Lambic Discussion Thread

[tennispl]

I'm curious as to what people have had that they would specifically not decant? IE, other than convenience, is there any reason not to decant everything?

Carbonation would be the only concern I would think

 

[SeaWatchman]

I know it's been discussed before, but on decanting (prompted by HenrikO in some trade thread)...

What do peeps use? Should I get an obnoxiously shaped wine decanter?
Are people decanting everything, including goozers? Or just lambic and fruits?

I specifically do it for two bottles: Mamouche and 50n. Every time without hesitation, into one of my clay Cantillon jugs.. I once took a full bottle of FF to the face out of Cantillon jug, but that was just for convenience during a football game.

 

[mikecharley]

... I once took a full bottle of FF to the face out of Cantillon jug, but that was just for convenience during a football game.

 

[LukeAleTime]

I specifically do it for two bottles: Mamouche and 50n. Every time without hesitation, into one of my clay Cantillon jugs.. I once took a full bottle of FF to the face out of Cantillon jug, but that was just for convenience during a football game.

Not GCB?

 

[SeaWatchman]

Not GCB?

Nope. Apart from 50n, most things I've decanted and noticed a difference in have all been very aromatic lambic (ie mamouche). Though not decanted, Zenne y Frontera in the glass for 20+ minutes is a game changer for that beer.

 

[Quatz]

Nope. Apart from 50n, most things I've decanted and noticed a difference in have all been very aromatic lambic (ie mamouche). Though not decanted, Zenne y Frontera in the glass for 20+ minutes is a game changer for that beer.

I drank Zenne at the brewery where they decanted it and even then I thought it needed at least 20 minutes in the glass before it opened up.

 

[kscaldef]

Did we do this right?

 

[fiestaplatypus]

Did we do this right?

Frambootihar

 

[fiestaplatypus]

Man... this thread really dies when the webshops aint pimpin' dem special beers.

 

[mikecharley]

Got into a January 2015 OG tonight...


Does this remind anyone else of a young bottle of Zomer? Unbelievably good, for sure.

 

[BakeBisBife]

just dropping in to remind readers that buying fresh drie, tilquin, and girardin will save you a lot of money and time. recent bottlings of all three drinking exceptionally well. turn off that 3am etre alarm and get back to spooning your true love(s).

 

[foscorelli]

just dropping in to remind readers that buying fresh drie, tilquin, and girardin will save you a lot of money and time. recent bottlings of all three drinking exceptionally well. turn off that 3am etre alarm and get back to spooning your true love(s).

That reminds me, I split a volume pack of 3F about 5 months ago and I'm down to a 2 or 3. It was the 10/30/14 bottling which was great and I couldn't keep my hands of them. Will be ordering an entire '15 volume pack shortly.

 

[ASUBeer]

just dropping in to remind readers that buying fresh drie, tilquin, and girardin will save you a lot of money and time. recent bottlings of all three drinking exceptionally well. turn off that 3am etre alarm and get back to spooning your true love(s).

Ain't that the truth. The '15 Giradin is better than any vintage Giradin I've had.

 

[nophunk]

Got into a January 2015 OG tonight...

Does this remind anyone else of a young bottle of Zomer? Unbelievably good, for sure.

Just got a bunch last week. 1/13/15, going to ice one down to start the birthday weekend coming up. I agree with foscorelli about those 10/31/14 bottles as well, so damn good!

 

[callmemickey]

Ain't that the truth. The '15 Giradin is better than any vintage Giradin I've had.

"x2016" corks or "x2015" corks? And, more specifically, which batch have you found to be phenomenal?

 

[ineedbeer1]

"x2016" corks or "x2015" corks? And, more specifically, which batch have you found to be phenomenal?

Do the cork stamps mean anything in relation to vintage? I was under the impression they did not, but would be pleasantly surprised if there was a way to track cork stamps to dates.

