Lambic Discussion Thread

[Compton25]

This but for Lambic?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/lif...y/news-story/f3c0000633e7cdf094abcf95f7e5de57

Lambic lotteries are done every year...

 

[Compton25]

Cuvée Lambikstoemper. One of my favorite geuzes. Heavy lemon notes with the funk coming out more as it warms. Cheers!

 

[regularjohn]

Cuvée Lambikstoemper. One of my favorite geuzes. Heavy lemon notes with the funk coming out more as it warms. Cheers!

proper as ****

 

[stupac2]

Cuvée Lambikstoemper. One of my favorite geuzes. Heavy lemon notes with the funk coming out more as it warms. Cheers!

One of my favorites, just had one the other day and it's still superb, might be my favorite nose on any beer. I am super bummed that I never got one of those glasses. Oh well.

 

[davey101]

Real talk, Black Label is serious bizznezzz

I've basically been buying a bottle a week for a few weeks now. Probably have about 2 cases stashed away now

 

[sunnrider]

Cuvée Lambikstoemper. One of my favorite geuzes. Heavy lemon notes with the funk coming out more as it warms. Cheers!

I still haven't managed to find one of these. Bad timing more than anything else. My buddy has one but says he's going to age it.
Sounds really good.

 

[mjohnson171]

Did a little 2015 side-by-side. All good but Cantillon unanimously came in last.

1. 3F
2. Black Label
3. Oude Geuze Boon
4. Classic/bio

 

[lopejuice1]

Is 2002 the first official bottling of Vigneronne (with real label, etc)? Any additional info on this one? Can't find anything on lambic.info

 

[JulianB1]

Hey skrip and ygtbsm94, please provide us with photos and a review of that bottle of Cuvee Neuf Nations you guys opened this weekend.

 

[skrip]

Hey skrip and ygtbsm94, please provide us with photos and a review of that bottle of Cuvee Neuf Nations you guys opened this weekend.

hahaha one word... sewage

 

[2plums4one]

would you guys decant a 10 yr old gueuze or just pour from a basket?

 

[Abitker]

would you guys decant a 10 yr old gueuze or just pour from a basket?

Decant into basket imo

 

[Saind]

Save it and give it to your son for his 11th birthday obviously

 

[skrip]

Is 2002 the first official bottling of Vigneronne (with real label, etc)? Any additional info on this one? Can't find anything on lambic.info

you mean with the label they're using now? we had this 1997 about a year ago:

 

[skrip]

Hey skrip and ygtbsm94, please provide us with photos and a review of that bottle of Cuvee Neuf Nations you guys opened this weekend.

this doe <3<3<3<3

 

[andrewdrinks]

I opened a 26/03/2014 375ml 3F Oude Geize tonight that was absolutely phenomenal. So clean, lemony and fresh, but minerally and complex in the finish. One of the best 3F OGs I've had at that age - makes me want to hoard some now for a couple of years.

Obviously it's my last one and likely I won't see that date again.

 

[andrewdrinks]

Also... SeaWatchman

Forgot to post about this at the time, but at the Mi-Orge Mi-Houblon Zwanze event in Arlon, there were 6 bottles on sale of Jean-Chris Nomad 2012 (Assemblage Cantillon). This was a blend based on the myrtle-infused blonde brewed at Thiriez in 2012 where the myrtle was much too strong due to a problem in the brew process - it got stuck in a filter during whirlpool, so had double the contact time intended.

From what I remember... Chris Gillard gave some of the unblended beer to Jean van Roy, who suggested transferring some to a Côtes du Rhône barrique and blending in some very young lambic, to take the herbal edge off the flavour profile. The blend aged for 2 years, was bottled in 2014, and has been maturing since.

Flavourwise - lightly tart, still quite strongly herbal, some cheesy funk getting going. Chris suggested another year or so would improve it.

 

[SinH4]

I opened a 26/03/2014 375ml 3F Oude Geize tonight that was absolutely phenomenal. So clean, lemony and fresh, but minerally and complex in the finish. One of the best 3F OGs I've had at that age - makes me want to hoard some now for a couple of years.

