Lambic Discussion Thread

[GetchaPull]

Will be at 3F about noon if anybody wants to hang out and/or split bottles. Heading to Tilquin first.

 

[kscaldef]

Will be at 3F about noon if anybody wants to hang out and/or split bottles. Heading to Tilquin first.

It's cantillon today for me. I'll be hanging out this afternoon for a bit, wearing a lambic.info shirt if anyone wants to say hi and share a bottle or two

 

[GetchaPull]

It's cantillon today for me. I'll be hanging out this afternoon for a bit, wearing a lambic.info shirt if anyone wants to say hi and share a bottle or two

May end up at Cantillon later this afternoon if you'll still be around. Look for a gray shirt too.

 

[sunnrider]

Will be at 3F about noon if anybody wants to hang out and/or split bottles. Heading to Tilquin first.

Are you using public transport/uber or driving? I´m trying to work out the logistics of doing this with a few people at the end of this month. Tilquin is Saturdays only afaik and I don´t know if 3F is going to be open regularly or not yet.

 

[GetchaPull]

Are you using public transport/uber or driving? I´m trying to work out the logistics of doing this with a few people at the end of this month. Tilquin is Saturdays only afaik and I don´t know if 3F is going to be open regularly or not yet.

We drove ourselves because it wasn't immediately apparent how we'd go about public trans...and we were too lazy to check it out in time. Pretty easy drive from Tilquin (believe only open on Sat) to the 3F LoD...and from there to Cantillon wasn't horrible, but should be easy by train due to the nearby stop in Lot.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Old school Toer de Geuze

 

[dirtinabottle]

Old school Toer de Geuze

ahhhh, great vintage map. thanks for sharing. living vicariously via this thread right now

 

[andrejes]

http://www.ringtv.be/nieuws/opening...om-voor-bierliefhebbers#.V8pwbfFzC2Y.facebook
great impression of the new lambik-O-droom. (and me at 0.22 min with sunglasses )

 

[Snarf1]

Me when I saw Girardin black on the shelf for the first time in two years

Me when I saw it was $14/375

 

[Kentucky1]

didn't he gaffle a bunch of stuff from Cantillon's cellar? what say you, tylermains?

God bless you for "gaffle". God bless you.

 

[Maakun]

That 3F OGV 2012 they are puring at the new place is amazing, maybe one of the best beers I've ever had.

Noticed Cantillon had Menu Pineau but they sold the last bottle just when I wanted to order one... Bit of a bummer, but I had so mayne great beers yesterday I can't really complain.

 

[tupacmoi]

That 3F OGV 2012 they are puring at the new place is amazing, maybe one of the best beers I've ever had.

Noticed Cantillon had Menu Pineau but they sold the last bottle just when I wanted to order one... Bit of a bummer, but I had so mayne great beers yesterday I can't really complain.

I got the same feelings about Ogv 2012 . It was really amazing !

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

Is this the same OGV from last open beer days? Same bottling date maybe? I know they have two size formats now but I wonder if the contents are the same.

 

[Saind]

Is this the same OGV from last open beer days? Same bottling date maybe? I know they have two size formats now but I wonder if the contents are the same.

I thought the 375 tasted slightly more oaky but that might have been confirmation bias. Both definitely up there as some of the best lambic I've ever tasted

 

[Maakun]

It's a different year from the last open beer days, this year was 2012, last year 2010. Also the big bottles have different botteling dates (the 2012 a month apart) so they do have different contents. The OGV is the regular gueuze but they choose the batches that turned out especially well, so different dates can mean very different contents.

 

[primebeer]

It's a different year from the last open beer days, this year was 2012, last year 2010. Also the big bottles have different botteling dates (the 2012 a month apart) so they do have different contents. The OGV is the regular gueuze but they choose the batches that turned out especially well, so different dates can mean very different contents.

Last year had 2012 OGV 750s, I think GuzzleMcBrew is asking if this year's 2012 OGV has the same bottling dates as the previous release. I think my bottle is a 1.26.15 but I need to check. Either way, great news that this batch is tasting great!

 

[Saind]

Last year had 2012 OGV 750s, I think GuzzleMcBrew is asking if this year's 2012 OGV has the same bottling dates as the previous release. I think my bottle is a 1.26.15 but I need to check. Either way, great news that this batch is tasting great!

Yes I do go to bed with my lambiek.

 

[Maakun]

Yeah my mistake, last year had both 2010 (small) and 2012 (big) bottles.

 

[Padraig]

The 375ml of 2012 I had reminded me of cobwebs. No idea why, it's not like that's something I've ever consumed.

 

[Shakedwnst]

So does the 750 still have the same January date?

 

[PDXAmbassador1]

The 375ml of 2012 I had reminded me of cobwebs. No idea why, it's not like that's something I've ever consumed.

Actually the average person consumes 4 spiders a year in their sleep. I'm sure some webs get in there unknowingly as well.

 

[Padraig]

*gags*

 

[tupacmoi]

Anybody could help me on those one ?
First on left seems a geuze from ... ?
Second one is normally druiven gueuze from 3 Fonteinen ...
Third one seems a geuze without Cork from ... ?
Fourth one seems like fruitlambic without Cork and really high level !

Thanks !

 

[stupac2]

What is going on with all these people who can't identify old bottles ending up with old bottles? I'd be pretty ******* suspicious that I was being fleeced if I were any of you guys...

 

[tupacmoi]

Thanks

What is going on with all these people who can't identify old bottles ending up with old bottles? I'd be pretty ******* suspicious that I was being fleeced if I were any of you guys...

Thanks for this . You are the best

 

[Maakun]

So does the 750 still have the same January date?

Yes they do.

 

[SeaWatchman]

What is going on with all these people who can't identify old bottles ending up with old bottles? I'd be pretty ******* suspicious that I was being fleeced if I were any of you guys...

I don't even bother with old bottles anymore. Provenance is becoming a huge issue, and even with bottles that are <10 years old, I'm weary that it's been passed around a few too many times.

 

[falc0n26001]

I don't even bother with old bottles anymore. Provenance is becoming a huge issue, and even with bottles that are <10 years old, I'm weary that it's been passed around a few too many times.

Speaking of provenance, what are some of the oldest bottles people have that they know the provenance of for sure? Or, even easier, what's the oldest bottle you've bought off the shelf and not gotten from someone else (who maybe got it from someone else who maybe...)?

 

[stupac2]

I don't even bother with old bottles anymore. Provenance is becoming a huge issue, and even with bottles that are <10 years old, I'm weary that it's been passed around a few too many times.

That too. It's one thing when you can be pretty confident that it's had one owner, but for some mystery bottle? Who the hell knows how it's been stored, and you're paying how much for it? I mean, if you want to gamble go for it, but I'd personally stick to places you can trust (or be patient and age it yourself!).

 

[LukeAleTime]

Actually the average person consumes 4 spiders a year in their sleep. I'm sure some webs get in there unknowingly as well.

Not true:

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp

So how did this claim arise? In a 1993 PC Professional article, columnist Lisa Holst wrote about the ubiquitous lists of "facts" that were circulating via e-mail and how readily they were accepted as truthful by gullible recipients. To demonstrate her point, Holst offered her own made-up list of equally ridiculous "facts," among which was the statistic cited above about the average person's swallowing eight spiders per year, which she took from a collection of common misbeliefs printed in a 1954 book on insect folklore. In a delicious irony, Holst's propagation of this false "fact" has spurred it into becoming one of the most widely-circulated bits of misinformation to be found on the Internet.