 Mes_and_Sim (4476), Highgate, Greater London, England
Nov 8, 2006
A Mes rate: 75cl bottle from De Heeren van Liedekercke (of course) but shared at home with Duff and Sim. I wish now I had bought back the male version so I could try them side by side but right now I have to say this was better, but I prefer ladies anyway...
Again just like the Blauw, lots of wooden character. Specifically Eucalyptus bark. Appearance has a definite pink hue and I am sure this does not happen by chance. Attention grabbing and attacks the tastebuds as all good lambics should but there is something wonderfully mellow about this too. Slightly ferocious it may but when you sit and think about it you realise that it all just seems really effortless and polite. It is sheer beauty. Yes there is citric acidity and a pointy dry finish, lots of earthy barnyard character and musty old leather notes. But it is just incredibly refined and to be honest just downright sexy. Mouthfeel is simply second to none. I fell in love with it from the very first sip. An utterly fantastic beer and a glowing tribute to a lovely lady.
Doppelganger (1197), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Sep 24, 2008 Bottle Fin brought to our "Welcome Home Frank" tasting. Nice one! With Fin, Loz and Traci. Honey color with a small layer of white bubbles. Spicy orange aroma, tide pool, and distinctive tobacco: big pungent musky tobacco leaves, still with a bit of green to them. Apricot, lemon, and a woody chalk flavor. Good round oaky sourness, wooly dry finish. Stunny nose that the flavor doesn’t quite live up to, but this is a noteworthy beer just by merit of the aroma.
miketd (372), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Sep 22, 2008 Had this at the Austin Tastin and Cleveland get together as well. Hazy golden, orange. Decent white head. Peppery aroma with yeast and fruit as well. Much more subtle than the Blauw. Flavor is restrained too. A bit earthy. A good beer, but not great.
JK (2479), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Sep 14, 2008 Another huge thinks to Skyview for this one. Good label. Not as cloudy, and less carbonated as the Blauw, but still a great beer. Mild barnyard aroma with yeast. Sour, but again, not as sour as the othe J & J. Still dry, quite sour, and a less full, but all smoother palate. Sour aftertaste.
I am surprised the Lindeman’s lambic produced a more sour beer than this one with boon.
badgerben (3160), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Sep 10, 2008 Thanks to Skyview! Hazy gold color with a thin head. Light spicy aroma. Mint stands out. Quite a floral taste. Light underlying wheat body. Very light on the sourness. Seems less complex than the Blauw, but still tasty.
Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sep 10, 2008 Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Thanks Bob! Hazy, golden orange, full of mist. A tight cheese and mineral and tropical fruit aroma; whiffs of nectarine, pineapple, and tangerine, but rind-heavy and musty; the fruit and and herbal qualities are for the most part prominent, and the horse and animal wafts are soft, never wildly obvious.
Flavor is juicy and somewhat sharp; heavily acidic, but also quite dry in an unusual kind of dark spiciness; brown spices mainly on citrus and white fruits. The gravelly, cheese-rind and mineral characters are more forward, solidifying its sophisticated, non-confrontational dryness. Likewise, the fruitiness is pressed into a champagne vinegar sourness, and the beer has an all around serious and refreshing white wine character; eventually it becomes somewhat stuffy, in parching horseblanket and autumnal spicing, and acerbic pithy bitterness.
Sprightly, brisk medium body; when it draws out at the finish, it’s full and dry, if someone plain; potpourri, and kleenex more than cheese and funk. A good and different cool-weather geuze.
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