Obviously it's my last one and likely I won't see that date again.

makes me very happy to read that! I was lucky enough to bring back a box of that batch from the brewery. Still have 7 left and I was thinking about opening one for my annual christmas tasting this December, but I was not sure whether the sweet point will be missed... I think I'll definitely have to try one.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Also... SeaWatchman

Forgot to post about this at the time, but at the Mi-Orge Mi-Houblon Zwanze event in Arlon, there were 6 bottles on sale of Jean-Chris Nomad 2012 (Assemblage Cantillon). This was a blend based on the myrtle-infused blonde brewed at Thiriez in 2012 where the myrtle was much too strong due to a problem in the brew process - it got stuck in a filter during whirlpool, so had double the contact time intended.

From what I remember... Chris Gillard gave some of the unblended beer to Jean van Roy, who suggested transferring some to a Côtes du Rhône barrique and blending in some very young lambic, to take the herbal edge off the flavour profile. The blend aged for 2 years, was bottled in 2014, and has been maturing since.

Flavourwise - lightly tart, still quite strongly herbal, some cheesy funk getting going. Chris suggested another year or so would improve it.

Yeah I just recently learned about this bottle after one of our new guys (Dave J.) uploaded it to the site. Really wish I could try it.

 

[sneakychi]

Was at 3Fs lambik-o-droom Saturday, was almost only me and my brother there. Had some nice beers (Schaerbeek Kriek and OGV'12), thought we would be able to get some food there, but that wasn't the case, the hunger went away after a couple of beers anyways. We took a coffee before we left and here's a picture of me (just a little starstruck) waiting for Armand to make me some coffee:

To make this more relevant to this thread, both beers were excellent but that OGV'12 was probably the best beer we had during our trip! To bad it was 'on-site' only.

 

[Saind]

Was at 3Fs lambik-o-droom Saturday, was almost only me and my brother there. Had some nice beers (Schaerbeek Kriek and OGV'12), thought we would be able to get some food there, but that wasn't the case, the hunger went away after a couple of beers anyways. We took a coffee before we left and here's a picture of me (just a little starstruck) waiting for Armand to make me some coffee:

To make this more relevant to this thread, both beers were excellent but that OGV'12 was probably the best beer we had during our trip! To bad it was 'on-site' only.

Did they have the 75cl bottles of OGV?

 

[regularjohn]

We took a coffee before we left and here's a picture of me (just a little starstruck) waiting for Armand to make me some coffee

ISO lambic coffee

 

[GetchaPull]

ISO lambic coffee

FT: BCBCS '15.










too soon?

 

[sneakychi]

Did they have the 75cl bottles of OGV?

Nope Just the 37.5cl one.
Take away beers were: A&G (37.5), OG (both), Kriek (37.5), Beersel Lager...

 

[Saind]

Nope Just the 37.5cl one.
Take away beers were: A&G (37.5), OG (both), Kriek (37.5), Beersel Lager...

Holy **** they're running out quickly of to go bottles

 

[regularjohn]

FT: BCBCS '15.










too soon?

HA! - FTowne

 

[SeaWatchman]

Holy **** they're running out quickly of to go bottles

I don't understand why people freak out and think things are "sold out" at 3F and Cantillon. Both places have such a huge backlog of bottles and stagger what's for sale that nothing is likely to be sold out for a very long time. There were multiple cages full of seasons when I was there last time and thousands of bottles of AG were bottled. Just because they're not for sale doesn't mean it's sold out.

 

[Saind]

I don't understand why people freak out and think things are "sold out" at 3F and Cantillon. Both places have such a huge backlog of bottles and stagger what's for sale that nothing is likely to be sold out for a very long time. There were multiple cages full of seasons when I was there last time and thousands of bottles of AG were bottled. Just because they're not for sale doesn't mean it's sold out.

You're reading quite a lot into my post.
I'm surprised because I was there a week earlier and they had a shitload of 75 kriek and A&G left in the shop. Just surprised to see they sold that all in a week, especially since it hasn't been very busy the times I've been there.

 

[The Red Viper]

You're reading quite a lot into my post.
I'm surprised because I was there a week earlier and they had a shitload of 75 kriek and A&G left in the shop. Just surprised to see they sold that all in a week, especially since it hasn't been very busy the times I've been there.

Maybe they just put it all back into storage for a bit because they heard some ******* they don't like was coming to visit.

 

[sneakychi]

Maybe they just put it all back into storage for a bit because they heard some ******* they don't like was coming to visit.