 

[LuxWanderer]

Just got a bunch last week. 1/13/15, going to ice one down to start the birthday weekend coming up. I agree with foscorelli about those 10/31/14 bottles as well, so damn good!

Armand would shiver and roll his eyes at the words 'ice one down'. Told me himself it kills him when people drink beer and white wine too cold

If you truly don't just have a cool place to store it for a day then some fridge time I can understand.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Do the cork stamps mean anything in relation to vintage? I was under the impression they did not, but would be pleasantly surprised if there was a way to track cork stamps to dates.

They loosely correspond to the bottling year.

 

[callmemickey]

They loosely correspond to the bottling year.

To add to Adam's comment, bottles tend to start showing up halfway through the year prior to the cork year (i.e., "x 2016" corks first started showing up midway through 2015). Before the "x YEAR" you will also see a letter (i.e. "A x 2016") that refers to the batch. A few years back, there was a fair bit of attention around the "C x 2010" bottles that were quite amazing. As a tidbit, Girardin's Fond Gueuze Bierpallatiers has a "B x 2010" cork.

 

[nophunk]

Armand would shiver and roll his eyes at the words 'ice one down'. Told me himself it kills him when people drink beer and white wine too cold

If you truly don't just have a cool place to store it for a day then some fridge time I can understand.

It's more the situation that I have multiple temp controlled fridges holding over 200 bottles, and I'm still out of room. That particular Etre delivery is still at my office that stays 70 degrees year-round, so I literally need to put this one in a fridge today to consume tomorrow (I'm not going to lay it down for a couple days, yeast is not compacted that much).

All of my beer is served at a proper temp, don't worry

 

[stakem1]

To add to Adam's comment, bottles tend to start showing up halfway through the year prior to the cork year (i.e., "x 2016" corks first started showing up midway through 2015). Before the "x YEAR" you will also see a letter (i.e. "A x 2016") that refers to the batch. A few years back, there was a fair bit of attention around the "C x 2010" bottles that were quite amazing. As a tidbit, Girardin's Fond Gueuze Bierpallatiers has a "B x 2010" cork.

I wish you would post more often. Great info.

 

[SeaWatchman]

To add to Adam's comment, bottles tend to start showing up halfway through the year prior to the cork year (i.e., "x 2016" corks first started showing up midway through 2015). Before the "x YEAR" you will also see a letter (i.e. "A x 2016") that refers to the batch. A few years back, there was a fair bit of attention around the "C x 2010" bottles that were quite amazing. As a tidbit, Girardin's Fond Gueuze Bierpallatiers has a "B x 2010" cork.

Do we have that on the site for Giradrin Black? If not, you should definitely go and upload it

Edit: Looks like you put it in there. Nice.

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

Armand would shiver and roll his eyes at the words 'ice one down'. Told me himself it kills him when people drink beer and white wine too cold

If you truly don't just have a cool place to store it for a day then some fridge time I can understand.

I wonder what he would think of people who put ice in their white wine. I wonder if we should carry this over to lambic

 

[RyanG1]

I wonder what he would think of people who put ice in their white wine. I wonder if we should carry this over to lambic

I run bottles of Doesjel through my Soda Stream.

 

[Rowingbrewer1]

I run bottles of Doesjel through my Soda Stream.

I actually want to try this

 

[caaam]

I actually want to try this

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FKVRY1M/?tag=talkbeer-20

Carbonate anything

 

[SeaWatchman]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FKVRY1M/?tag=talkbeer-20

Carbonate anything*

*except Lost Abbey beers.

 

[beerman2]

Where does framboos keeping popping up? Etre?

 

[Snarf1]

It's more the situation that I have multiple temp controlled fridges holding over 200 bottles, and I'm still out of room. That particular Etre delivery is still at my office that stays 70 degrees year-round, so I literally need to put this one in a fridge today to consume tomorrow (I'm not going to lay it down for a couple days, yeast is not compacted that much).

All of my beer is served at a proper temp, don't worry

 

[nophunk]

I think compared to many in here