 badgerben (3160), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Jan 13, 2008
MN Ratebeer Winter Gathering, January 12, 2008. Super thanks to hellomynameis and to whoever sent this to him! Cloudy light red color with no head. It looks very much like tropical punch. Strong sour aroma with a little raspberry. The raspberries come out in full in the flavor. Some cherries lingering in the background with a bit of cranberry, too. Wheat and a good hit of sourness. Not sour I could drink a ton of this, but it was great.
PilsnerPeter (1477), Flushing, New York, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Bottle: (Thanks ygtbsm94!) Pours a deep hazy red with a pinkish head. The aroma is both fruity and funky/sweet and tart with tart raspberry, sweeter notes of cherry (almond-like) notes along with a crisp earthy acidity, barnyard/horse blanket, brie cheese funk and leather. Has a medium acidity on the palate. Flavor is very tart/almost sour. Acidic raspberry skin character is evident, followed by a subtle sweet note from the cherry which is marzipan-like. Then lots of funk come out with cork, leather, mild salty notes, barnyard and residual acetic flavors. Has a mineral-y note into the bone dry finish. Very well integrated fruit notes; this is great stuff.
StFun (339), Indiana, USA
Sep 27, 2008 What a fantastic beer. Picked this up as a special occassion beer, and it did’nt let me down! Pours a murky reddish purple, with a pencil thin ring of lacing . Aroma is sour , sour, sour, and full of funk. The rasberries really penetrate and fill the nostrils, while the cherries add lots of character. Flavor is very tart and sour, with a big fruity punch. Lots of raspberry, but it never becomes overly sweet or sticky. Some straw, funk, and yeast in the background. Some hay-type notes in the background. Very sour on the palate. The funk, sourness, and fruit come together almost perfectly. This is an excellent beer...but, in its current form, it just doesn’t justify the price tag, when there’s some other almost-as-good lambic out there for half the price. However, this one should age amazingly.
Schroppfy (1733), Ohio, USA
Sep 22, 2008 Hedonically nearly perfect. The aroma is perfectly balanced between real fresh fruit, and framboise. By this I mean the raspberry is so real it transcends the lambicness at times, then just melds with it. A stony, pitty aroma presence, minerally at times, runs around in waves. The color is incredibly gorgeous, with the hints of tan increasing thoughts of leather in the horse barn. Flavors are somewhat acetic, somewhat lactic, sweet and sour and leathery. Incredible back of the throat sourness. Palate lets down just the tiniest bit; first brawny and slippery and thick, then with the feeling of a slight watery hole. A truly great beer. Thanks John.
MiP (6026), Flensburg, Germany
Sep 21, 2008 Bottle at EBF08. Good citric fruit, berry aroma. Deep red colour. The flavour is citric but mild, rounded off by the fruit. Very nice.
radiomgb (1776), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Sep 3, 2008 Deep red in colour with just a bit of brown thrown in, very thin white coloured head that left no lacing. The aroma is of light cherries, lots of tart raspberries, lightly acidic, some oak, sour. The flavour is very tart to start, dries out then gets a bit sweet, lots of tart raspberries throughout this, sour, some grapes. Tart mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes long with some sweetness but then the tart raspberries take over.
A wonderful fruit lambic. Great sourness and tartness throughout this. I see this one aging very well.
750ml bottle obtained in a trade with henrikb, thanks Henrik.
Opened on March 25, 2008.
Bottled February 14, 2007.
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