Lambic Discussion Thread

[austinbridges]

For those times when you want to drink a whole 75cl in a single glass. 2010 Hanssens OG in my newly arrived 1 liter Winderickx glass. From Dworp with love. Amazing bottle of Hanssens too. Pretty much exemplifies what a geuze should be. Slight lemon citrus note with awesome mustiness on the back end , beautiful grassy notes, and great carbonation.

There's a MarkIntihar thread for that

 

[SeaWatchman]

There's a MarkIntihar thread for that

Oh it's already x-posted like 9 times

 

[ThreeFishes]

Anyone have 3F OG 12/1/10. Thats a birthday bottle for me.

Or a 3F OG 12/1/2004 Magnum would be acceptable as well....

Oh snap! Had a 12/1/04 magnum. Drank it with LambicKing and a few others recently. I need to read through this thread more often.

 

[Saind]

Don't know if this was posted yet but its coming back it seems. Didn't spot any bottles

 

[ridglens]

2005, sour but warming up to it... Definitely some acetic going on but the funk is helping the balance as it warms up a bit. Carb is minimal but it nice!

 

[infi]

2011 Golden Blend. Pity it opened completely flat Was hand delivered to me from a trading partner from Denmark in 2012 and stored properly since. But that lemon tartness and signature funk still shined through and the initial oakiness from earlier, fresher bottles has diminished more.

 

[regularjohn]

Don't know if this was posted yet but its coming back it seems. Didn't spot any bottles

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

Drank some lambic with blckout20 while we brewed a beer for his wedding.
Armand&Gomme- Light, crisp, mineral, lime

Thanks Doc

 

[Pneill3161]

oh its available....

God damn it, just checked that site now and it's gone. Should have recognized that text sooner.

 

[koplamp]

Poured the Belgian flag in lambic for yesterday's game for some good luck charm, no help unfortunately.

Rullquin - Pineapple lambic - Framboise homeblend

 

[kbhess]

Drank some lambic with blckout20 while we brewed a beer for his wedding.
Armand&Gomme- Light, crisp, mineral, lime

Thanks Doc

Just did the same thing today with skrip and jtclockwork

Really dug the a&g and think it will continue to develop really nicely.

Also had this 1990 gueze today which held up really well. A touch acidic, but still very bright and funky. Try cork was a pain in the ass to dig out.

 

[Stevedore1]

So.. Armand & Gaston is really good and is worth whatever the premium is? Or is it just that everyone drinking it is just acknowledging that 3F OG is really that good? Help unconfuse me.

 

[Saind]

So.. Armand & Gaston is really good and is worth whatever the premium is? Or is it just that everyone drinking it is just acknowledging that 3F OG is really that good? Help unconfuse me.

It's really good, kind of sets a new standard for 3F OG as this will be the normal OG in the future.

 

[Hopping Tiger]

It's really good, kind of sets a new standard for 3F OG as this will be the normal OG in the future.

So is current OG or this new OG better?

 

[Saind]

So is current OG or this new OG better?

I prefer this one but it is overcarbonated. As it ages and the bubbles get smaller it should be stellar.

 

[stakem1]

So, ive had the pleasure to drink more girardin fond geuze bierpallieters than the average joe throughout the years.

Ive had it fairly young where it tasted strongly of green bell peppers like some batches of mamouche seem to be.
Ive also had some bottles that were still and just weird.
Then, some years passed and I had 3 bottles in a row that I would describe as absolute geuze perfection.
Today I opened another and while it was flat, it was still pretty tasty but it lacked the jaw-dropping holy **** factor that the last 3 bottles had.

The bottle variation in this beer is killing me... all bottles were stored side by side and still tasted that drastically different. Something ive noticed though is that the amount of yeasty trub sitting on the bottom of the bottle seems to have a direct correlation to how carbonated/awesome the experience is.

Im gonna have to do a science project with my theory.

 

[stakem1]

Also did this last night (both were most recent bottlings.)

Im really not sure what my deal is, it almost seems like the older I get the less I care about rareity and the more I hate beer that is difficult/expensive to attain. Both of these beers were not new to me. Ive had them before and felt they were good but not great. However, drinking them with friends who never had them before and appreciated trying them elevated the entire experience to a completely different level.

