Lambic Discussion Thread

[daniel1]

Anyone know if the new batch of 2016 golden blend is in 375s, too? So far just seeing 750 format

Only 750s as far as I know. There's no 375s of golden on the spreadsheet I have from them of upcoming bottlings.

It's not in the new bottles, correct?

 

[SeaWatchman]

It's not in the new bottles, correct?

Not this one, no. Subsequent batches will be though.

 

[tbub18]

Side note: does anyone but me think Golden Blend is 3F's consistently best beer? Every batch so far has been fire, and they've all aged beautifully (again, so far).

Aside from having a bad bottle of 2011 I agree--I just cant keep any '14 375s around

 

[stakem1]

So im a pretty big fan of Grand Cru Bruocsella. Fresh or old, matters not to me. I recently acquired 2 bottles and its got me scratching my head. I thought this beer was brewed and aged for 3 years prior to bottling. The bottles I got were both bottled on Oct 12, 2016 and the corks on both confirm bottling in the 2016/17 season. However, one of the front labels is "lambic bio 2014" and one is "lambic bio 2013."

I assume them both to be 2013 brew years and the 14 was a whoopsie used the new labels too soon occurrence?

 

[BelgianChris]

Amazing day at Toer de Gueuze 2017 :

3F's new barrel chair

And their storage room

At Lindemans where I made my very own blend from 4 barrels

Barrel 1 : young lambic (10 months old) with all the necessary sugar and yeast neaded for fermentation.
This had to be 200ml , no more , no less.

Barrel 2 : light sour lambic (17 months old)

Barrel 3 : neutral lambic (13 months old)

Barrel 4 : old sour lambic (37 months old)

I filled out the paper, made my blend and took the bottle home.
The secret recipe is safe with me

 

[SeaWatchman]

So im a pretty big fan of Grand Cru Bruocsella. Fresh or old, matters not to me. I recently acquired 2 bottles and its got me scratching my head. I thought this beer was brewed and aged for 3 years prior to bottling. The bottles I got were both bottled on Oct 12, 2016 and the corks on both confirm bottling in the 2016/17 season. However, one of the front labels is "lambic bio 2014" and one is "lambic bio 2013."

I assume them both to be 2013 brew years and the 14 was a whoopsie used the new labels too soon occurrence?

The three year thing isn't super stringent on this as it really depends on what time of the year the lambic was brewed and how it's progressing. I have some bottles that could be pushing 4yr old lambic and some that could be pushing two. For example I have bottles from March 11, 2014 with both 2010 and 2011 vintage labels on it. I've asked Jean about this and it was just basically boiled down to it being bottled when it was ready.

 

[thefleshlight]

MB17 is up on etre. 12.97 euro/bottle

 

[mjohnson171]

At Lindemans where I made my very own blend from 4 barrels

Barrel 1 : young lambic (10 months old) with all the necessary sugar and yeast neaded for fermentation.
This had to be 200ml , no more , no less.

Barrel 2 : light sour lambic (17 months old)

Barrel 3 : neutral lambic (13 months old)

Barrel 4 : old sour lambic (37 months old)

I filled out the paper, made my blend and took the bottle home.
The secret recipe is safe with me

This is one of the coolest things I've seen in beer.

 

[andrewdrinks]

Mini TdG Highlights:
- The experimental 'Twist of Fate' lambics at 3F. The black kriek from sherry barrel was unique and it worked.
- The quaint charm of Hanssens, from the unlabelled 100% Scharbeekse bottles to the barrel vault (bigger than expected) to the alpacas!
- Boon's big band and connoisseur bar, combined with bright sunshine on Saturday.
- The best-run show of the weekend at Tilquin, with lots of seating, good food and atmosphere.
- The blueberry and redcurrant at De Cam. Glorious fruity flavours.
- As above, the Lindemans blend your own.
- Most people I encountered - friendly and just super into lambic.

Lowlights:
- Lindemans taking the absolute piss on their pricing, charging 40% more than shop prices for some of their bottles
- 3F crowds - I must have been there at a bad time both days (ie when a bus just arrived) so had a long line for tokens, then a long line for the bar. Same for the shop. Credit to everyone working there for getting through people so quickly.

 

[JCastle1]

Mini TdG Highlights:
- The experimental 'Twist of Fate' lambics at 3F. The black kriek from sherry barrel was unique and it worked.

woah

 

[Jspriest]

Amazing day at Toer de Gueuze 2017 :

Barrel 1 : young lambic (10 months old) with all the necessary sugar and yeast neaded for fermentation.
This had to be 200ml , no more , no less.

Barrel 2 : light sour lambic (17 months old)

Barrel 3 : neutral lambic (13 months old)

Barrel 4 : old sour lambic (37 months old)

I filled out the paper, made my blend and took the bottle home.
The secret recipe is safe with me

I need more lambic info. 10 months old in May means it was brewed in July?

