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

7 gallons of pure unadulterated lambic. ****'s about to get turnt up in here.

How much was shipping?

 

[Pneill3161]

I've been thinking about ordering some of these as well. Think there's any way to hook some tubing up to the spouts so that they can be drained into a flushed keg?

Haven't figured a way to hookup the nozzles, but really didn't try too hard as I just knifed a hole in the top and stuck said hose in there.

How much was shipping?

A lot, Had two boxes come over for 170 European. Also had 7x750's as well. Think I had room for 2 more 750.

 

[tripsforjoe]

The 2014 Vigneronne is allegedly flat. Last I heard, JvR was trying to decide what to do with it.

(Vigneronne)^2

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

(Vigneronne)^2

Intense White?

 

[stupac2]

I lived in Brussels for six months in 2006 (before I was into beer, ohh well). Unless things have changed you should be able to use the public transit to get to Ghent. You ride the Brussles subway to one of the train stations (there are a few if I remember) and then catch a train to Ghent. Trains within Belgium used to be rather inexpensive, and consider a Eurorail pass if you are doing a lot of traveling on the train. Just be sure to make sure you head to the right train station. Each station has trains for different areas.

Yeah getting to Ghent isn't the problem, it's that this store is way outside town. You might be able to take some kind of public transit there but it wasn't obvious.

 

[eyesonsaison]

I've been thinking about ordering some of these as well. Think there's any way to hook some tubing up to the spouts so that they can be drained into a flushed keg?

IIRC the Oude Beersel has a spout that fits near flush with 1/2"(?) tubing, Girardin not so much

 

[Quatz]

Yeah getting to Ghent isn't the problem, it's that this store is way outside town. You might be able to take some kind of public transit there but it wasn't obvious.

You can take a bus from the station but it takes a while to get there.

 

[BusinessSloth]

The 2014 Vigneronne is allegedly flat. Last I heard, JvR was trying to decide what to do with it.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<All of it.

 

[rsths13]

Yeah getting to Ghent isn't the problem, it's that this store is way outside town. You might be able to take some kind of public transit there but it wasn't obvious.

Make sense. Sorry for the misinformation then!

 

[The Red Viper]

OK, one last beginner's question and then I'll stop hijacking this thread for travel advice...is there any particular trick to bringing beers back through customs? I get free checked bags so I wouldn't need to ship, but is there danger of having bottles confiscated or whatever?

 

[Doc1]

OK, one last beginner's question and then I'll stop hijacking this thread for travel advice...is there any particular trick to bringing beers back through customs? I get free checked bags so I wouldn't need to ship, but is there danger of having bottles confiscated or whatever?

I brought a friggin mini keg ( like the Heineken ones you can buy at stores) back from Germany, I think its just the luck of the draw.

 

[andrewdrinks]

There's no trick to it other than just behaving as normal when you pick up your bags and head through customs. If you were stopped, it's unlikely you would have anything confiscated, but you would be liable for duty and other taxes due on anything over and above your tax-free allowance. Allowances for beer are so large in most cases that weight is an issue before the volume of taxable good is reached - but if you are stopped, be prepared to have to explain that those corked and caged bottles are beers and not champagne, which has a different allowance!