Lambic Discussion Thread

[Dsal891]

1/16/14 3f is also awesome. Gonna be hard to sit on of these

 

[LukeAleTime]

I have October 2014 and thought it was a little underdone. I reckon in a year or two it'll be magic

 

[mrk_d]

1/16/14 3f is also awesome. Gonna be hard to sit on of these

Oh ****, birthday 3F...

 

[SeaWatchman]

Oh ****, birthday 3F...

Ruh roh

 

[thefleshlight]

#YOLO

That's dirty.

Anyone know how their reservation system works? I reserved a few things a week ago maybe. Might want to complete this order or if they let me reserve these guys too...

PS- De Cam Framboozles are back in too! Yiisss

 

[sliverx]

Where do you live if you don't mind me asking?

Buffalo NY

 

[thefleshlight]

Buffalo NY

He is in beeflo too? I see you're there, and judging by your username, I'm gonna assume it's the same on untappd which that means I've met you too.

 

[kscaldef]

That's dirty.

Anyone know how their reservation system works? I reserved a few things a week ago maybe. Might want to complete this order or if they let me reserve these guys too...

PS- De Cam Framboozles are back in too! Yiisss

They will email you at the end of each quarter to close out and ship your box. Or I assume you can email them to ask where things stand with your current orders and have them ship earlier.

 

[thefleshlight]

They will email you at the end of each quarter to close out and ship your box. Or I assume you can email them to ask where things stand with your current orders and have them ship earlier.

Awesome. Thanks dude.

 

[CornAndBeer]

Dates:

Reservation (Later Shipment): The items you have ordered will be kept in our warehouse until you have purchased enough to fill a box, you wish to receive them or we have reached the end of the quarter. All items must be shipped by the end of each quarter (20th of Mars, 20th of June, 20th of September and 20th of December) following the purchase date of the first reservation order. Once the order is ready to be shipped, you will receive a PayPal invoice for the shipping costs.

 

[sliverx]

He is in beeflo too? I see you're there, and judging by your username, I'm gonna assume it's the same on untappd which that means I've met you too.

Yes he's here too. We've met IRL?


Edit: saw your untappd in profile and yes we've met.

 

[sherm10161]

Had a bottle of St. Gilloise last night that was bottled 9 March 2015 (Euro bottle). The beer was nearly still, a bit syrupy, and sweet (along with some familiar Cantillon funk/tartness). It was bad, but it certainly was the beer I remember. Anyone else run into this, either with this batch or other batches?

 

[SeaWatchman]

Had a bottle of St. Gilloise last night that was bottled 9 March 2015 (Euro bottle). The beer was nearly still, a bit syrupy, and sweet (along with some familiar Cantillon funk/tartness). It was bad, but it certainly was the beer I remember. Anyone else run into this, either with this batch or other batches?

Someone just posted a similar story in Lambic Lovers thus past week as well.

 

[trxxpaxxs]

Opened a 2014 Cantillon Gueuze 375ml bottle on Friday. It tasted off.

Also opened at 2014 Fou Foune a few weeks ago. The Fou was absolutely terrible. One of the worst bottles of that beer that I have ever had. The 3 other people I split the bottle with also agreed that something was definitely wrong with it.

Just wanted to let you guys know.

Side note: both corks had the "lot B" designation. Not sure if that is useful information.

 

[JulianB1]

Paid $100 (bar price) for a 2014 Framboos yesterday with a few friends since we happened to all find ourselves down in Charleston at the same time.



Cork came out completely silently and there were only a few bubbles in the pour. The beer also doesn't look all that great, especially as you get further into the bottle. But the flavor was very nice with a lot of raspberry and a puckering acidity but not some AWA lacto bomb. I remember sharing a 2011 last year and it was so weird; some pours (such as mine) tasted really nice but others (more towards the bottom of the bottle) were musty, woody, and exceptionally turbid.

 

[thefleshlight]

Had a bottle of St. Gilloise last night that was bottled 9 March 2015 (Euro bottle). The beer was nearly still, a bit syrupy, and sweet (along with some familiar Cantillon funk/tartness). It was bad, but it certainly was the beer I remember. Anyone else run into this, either with this batch or other batches?

We're drinking a 2012ish vintage of StG this Friday; will update if I can. Will be my virgin experience so we'll see.

Also opened at 2014 Fou Foune a few weeks ago. The Fou was absolutely terrible. One of the worst bottles of that beer that I have ever had. The 3 other people I split the bottle with also agreed that something was definitely wrong with it.

Just wanted to let you guys know.

Side note: both corks had the "lot B" designation. Not sure if that is useful information.

Odd. Had a '14 foo a few months back and it was just like any other apricot beer combined with the normal lambic funk; sulfury sour skin bomb. It was pretty good to me but I'm not big on hypericot beers...

