Lambic Discussion Thread

[Shakedwnst]

You are a brave, brave man. Traveling in Belgium anywhere with my two year old sounds like an absolute ******* nightmare.

We did a week in California in October that went much better than expected. Making an effort to get him more acclimated to sitting in a restaurant for before we go also. we're not ready to give up travel, so may as well get him used to it....

 

[Hopping Tiger]

We did a week in California in October that went much better than expected. Making an effort to get him more acclimated to sitting in a restaurant for before we go also. we're not ready to give up travel, so may as well get him used to it....

The more you do it the easier it gets.

 

[stakem1]

How many "batches" of A&G can there be? I mean we all know "A&G" is just going to be what regular 3F OG is from here on out, but how long are they going to slap those names on the label, where is the line drawn..isn't the whole point of a "Cuvee" that it's special? If different bottlings from the same stocks of lambic are also different blends, doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of using that label as well...

Tell that to Lindemanns, they have been calling it cuvee rene for far too long using that logic.

I hope it continues forever and people stop obsessing over it like its something rare/one-off. I dream of the day I can log on to BIAB and order a bulk pack of both A&G and OG and just sit naked in the woods contemplating how I cant tell which one I like more than the other so I just continue to drink them both without worrying about 1 or the other becoming hyped with inflated price and scarce availability.


That wasnt the response you were looking for, was it?

 

[GetchaPull]

In house OGVs....oh man...

Anyone know how much those run? I hope they last through May...for selfish reasons

What dates?

 

[DCLA]

What dates?

May 4-9 (got lucky it's the same weekend as Toer de Geuze)

Edit: sweet avatar

 

[JBP]

Tell that to Lindemanns, they have been calling it cuvee rene for far too long using that logic.

I hope it continues forever and people stop obsessing over it like its something rare/one-off. I dream of the day I can log on to BIAB and order a bulk pack of both A&G and OG and just sit naked in the woods contemplating how I cant tell which one I like more than the other so I just continue to drink them both without worrying about 1 or the other becoming hyped with inflated price and scarce availability.


That wasnt the response you were looking for, was it?

Haha, I suppose I was more just whining rhetorically, but I agree with everything you said. Especially the naked in the woods part.

 

[regularjohn]

bungholes

 

[GetchaPull]

May 4-9 (got lucky it's the same weekend as Toer de Geuze)

Edit: sweet avatar

Ah. Will miss you by a week. Coming out with Spoonsock and GregorySingh again? Have fun at TdG!

 

[DCLA]

Ah. Will miss you by a week. Coming out with Spoonsock and GregorySingh again? Have fun at TdG!

No, not this time. Thanks!

 

[daniel1]

Tell that to Lindemanns, they have been calling it cuvee rene for far too long using that logic.

I hope it continues forever and people stop obsessing over it like its something rare/one-off. I dream of the day I can log on to BIAB and order a bulk pack of both A&G and OG and just sit naked in the woods contemplating how I cant tell which one I like more than the other so I just continue to drink them both without worrying about 1 or the other becoming hyped with inflated price and scarce availability.


That wasnt the response you were looking for, was it?

So you're telling me the guy selling two 375s at $65 each on a local Facebook group is a bad deal?

 

[dirtinabottle]

Tell that to Lindemanns, they have been calling it cuvee rene for far too long using that logic.

I hope it continues forever and people stop obsessing over it like its something rare/one-off. I dream of the day I can log on to BIAB and order a bulk pack of both A&G and OG and just sit naked in the woods contemplating how I cant tell which one I like more than the other so I just continue to drink them both without worrying about 1 or the other becoming hyped with inflated price and scarce availability.


That wasnt the response you were looking for, was it?

care if i pull up a stump and join you in that forest?

 

[SeaWatchman]

Afaik there were no 75's of the last batch of A&G. I might have just missed them though.
They did produce the magnums and 375's of the last batch and that batch was a whole lot more active
(Don't shoot me if I'm wrong on the 75's though )

10/6/15: 750ml 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic, approximately 5,000 bottles

10/20/15: 750ml 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic, approximately 3,800 bottles

Aren't those the first batches and not the last one?

There's been a new batch? Yikes

Pretty sure I've seen a bottle with a December date?

Yeah, batch 1 had 750's and 375's (still have a box of those) don't think that one had Magnums or at least they were not telling about those in the brewery.
Batch 2 had 375's and they mentioned "dangerous" magnums Have not seen 750's of those. At least not for sale...

How many "batches" of A&G can there be? I mean we all know "A&G" is just going to be what regular 3F OG is from here on out, but how long are they going to slap those names on the label, where is the line drawn..isn't the whole point of a "Cuvee" that it's special? If different bottlings from the same stocks of lambic are also different blends, doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of using that label as well...

I think I can help clear some of this up. The bottle log on Lambic.Info is 100% accurate with what has been released for A&G, including the December date. That info all comes to us straight from 3F. Whether or not all of those have been made available to gen pop is another story. The magnums certainly haven't. They're resting vertically in 3F's barrel room because they are explosively carbonated. The bottles might actually kill andrewdrinks if he looks at them funny, they're that carbonated.