Someone please correct me if im wrong but arnt these very similar beers? The only difference being that hommage has 5% kriek blended in? I mean, the bottle dates were a year apart but I was kinda shocked at how much the kriek addition in hommage tamed down the raspberry character that is so vibrant in boos.

Even though the boos was flat, it was tasty. The hommage was stellar in comparison to the last time I had it where it had some weird phenolics (older bottling.)

 

[Maakun]

So, ive had the pleasure to drink more girardin fond geuze bierpallieters than the average joe throughout the years.

Ive had it fairly young where it tasted strongly of green bell peppers like some batches of mamouche seem to be.
Ive also had some bottles that were still and just weird.
Then, some years passed and I had 3 bottles in a row that I would describe as absolute geuze perfection.
Today I opened another and while it was flat, it was still pretty tasty but it lacked the jaw-dropping holy **** factor that the last 3 bottles had.

The bottle variation in this beer is killing me... all bottles were stored side by side and still tasted that drastically different. Something ive noticed though is that the amount of yeasty trub sitting on the bottom of the bottle seems to have a direct correlation to how carbonated/awesome the experience is.

Im gonna have to do a science project with my theory.

I've sampled 3 bottles side by side at the Weekend van de Spontane Gisting and two were flat and decent, while one was carbonated and great. Yeah the variation is huge. I didn't look at the sediment though, will dot hat next time

 

[Thorpe]

It's really good, kind of sets a new standard for 3F OG as this will be the normal OG in the future.

Seconded. It's a bit different from standard OG, but I found it to be more bitter up front when comparing it to a bottle of standard OG that was bottled the same month. I certainly don't think it's worth the premium people are asking for it.

 

[Digita7693]

Seconded. It's a bit different from standard OG, but I found it to be more bitter up front when comparing it to a bottle of standard OG that was bottled the same month. I certainly don't think it's worth the premium people are asking for it.

Bottles are 10.50€, more than fair I think I saw bottles at ****** beer shops in Brussels for 55€ though...

 

[nsh221]

Bottles are 10.50€, more than fair I think I saw bottles at ****** beer shops in Brussels for 55€ though...

ha. beer planet. saw that yesterday. and hommage for 120. couldnt believe bulk pack from trappist world would have been cheaper, shipped.

 

[Digita7693]

ha. beer planet. saw that yesterday. and hommage for 120. couldnt believe bulk pack from trappist world would have been cheaper, shipped.

Yeah, **** that place!

 

[Thorpe]

Bottles are 10.50€, more than fair I think I saw bottles at ****** beer shops in Brussels for 55€ though...

That price is totally fair. By "asking for it" I was referring to traders.

 

[daniel1]

Bottles are 10.50€, more than fair I think I saw bottles at ****** beer shops in Brussels for 55€ though...

Saw it a few days ago at The Bottle Shop in Bruges for 20€.

 

[Digita7693]

Saw it a few days ago at The Bottle Shop in Bruges for 20€.

yeah, the good bottle shops aren't, in general, run by price gouging *********s, granted they're also not visited as often by dumb Americans who will pay 55€...

 

[Padraig]

M8, you can shove yer Framboos and LPF. This continues to be a big juicy, tangy bastard.

 

[Saind]

M8, you can shove yer Framboos and LPF. This continues to be a big juicy, tangy bastard.

How is this with age on it? Only had it fresh

 

[Padraig]

No idea to be honest. This is yet another one claiming to be from Jan 2006. I've never sat on a bottle for more that a year so I guess I've only drunk it fresh myself.

 

[The Red Viper]

How is this with age on it? Only had it fresh

IMO De Cam in general ages better than any other lambic. There's a lot of batch variation though.

 

[user 308679]

http://www.mybeercollectibles.com/listing/lambic-6-pack-cantillon-drie-fonteinen/151782

Could certainly cross post this in the shittiest deal thread, but found the stickers to be interesting.

Don't believe I've seen a '13 sticker LPF in the wild. Not to mention the '13 LPK.