 

[Beerontwowheels]

I need more lambic info. 10 months old in May means it was brewed in July?

 

[Jspriest]

eerily accurate

 

[Beerontwowheels]

eerily accurate

Free of lambic's grip on your grey matter, I'm confident you could tackle this equation without our assistance. Regardless, we are here for you brethren.

 

[simont1]

I need more lambic info. 10 months old in May means it was brewed in July?

I believe lindemans and boon brew year-round?

 

[sneakychi]

Cantillon Chouke ?

 

[thefleshlight]

Lowlights: 3F crowds - I must have been there at a bad time both days (ie when a bus just arrived) so had a long line for tokens, then a long line for the bar. Same for the shop. Credit to everyone working there for getting through people so quickly.

I was dead set on going but then realized it be a nightmarish beer tourist trap (which is worse than 'regular' tourist trap IMO) and though Cantillon isn't part of HORAL, I was expecting that to be the absolute worst, and 3F a close second.

Seems like I was accurate in such but perhaps the highlights were far better than the lowlights?

Either way, thanks, I may go out in 2 years, the week before and leave the day after.

 

[HeadytheElder]

Has the new golden blend hit Etre yet?

 

[BadJustin]

Has the new golden blend hit Etre yet?

Nope. I check the site daily when i am doing my business. I also think less of myself for doing so.

 

[mrk_d]

Nope. I check the site daily when i am doing my business. I also think less of myself for doing so.

We've all rubbed one out to lambic webshops before, nothing to beat yourself up about.

 

[MikeG1]

Trappistworld has the new GB, and screenprinted Hommage and A&G bottles for the low, low price of $60/each.

 

[bauermj]

Trappistworld has the new GB, and screenprinted Hommage and A&G bottles for the low, low price of $60/each.

$100 on the Hommage. Then not to mention the $90 shipping for those three to the US

 

[boogercrack]

Trappistworld has the new GB, and screenprinted Hommage and A&G bottles for the low, low price of $60/each.

 

[SeaWatchman]

So, a little 3F update now that TdG is done and the new labels and bottles are out. One neat thing that they're doing now is putting the blend # of the season on the back of all of the new bottlings so you can start to get a pretty good picture of when things are being done a the brewery and start to track individual bottlings more easily. Each bottling is a completely different blend composed of different numbers and sizes of barrels.

I just updated the site from the spreadsheet that we have going with new things on it and here is how the 2016-2017 brewing/bottling season stacks up so far:

Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston 10/14/16 75cl Blend #1 of the season
Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston 10/20/16 75cl Blend #2 of the season
Oude Kriek 10/24/16 75cl Blend #3 of the season
Oude Kriek 11/2/16 75cl Blend #4 of the season
Oude Kriek 11/3/16 75cl Blend #5 of the season
Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston 75cl 11/16/16 Blend #6 of the season
Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston 75cl 11/21/16 Blend #7 of the season
Oude Geuze 11/25/16 75cl Blend #8 of the season
Hommage 12/19/16 75cl Blend #10 of the season
Oude Geuze 12/27/16 37,5cl Blend #12 of the season

 

[64vdub]

Nope. I check the site daily when i am doing my business. I also think less of myself for doing so.

I feel worse when I get trade r*ped honestly. Web stores serve a purpose...like the red light district...they are what they are.

 

[infi]

Morning y'all. New De Cam btls from TdG up on Etre – Tros Bessen (red currant) & Bosbessen (blueberry)

 

[thefleshlight]

Maybe this is the wrong place for this, but why is Paypal's exchange rate significantly off? One would think that paypal is a rather large company, they would follow market exchange rate, but instead, they're off by 4 eurocents. Aka a 78ish euro order costs 88USD instead of 84-85USD. Multiply this by probably thousands if not millions of transactions per day = hard scamming.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Maybe this is the wrong place for this, but why is Paypal's exchange rate significantly off? One would think that paypal is a rather large company, they would follow market exchange rate, but instead, they're off by 4 eurocents. Aka a 78ish euro order costs 88USD instead of 84-85USD. Multiply this by probably thousands if not millions of transactions per day = hard scamming.

You're just now noticing this?

 

[Lamnic]

Maybe this is the wrong place for this, but why is Paypal's exchange rate significantly off? One would think that paypal is a rather large company, they would follow market exchange rate, but instead, they're off by 4 eurocents. Aka a 78ish euro order costs 88USD instead of 84-85USD. Multiply this by probably thousands if not millions of transactions per day = hard scamming.

Market exchange rate does not reflect the exchange rate a bank will give you. For instance, if you have $100, turn them into euro, then turn them back into dollars, you'll probably end up with around $92.

 

[callmemickey]

Morning y'all. New De Cam btls from TdG up on Etre – Tros Bessen (red currant) & Bosbessen (blueberry)

Missed Tros Bessen... anyone notice if there was a lower total available than Bosbessen when these first went up today?