Lambic Discussion Thread

[The Red Viper]

If it means that much to you, I can probably get you a bottle. I think it's still available at DHVL. Feel free to PM me.

Yes it is still at De Heeren. They will sell it to go for 25€. I was there earlier tonight so this info fairly up to date.

 

[Hookemhops13]

Yes it is still at De Heeren. They will sell it to go for 25€. I was there earlier tonight so this info fairly up to date.

#gopickitupforme,packageit,andmailittomebro?

 

[Hookemhops13]

My birthday is tomorrow. Have a St.Lam, Iris, and LPK in the "cellar" (read closet) that I have been eyeing. What say you on what to open tomorrow and what to age a bit? All are latest releases.

Kinda figured Iris due to the dry hop nature and I have 2 of those and 1 LPK and 1 St. Lam....

 

[SeaWatchman]

My birthday is tomorrow. Have a St.Lam, Iris, and LPK in the "cellar" (read closet) that I have been eyeing. What say you on what to open tomorrow and what to age a bit? All are latest releases.

Kinda figured Iris due to the dry hop nature and I have 2 of those and 1 LPK and 1 St. Lam....

All of it.

 

[ExPimp]

All of it.

You beat me to it. It is his birthday, right?

My birthday is tomorrow.

 

[Hookemhops13]

All of it.

Lol I like your style but already have a Atrial Rubicite B1 and Vanilla Rye on deck so that would be a lot...

 

[Hookemhops13]

You beat me to it. It is his birthday, right?

Damn it yall are gonna make me drink them all...

 

[SeaWatchman]

One of us one of us one of us

 

[BusinessSloth]

Damn it yall are gonna make me drink them all...

invite me over. I will share the burden of drinking it.

 

[TheBigT]

Except CRK isn't available in the US... yet.

I meant the change to a date code. I'd check my CRG, but I'm pretty sure they're all 2013s anyway.

 

[regularjohn]

whats the usual ETA of a box after seeing this pop up

28/02/2015 11:47 Retained at customs : reason unknown USJFKA United States
28/02/2015 11:46 Arrival at international office of exchange USJFKA United States

 

[BusinessSloth]

whats the usual ETA of a box after seeing this pop up

Anywhere from 2 to 11 days in my experience. I had a box hit customs 2/15. I recently got it 2/26

 

[jedwards]

Drank a '98 Iris today -- spectacular. Confirms my belief that Iris should be aged either not at all, or as long as possible.

 

[BusinessSloth]

Drank a '98 Iris today -- spectacular. Confirms my belief that Iris should be aged either not at all, or as long as possible.

Compton25

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

Drank a '98 Iris today -- spectacular. Confirms my belief that Iris should be aged either not at all, or as long as possible.

Iris is probably one of my favorite if not my favorite cantillon beers. Fou is up there too

 

[jimmyr78]

I have an opportunity to acquire (via trade or purchase) some bottles of approximately 55-year-old geuze. All bottles have been stored in the same cellar in Schepdaal, Belfium since circa 1960, and I have photos of the cellar itself...it's as old, dusty and musty as you can imagine a centuries old building in Belgium. Cork condition on some bottles are pretty rough, some better than others. The brewery is unknown, and the only marking on all bottles is a splash of white paint, roughly the size of a label, in the middle of the bottle. I'm still doing more research (including having my trusted trading partner drink one) but wanted to reach out to anyone with experience on geuze of this age. Any remote clue on the brewery based on my limited description?

My assumptions are that it will be somewhere between horrible-to-undrinkable (sawdust-and-mold flavored bile?), but my curiosity and the 0.0001% chance that it's something marvelous has me leaning toward taking a chance. Has anyone tasted bottles this old?

I cannot get the flickr image to upload, but here's one of the photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129924877@N03/

 

[Stevedore1]

Post-war Belgian homebrew?

 

[pmoney]

It's my understanding that the "paint" stripes pre-date labels. A white stripe of paint indicated gueuze and a red stripe indicated kriek.

 

[LukeAleTime]

I have an opportunity to acquire (via trade or purchase) some bottles of approximately 55-year-old geuze. All bottles have been stored in the same cellar in Schepdaal, Belfium since circa 1960, and I have photos of the cellar itself...it's as old, dusty and musty as you can imagine a centuries old building in Belgium. Cork condition on some bottles are pretty rough, some better than others. The brewery is unknown, and the only marking on all bottles is a splash of white paint, roughly the size of a label, in the middle of the bottle. I'm still doing more research (including having my trusted trading partner drink one) but wanted to reach out to anyone with experience on geuze of this age. Any remote clue on the brewery based on my limited description?

My assumptions are that it will be somewhere between horrible-to-undrinkable (sawdust-and-mold flavored bile?), but my curiosity and the 0.0001% chance that it's something marvelous has me leaning toward taking a chance. Has anyone tasted bottles this old?

I cannot get the flickr image to upload, but here's one of the photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129924877@N03/

Possibly Hanssens? I think their bottles looked similar?

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

I have an opportunity to acquire (via trade or purchase) some bottles of approximately 55-year-old geuze. All bottles have been stored in the same cellar in Schepdaal, Belfium since circa 1960, and I have photos of the cellar itself...it's as old, dusty and musty as you can imagine a centuries old building in Belgium. Cork condition on some bottles are pretty rough, some better than others. The brewery is unknown, and the only marking on all bottles is a splash of white paint, roughly the size of a label, in the middle of the bottle. I'm still doing more research (including having my trusted trading partner drink one) but wanted to reach out to anyone with experience on geuze of this age. Any remote clue on the brewery based on my limited description?