Paid $100 (bar price) for a 2014 Framboos yesterday with a few friends since we happened to all find ourselves down in Charleston at the same time.



Cork came out completely silently and there were only a few bubbles in the pour. The beer also doesn't look all that great, especially as you get further into the bottle. But the flavor was very nice with a lot of raspberry and a puckering acidity but not some AWA lacto bomb. I remember sharing a 2011 last year and it was so weird; some pours (such as mine) tasted really nice but others (more towards the bottom of the bottle) were musty, woody, and exceptionally turbid.

That's the norm for this I feel. May need a bit of time to carb up I feel.

 

[Snarf1]

Had a bottle of St. Gilloise last night that was bottled 9 March 2015 (Euro bottle). The beer was nearly still, a bit syrupy, and sweet (along with some familiar Cantillon funk/tartness). It was bad, but it certainly was the beer I remember. Anyone else run into this, either with this batch or other batches?

That sucks. I had a couple of newer bottles of St G over there that were great.

 

[Doc1]

....But you still got a *******, right?

Pretty sure the ******* was the trade, beer was an extra.

 

[mrk_d]

I just observed that a beer called Oceanside Ale Works Daliesque is the top rated unblended lambic on Ratebeer (not including retired beers). Lolwut.

 

[sherm10161]

Had a bottle of St. Gilloise last night that was bottled 9 March 2015 (Euro bottle). The beer was nearly still, a bit syrupy, and sweet (along with some familiar Cantillon funk/tartness). It was bad, but it certainly was the beer I remember. Anyone else run into this, either with this batch or other batches?

For the record I meant to say:

It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't the beer I remember.

 

[thefleshlight]

I just observed that a beer called Oceanside Ale Works Daliesque is the top rated unblended lambic on Ratebeer (not including retired beers). Lolwut.

I had it a year ago; was a bit thin like Boon MP goozie, even though this is an unblended lambic. It was certainly overpriced for what it delivered, but pretty good overall I'd say.

 

[Snarf1]

For the record I meant to say:

It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't the beer I remember.

Batch must not have carbonated evenly. I wonder how they pull bottles to check carb? Unless they set a few bottles through the run aside, I'd think they can only check the last few bottles without boxing up or moving the whole stack of bottles.

 

[LukeAleTime]

Cantillon doing a Fantome and scaring off new drinkers? Good move.

 

[ASUBeer]

I just observed that a beer called Oceanside Ale Works Daliesque is the top rated unblended lambic on Ratebeer (not including retired beers). Lolwut.

Honestly, I had that beer a couple weeks ago and thought it was amazing.

It still shouldn't be labeled lambic but it's a very good awa.

 

[skrip]

I had it a year ago; was a bit thin like Boon MP goozie, even though this is an unblended lambic. It was certainly overpriced for what it delivered, but pretty good overall I'd say.

i had it a couple months ago with a couple ratebeer people, then we had Fonteinen Oude Lambiek, then we laughed at the ratebeer people

 

[thefleshlight]

i had it a couple months ago with a couple ratebeer people, then we had Fonteinen Oude Lambiek, then we laughed at the ratebeer people

Fair enough. It's nothing like that so idk what to say. It's not amazing and even worse for the price.

 

[JBP]

Drie dominated a blind gueuze tasting I was part of this weekend. Cantillon was just middle of the pack and instantly identifiable from everything else. Tilquin was a close second to Drie. Probably not news to anyone.

Here is the full write up on this experiment from my friend's blog including batch/years for the gueuzes we sampled, if people are interested: http://thebottleforager.blogspot.com/2015/07/blind-gueuze-tasting.html

Can't stress enough how fun blind tastings are and what a good exercise it is for your palate. Definitely takes some effort to organize but well worth it!

 

[bauermj]

FWIW I just got a nastygram from Etre. Ordered one Tilquin Mure 375ml as a part of an order on July 1. Noticed there was stock on July 22 so added one 375ml along w/ 3 other De Cam 750mls that I was ordering. That order was just refunded, first time in over 4 years. I assumed it was a reload since the orders were 3+ weeks apart but perhaps Mure was turding it up for that period of time.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

FWIW I just got a nastygram from Etre. Ordered one Tilquin Mure 375ml as a part of an order on July 1. Noticed there was stock on July 22 so added one 375ml along w/ 3 other De Cam 750mls that I was ordering. That order was just refunded, first time in over 4 years. I assumed it was a reload since the orders were 3+ weeks apart but perhaps Mure was turding it up for that period of time.

I don't follow. Why did they refund your order from July 22nd?

 

[bauermj]

I don't follow. Why did they refund your order from July 22nd?

'it is limited to one per customer. Please respect the limit in the future so a maximum number of customers can taste and enjoy this beer. Best regards, Jona'