 jerc (3212), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 4, 2008
2008-05-31. hazy red body, modest white-pink head. (3+) Light musty funk introduces a good amount of rich raspberry aroma. (8+) Flavour is cheek tuggingly sour at first but the tongue quickly acclimatizes, remains quite sour throughout but allows the fruit to come out nicely. Tart-sour raspberries. (7+) Palate is zippy, average plus body - its not superb for my own preferences, but it is spot on for the beer. Pretty awesome, many thanks to those who brought this, it was one of my few ’must tries’ that I did not find on my trip to Belgium. Quite good. Bottle, Post-Mondial Tasting, Montreal
StFun (338), 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 (6019), 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.
CapFlu (3340), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 23, 2008 (750ml) Thanks to MartinT for sharing this treasure. Pours a medium white head with a brown-red body. Nose is earth, seed, green leaf and tart raspberry. Flavour is nicely soured, limes and raspberry. Lasting tart finish.
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