My assumptions are that it will be somewhere between horrible-to-undrinkable (sawdust-and-mold flavored bile?), but my curiosity and the 0.0001% chance that it's something marvelous has me leaning toward taking a chance. Has anyone tasted bottles this old?

I cannot get the flickr image to upload, but here's one of the photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129924877@N03/

I guess the price they are asking would be the main factor on whether to buy. as you said chances of it being good are slim, so this should be factored into what they are asking.

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

also your best bet at getting a drinkable bottle would be to acquire more than 1

 

[jedwards]

I'm still doing more research (including having my trusted trading partner drink one) but wanted to reach out to anyone with experience on geuze of this age. Any remote clue on the brewery based on my limited description?

Unless there's some more detail on the bottle, or a cellar log, it likely won't be possible to identify either the brewery or the exact age (they do look like the 1950s Hanssens bottles that circulated awhile back -- I still have an empty of one, can take some detailed photos later for you). I've had a few lambics of this age and while not always good, they have all been drinkable and very interesting.

 

[jimmyr78]

Could be home brew, though Schepdaal is in the cradle of lambic country. De Troch, Timmermans, and some smaller breweries are nearby.

 

[Jspriest]

Could be home brew, though Schepdaal is in the cradle of lambic country. De Troch, Timmermans, and some smaller breweries are nearby.

Eylenbosch was/is in Schepdaal. I'm interested if you get multiples.

Fill levels are something to verify as well. They'll tell you as much as possible without opening a bottle.

 

[Snarf1]

I have an opportunity to acquire (via trade or purchase) some bottles of approximately 55-year-old geuze. All bottles have been stored in the same cellar in Schepdaal, Belfium since circa 1960, and I have photos of the cellar itself...it's as old, dusty and musty as you can imagine a centuries old building in Belgium. Cork condition on some bottles are pretty rough, some better than others. The brewery is unknown, and the only marking on all bottles is a splash of white paint, roughly the size of a label, in the middle of the bottle. I'm still doing more research (including having my trusted trading partner drink one) but wanted to reach out to anyone with experience on geuze of this age. Any remote clue on the brewery based on my limited description?

My assumptions are that it will be somewhere between horrible-to-undrinkable (sawdust-and-mold flavored bile?), but my curiosity and the 0.0001% chance that it's something marvelous has me leaning toward taking a chance. Has anyone tasted bottles this old?

I cannot get the flickr image to upload, but here's one of the photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129924877@N03/

Had a 50 yr old Drie Fonteinen about a year and a half ago that was absolute ****. Fill level was great and supposedly the guy it came from had another that he said was good, but this one was acetic and ethyl acetate out the wazoo. Choked some down, but it was nearly undrinkable.

 

[SeaWatchman]

I have an opportunity to acquire (via trade or purchase) some bottles of approximately 55-year-old geuze. All bottles have been stored in the same cellar in Schepdaal, Belfium since circa 1960, and I have photos of the cellar itself...it's as old, dusty and musty as you can imagine a centuries old building in Belgium. Cork condition on some bottles are pretty rough, some better than others. The brewery is unknown, and the only marking on all bottles is a splash of white paint, roughly the size of a label, in the middle of the bottle. I'm still doing more research (including having my trusted trading partner drink one) but wanted to reach out to anyone with experience on geuze of this age. Any remote clue on the brewery based on my limited description?

My assumptions are that it will be somewhere between horrible-to-undrinkable (sawdust-and-mold flavored bile?), but my curiosity and the 0.0001% chance that it's something marvelous has me leaning toward taking a chance. Has anyone tasted bottles this old?

I cannot get the flickr image to upload, but here's one of the photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129924877@N03/

Will continue this discussion over on the Lambic.Info FB group with you

 

[BusinessSloth]

I have an opportunity to acquire (via trade or purchase) some bottles of approximately 55-year-old geuze. All bottles have been stored in the same cellar in Schepdaal, Belfium since circa 1960, and I have photos of the cellar itself...it's as old, dusty and musty as you can imagine a centuries old building in Belgium. Cork condition on some bottles are pretty rough, some better than others. The brewery is unknown, and the only marking on all bottles is a splash of white paint, roughly the size of a label, in the middle of the bottle. I'm still doing more research (including having my trusted trading partner drink one) but wanted to reach out to anyone with experience on geuze of this age. Any remote clue on the brewery based on my limited description?

My assumptions are that it will be somewhere between horrible-to-undrinkable (sawdust-and-mold flavored bile?), but my curiosity and the 0.0001% chance that it's something marvelous has me leaning toward taking a chance. Has anyone tasted bottles this old?

I cannot get the flickr image to upload, but here's one of the photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129924877@N03/

Lol we may be talking to the same person as I was offered the same thing. I passed. I have my limits on risk taking and I'm not going to gamble $175 on enjoying the experience that much. I could stretch the money a lot further in other places

And it appears DHVL is sold out of Lindemans 20th Anniversary.

 

[HeadytheElder]

Do you guys know when LPK, LPF, and Vigneronne are usually released at Cantillon?

 

[Odesseiron]

LPK was released a couple months back. Vigneronne was supposed to be out by now, as far as I know.

 

[matedog]

Loosely related to above, I'm aware that lambic generally ages "well." I've had 14 year old lambic once and see plenty of great reviews of similar lambic from 98, 99, 00 range. I don't see too much older, let alone a lot older beyond a few trainwrecks (dontdrinkbeer's review of the 81 Belle Vue gueuze comes to mind). Is there a general consensus of how lambic can age beyond 15 years? I'm talking 25, 40, 50 years. Are you going to have more luck with Cantillon vs. some of the lesser gueuzeries (is that word?)?