Lambic Discussion Thread

[tehzachatak]

I did before we bought a house. It wasn't super deep but it was all backfill in there. A friend built a set of U-shaped shelves for me eventually but before that I just laid down a bunch of cardboard over the fill and put my cases down there. Eventually got rid of everything but the lambic. THe temperature always held below 68deg. I'll just put spoiler tags around all the photos so as not to clog up the forum.

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Nice lambics up on the top right there

 

[Stevedore1]

375ml Fou and St Lam

 

[xscottypx]

I did before we bought a house. It wasn't super deep but it was all backfill in there. A friend built a set of U-shaped shelves for me eventually but before that I just laid down a bunch of cardboard over the fill and put my cases down there. Eventually got rid of everything but the lambic. THe temperature always held below 68deg. I'll just put spoiler tags around all the photos so as not to clog up the forum.

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mine will look like your bottom pic. i was thinking of building shelves like that but crawling through dirt to get to them kinda sucks.

 

[matedog]

375ml Fou and St Lam

Or are those just further back on the shelf?

 

[SeaWatchman]

375ml Fou and St Lam

375 of Fou, St. Lam, and Vig, yes At one point I had 375ml bottles of nearly every non-one off (and some one-offs like Monks) Cantillon available that were filled including Cuvee des Champions.

mine will look like your bottom pic. i was thinking of building shelves like that but crawling through dirt to get to them kinda sucks.

Yeah, it inspired me to rarely go down there because it was a pain in the ass. The guy that built the shelves for me was barely 5 feet though, so it was easy for him.

 

[Quatz]

I dunno, I think that depends on how you define "enthusiast". I've definitely encountered Belgians who were into Belgian beer who didn't know what Bio Gueuze tasted like. Maybe that's the oddball, but I sort of think of it like American enthusiasts being aware of, say, Russian River. Decent odds they've heard rumors of "Pliney the Youngest", but they don't really know anything about it.

Definitely true. I've only started drinking geuzes a little over a year ago. I was always into beer (going to bars with a decent amount of beers and ordering stuff I didn't know, picking up new bottles in supermarkets,...) but not really into beer like I am now. I guess a lot of Belgians never go beyond that first stage.

 

[ASUBeer]

Now this **** is why we have kick starter! Who's with me!

I'll be in charge of our seasonal lambics:

Homey-age
And
2yr old lambic aged on brussel sprouts

 

[boogercrack]

I'll be in charge of our seasonal lambics:

Homey-age
And
2yr old lambic aged on brussel sprouts

#futurerusticmamouche

 

[BusinessSloth]

2005 sticker Lou Pepe Kriek (bottled 07). Very musty and funky with the cherries slightly faded, but still quite discernible. I'm happy I purchased this bottle. This is only the 2nd older Cantillon I've had, but I've noticed their beer seems to develop an interesting lemon citrus note that displays itself prominently in the nose and taste

 

[ASUBeer]

2005 sticker Lou Pepe Kriek (bottled 07). Very musty and funky with the cherries slightly faded, but still quite discernible. I'm happy I purchased this bottle. This is only the 2nd older Cantillon I've had, but I've noticed their beer seems to develop an interesting lemon citrus note that displays itself prominently in the nose and taste

I love the intense balance of funk and lemon in their beers after about the 4-5 year mark.

I've also got no patience to wait that long. Dem gimme now American feels.

 

[Shakedwnst]

So my bottle of gueuze cuvee Renee was bottled LD04NGC. Does that mean what I think it does?

 

[Shakedwnst]

Guess not. Bottled 4/4/14?

 

[SeaWatchman]

Bottle #0901, brewed 2008, bottled 2010. If you have this to someone and told them it was a witbier they would never know. Super dry and funky, a peppery almost Mamouche like quality. Nice green apple tartness. Really good stuff.

 

[SeaWatchman]

It's possible that I might also have bottle #0001 in my cellar... that or it's a terrible 7.

