Lambic Discussion Thread

[tylerk88]

Like two years ago I asked my favorite beer shop if they had any Tilquin in. They responded yes, that it’s not a “limited release” and that they’d hold for me as many as I wanted.

Messaged the same shop a few months ago and they told me that, like all limited releases, they’d post on FB when it arrived.

I still stumble into their gueuze pretty regularly, but some shops are treating it like Cantillon/3F, and customers are definitely buying it.

 

[holldy01]

Like two years ago I asked my favorite beer shop if they had any Tilquin in. They responded yes, that it’s not a “limited release” and that they’d hold for me as many as I wanted.

Messaged the same shop a few months ago and they told me that, like all limited releases, they’d post on FB when it arrived.

I still stumble into their gueuze pretty regularly, but some shops are treating it like Cantillon/3F, and customers are definitely buying it.

Oh I’m sure, this area just doesn’t appreciate tilquin enough to justify the regular varieties price point or don’t really know about it. Right now I see a lot of Mure and OG sit around but the Pinot Noir I only know of 1 place to get a case and they treated it like Cantillon but it sat for over a month but they also aren’t the place people are thinking about for lambic. It’s a distributor so selling single bottles is weird in a style where it was illegal until recently. And this placed is so overpriced and big beer no one was checking it. Groseille saw a bit larger release but into the right stores so that moved quickly.

 

[Maakun]

Crazy that the US got so much of these limited Tilquins, pretty hard to get a bottle around here...

 

[boogercrack]

Crazy that specific small areas of the US got so much of these limited Tilquins, pretty hard to get a bottle around here...

meanwhile over here, i'm excited when i see cuvee rene on the shelf.

 

[Saind]

Crazy that the US got so much of these limited Tilquins, pretty hard to get a bottle around here...

I got 2 cases at €13 a bottle last week

It's not that hard

 

[Maakun]

Maybe if you know some out-of-the-way shop, or arrive someplace just when they put it out, but if more people would know where to get that it would sell out in minutes. Someone posted those package deals that Grote Dorst online store offered on Facebook and they were gone in 20 minutes. I haven't seen any Pinot or Groseille locally.

Feel free to send me a PM though

 

[wuntrikpony]

Maybe if you know some out-of-the-way shop, or arrive someplace just when they put it out, but if more people would know where to get that it would sell out in minutes.

That's exactly how it works here.

 

[andrewdrinks]

Are 3F still selling the OGVH and A&GV? Flying to Luxembourg tomorrow and wondering whether to make the drive up.

 

[falc0n26001]

We sell lambic at the bar I work at for on-site only, with as little markup as possible. Tilquin and 3F are usually $34, and Cantillon is usually $25. Right now we have 375s of Rosé de Gambribus and they’re $15, which seems like a slightly higher markup than usual. I’ve sold one bottle in a week

 

[SeaWatchman]

We sell lambic at the bar I work at for on-site only, with as little markup as possible. Tilquin and 3F are usually $34, and Cantillon is usually $25. Right now we have 375s of Rosé de Gambribus and they’re $15, which seems like a slightly higher markup than usual. I’ve sold one bottle in a week

Lambic is kind of passé now in terms of hype and trade value, which is kind of awesome IMO - at least from a general accessibility standpoint.

 

[2plums4one]

Lambic is kind of passé now in terms of hype and trade value, which is kind of awesome IMO - at least from a general accessibility standpoint.

ISO unhyped and fairly priced:
zenne
GCB brut
50n

 

[boogercrack]

Lambic is kind of passé now in terms of hype and trade value, which is kind of awesome IMO - at least from a general accessibility standpoint.

I just want to get back to a world where I can freely order Cantillon Kriek and 3F OG 750s for a reasonable price at my leisure.

I'm a simple man.

 

[skrip]

Bokk shirts up on Etre if anyones into that sort of thing!

 

[SeaWatchman]

ISO unhyped and fairly priced:
zenne
GCB brut
50n

You’re purposely picking the most sought after releases of the last three years though. Go outside of that and it is actually pretty easy to get non-seasonal stuff (which is usually just as good if not better than all of those).

I just want to get back to a world where I can freely order Cantillon Kriek and 3F OG 750s for a reasonable price at my leisure.