What we're getting tripped up on here is the word "batch" vs. what they really are... individual blends. It is going to be a continuous thing going forward and for a good while there will be two lines of OG: those blended with just lambic brewed by 3F and those blended with lambic brewed by 3F as well as wort they've received from other breweries and matured into lambic there. There simply isn't enough stock of 3F-brewed lambic to only release 3F-brewed geuze blends.

Regarding the words blend and batch... 3F is working on some new labeling and wording that is going to distinguish the idea of 1 bottle date = 1 blend, and that each blend has the potential to be wildly different depending on a myriad of factors. Without revealing too much, I think you will see that the new label(s) affixed to the new screen printed bottles will better help you track in which sequence the blend was done and in which season. I believe that will be the case for all of their line going forward.

 

[JBP]

I think I can help clear some of this up. The bottle log on Lambic.Info is 100% accurate with what has been released for A&G, including the December date. That info all comes to us straight from 3F. Whether or not all of those have been made available to gen pop is another story. The magnums certainly haven't. They're resting vertically in 3F's barrel room because they are explosively carbonated. The bottles might actually kill andrewdrinks if he looks at them funny, they're that carbonated.

What we're getting tripped up on here is the word "batch" vs. what they really are... individual blends. It is going to be a continuous thing going forward and for a good while there will be two lines of OG: those blended with just lambic brewed by 3F and those blended with lambic brewed by 3F as well as wort they've received from other breweries and matured into lambic there. There simply isn't enough stock of 3F-brewed lambic to only release 3F-brewed geuze blends.

Regarding the words blend and batch... 3F is working on some new labeling and wording that is going to distinguish the idea of 1 bottle date = 1 blend, and that each blend has the potential to be wildly different depending on a myriad of factors. Without revealing too much, I think you will see that the new label(s) affixed to the new screen printed bottles will better help you track in which sequence the blend was done and in which season. I believe that will be the case for all of their line going forward.

Lambicdotinfo'ed. Thanks man.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Been doing a little bit of digging into the vintage stock these past few weekends. This time I found my box of 2011 classic bottled March 9, 2011. Relatively certain these came from a friend right around late 2011/early 2012. Cork/cap was surprisingly clean with no gunk and the cork came out fully intact. These 2011s have never been stored horizontally since I've had them. No real pop or bubbles when it opened, but it pours with a fairly dense, cream head that lingers. This is classic aged Cantillon Gueuze — somewhat grainy with a mildly acetic nose and smelling just like the brewery. Taste is dry, with a lot of oakiness, leather, lemon citrus, and maybe getting just a tiny hint of oxidation (which I think is a plus here). Really thick and chewy on the palate with a nice soft mouthfeel. Glad I've got a few of these left.

 

[andrewdrinks]

http://www.flanderstoday.eu/living/upstart-lambic-blender-puts-new-twist-ancient-craft

 

[2plums4one]

"the user-generated website RateBeer.com named his the best new brewery in the world for 2016"
hmmmm. but.....
I do hear his stuff is divine though.

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

http://www.flanderstoday.eu/living/upstart-lambic-blender-puts-new-twist-ancient-craft

"the user-generated website RateBeer.com named his the best new brewery in the world for 2016"
hmmmm. but.....
I do hear his stuff is divine though.

It sounds like part of this article is probably about koplamp . Cool read!

I knew there was something special about Bokker's beers...now I know it is because they are made of labmic wort.

 

[thewimperoo]

Thanks for sharing SwedishJesus This was a fun beer to try. I didn't think I'd ever get to sample some Bokker beer.

 

[LuxWanderer]

It sounds like part of this article is probably about koplamp . Cool read!

You are correct koplamp is indeed a source in the article. The piece was written by a friend andrewdrinks and I know

 

[SeaWatchman]

 

[LukeAleTime]

Who did the original But Still Not Lambic picture?

SeaWatchman any idea? I'm going to steal it for a blog post but being a good guy, I would like them to be ok with me doing it first.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Who did the original But Still Not Lambic picture?

SeaWatchman any idea? I'm going to steal it for a blog post but being a good guy, I would like them to be ok with me doing it first.

Gosh, I have no idea. It's been around forever. GoozySosa ?

 

[regularjohn]

Who did the original But Still Not Lambic picture?

SeaWatchman any idea? I'm going to steal it for a blog post but being a good guy, I would like them to be ok with me doing it first.

good thing it's just a meme

 

[LukeAleTime]

good thing it's just a meme

eh. Given people have stolen my **** before without credit and it's bugged me, it doesn't hurt to try find out at least.

 

[regularjohn]

eh. Given people have stolen my **** before without credit and it's bugged me, it doesn't hurt to try find out at least.

 

[GoozySosa]

Who did the original But Still Not Lambic picture?

SeaWatchman any idea? I'm going to steal it for a blog post but being a good guy, I would like them to be ok with me doing it first.

that was me and its all good fam. memes are meant to be shared thats the point of them.

 

[LukeAleTime]

that was me and its all good fam. memes are meant to be shared thats the point of them.

Thanks!

 

[JDM0221]

Lots of Cantillon Gueuze, Kriek, and RdG on Etre

 

[mrk_d]

Lots of Tart of Darkness up as well.

 

[mvl339]

Lots of Tart of Darkness up as well.

lots of evil twin too