 

[The Red Viper]

Bottle #0901, brewed 2008, bottled 2010. If you have this to someone and told them it was a witbier they would never know. Super dry and funky, a peppery almost Mamouche like quality. Nice green apple tartness. Really good stuff.

I really liked this four years ago and wish I had another. I'm a nerd for witbier.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Can't decide if offensive or funny....

 

[Pneill3161]

New Oude lambiek (I think) with old label with 2001 date crossed out. If this is the new batch it's fantastic, drinking like a 10+ year old gueuze.

 

[BusinessSloth]

Can't decide if offensive or funny....

I'd say both, but rather hope this does not make Girardin a target by putting this comic strip out there. They're my #2 favorite lambic. Just out of curiosity thinking now, what would happen to the gueuze industry if one of the large lambic wort providers became completely decimated? Would it have a disastrous effect on the overall industry? Would we see smaller lambic blenders go out of business?

Edit: is there a spot on lambic info that details the largest to smaller lambic producers? Curious about who the largest producers are. Not necessarily blenders.

 

[SeaWatchman]

I'd say both, but rather hope this does not make Girardin a target by putting this comic strip out there. They're my #2 favorite lambic. Just out of curiosity thinking now, what would happen to the gueuze industry if one of the large lambic wort providers became completely decimated? Would it have a disastrous effect on the overall industry? Would we see smaller lambic blenders go out of business?

Edit: is there a spot on lambic info that details the largest to smaller lambic producers? Curious about who the largest producers are. Not necessarily blenders.

Well there is truth to the comic: http://www.persinfo.org/2015/03/21/zwaar-bewapende-overvallers-carjacken-brouwer-sint-ulriks-kapelle

I'm pretty sure the largest producer is Lindemans followed by Boon and Timmermans, but I could be wrong. We don't have actual numbers outside of some really dated ones in different books.

 

[SeaWatchman]

I think someone was asking about Boon dating in here a few (many?) pages back. Just opened a Mariage Parfait Kriek with a 2008 neck label, and I believe it was bottled in 2010. The neck label says 2008 harvest, leading me to believe that the cherries were harvest in 2008, froze, and put in one year old lambic brewed in the 2009-2010 season and then bottled late 2010.

 

[drbenzo1]

F

I did before we bought a house. It wasn't super deep but it was all backfill in there. A friend built a set of U-shaped shelves for me eventually but before that I just laid down a bunch of cardboard over the fill and put my cases down there. Eventually got rid of everything but the lambic. THe temperature always held below 68deg. I'll just put spoiler tags around all the photos so as not to clog up the forum.

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Dat Yuengling Lager!

 

[BusinessSloth]

What's up with this Jean Chris Nomad 2014 popping up on Untappd with a weird label, all about?

 

[SeaWatchman]

What's up with this Jean Chris Nomad 2014 popping up on Untappd with a weird label, all about?

It's a series released every year. 2011 happened to be a lambic.

 

[BusinessSloth]

cantillon pitchers now in-stock. All sizes.

Cheers!

Edit: So if I'm reading correctly, the .5 liter pitchers are mustard/beige. 1 liters are aleways blue, and the 2L's are stone or grayish?

 

[ridglens]

cantillon pitchers now in-stock. All sizes.

Cheers!

donde?

nvrmd, brewery site

 

[BusinessSloth]

donde?

their website shop. Go to cantillon website and click their shop button. Can't do all the work for you guys

Got myself a 2L and 1L. regularjohn i know you like these a lot.

 

[deeblo]

cantillon pitchers now in-stock. All sizes.

Cheers!

Edit: So if I'm reading correctly, the .5 liter pitchers are mustard/beige. 1 liters are aleways blue, and the 2L's are stone or grayish?

I've seen 0.5L, 1L, and 2L in both beige and blue at the brewery. Never seen the stone ones before.

 

[SeaWatchman]

They always come in different sizes/colors.

 

[skrip]

awesome thanks guys! i got the 1L

 

[Beerontwowheels]

awesome thanks guys! i got the 1L

Same + the old logo shirt to help justify the 40€ shipping.