I'm a simple man.

I think that’s been happening a lot more lately, especially with 3F as they’ve upped their output so much.

 

[Stevedore1]

Drinking a full bottle of Cantillon RdG to yourself on a weeknight is one of life's truly underrated pleasures.

And the fact that people are paying less and less attention to those particular lambics is a good thing for me.

 

[stakem1]

Drinking a full bottle of Cantillon RdG to yourself on a weeknight is one of life's truly underrated pleasures.

And the fact that people are paying less and less attention to those particular lambics is a good thing for me.

I dont even know who I am anymore. Id rather drink a 3f or cantillon kriek than hommage, framboos, fou, lamvinous or vig. For the better part of the last decade I had some serious hate for kriek regardless who made it.

 

[MikeG1]

This is often true, but have you tried this year's Fou??? It's ridiculous.

I dont even know who I am anymore. Id rather drink a 3f or cantillon kriek than hommage, framboos, fou, lamvinous or vig. For the better part of the last decade I had some serious hate for kriek regardless who made it.

 

[stupac2]

Drinking a full bottle of Cantillon RdG to yourself on a weeknight is one of life's truly underrated pleasures.

And the fact that people are paying less and less attention to those particular lambics is a good thing for me.

It used to be not all that uncommon to stumble across Cantillon shelfies around here. Then it got to be "you need to know the guys" to get any. Now I never even hear of the stuff hitting shelves.

If the hype for lambic has died down, it sure hasn't affected this area at all.

 

[JCastle1]

This is often true, but have you tried this year's Fou??? It's ridiculous.

Fou has always been one of my least favorites, is this year's batch really that good?

 

[MikeG1]

Fou has always been one of my least favorites, is this year's batch really that good?

It's the best fresh batch I've had in a long time. Last few years have been very uneven. This year's is perfect.

 

[NClambicguy]

This is the first year that tilquin OG and 3F A&G have been relative shelfies in my area. It's quite nice, although the $32 price tag for A&G is pretty prohibitive as far as my ability to stock way up. Hopefully this trend continues and prices don't continually rise.

 

[rrryanc]

It used to be not all that uncommon to stumble across Cantillon shelfies around here. Then it got to be "you need to know the guys" to get any. Now I never even hear of the stuff hitting shelves.

If the hype for lambic has died down, it sure hasn't affected this area at all.

Cantillon yes, but 3F just sits on shelves these days. Part of it is that the price jumped ~2x from the old days, but still.

 

[NClambicguy]

Can we also discuss that Etre suggested that Bokkereyder may be available at some point in the future?

 

[Lamnic]

Can we also discuss that Etre suggested that Bokkereyder may be available at some point in the future?

I mean, it's gotta happen eventually... right?

 

[NClambicguy]

I mean, it's gotta happen eventually... right?

Does it? He could be like Tilquin and ask online sellers to not list it. I don't think most retailers stock Girardin either except for maybe Kurt. Another option would be he picks certain bars in the US that could sell on site like he does in Europe. I wouldn't have been shocked to see him go that route and supply bottles to Sovereign, Monk's, etc in the US.

 

[lazerviking]

I got in to this the other night, sadly without stakem. It was just lovely - very soft; excellent fruit character; minimal acidity. Hope to have a few more before Tom exhausts his supply/starts hoarding them.

 

[stupac2]

Cantillon yes, but 3F just sits on shelves these days. Part of it is that the price jumped ~2x from the old days, but still.

Well 3F has always been relatively easy to get. Cantillon specifically is the problem, and it's just getting harder and harder if you don't have people in Europe.

 

[rrryanc]

Well 3F has always been relatively easy to get. Cantillon specifically is the problem, and it's just getting harder and harder if you don't have people in Europe.

This time two years ago you were not walking into K&L on any random day and finding 3F on the shelf. Ya, it'd pop up and sit for a couple of days, maybe even weeks - but it wasn't as mindless as now.

 

[JohnfromPurdue]

Where is this magical land where people find 3F OG on the shelf?

 

[Gaseous Clay]

Where is this magical land where people find 3F OG on the shelf?

Its been sitting on the shelves of a lot of stores out by me. The mark up has been steady and I imagine its been keeping a lot of people away. Distro sizes have also increased though.