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Alpine Beer Company Chez Monieux 3.65 147

Alpine Beer Company Chez Monieux

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1473.69/5.03.65/5.0Special5.8%64.2Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
A Belgian Lambic aged in red wine barrels. Generous amounts of the tart montmorency cherry were added after 12 months of aging. Sour from lactic and acetic acids produced from special wild yeasts. A delicious tart, sour treat.
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 mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Courtesy The Cheeseman. Pours a crystal clear blush color, with a small off white head. Smells of sweet fruits, a lot of cherry and strawberry flavors galore. A bit artificial though. Theflavor had some big carbonation with penetrating cherry fruit flavors, which gave it a cherry soda-like quality. It was a little acidic, but wouldnt call it a complete sour brew. Overall barely decent, and certainly not worth the hefty price tag that comes along with it.


 mcbackus (751), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/513/20
Jun 1, 2008  
bottle courtesy thecheeseman: pours a light clean rosey pink very small wispy white head. aroma is a bright and tart cherry some extra sweet malt. flavour is very spritzy adn sweet kind of a bitter cherry flavour not to good. flavour is just overly sweet and almost soda like.


 thill25 (218), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Tasting courtesy of cheeseman...Poured a hazy pink similar to a zinfandel w/ a fizzy white head. Had a very sour, vinous fruit, and cheery nose packed with lots of wine like smells (wood, alcohol, florals). Flavor was sour cherries, oak/vanilla, and a little vinous fruit as well. The palate was fizzy and tart with a super dry finish. I really enjoyed this brew and would seek it out...


 TheEpeeist (1469), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Jun 1, 2008  
25.4 oz bottle. Clear crimson with a sudsy white ring. Nose is sour cherry with a hint of apple. Mild sparkling carb with a juicy body. Taste is cherry and yoghurt with oaky drying. Not too sour, some funk. Simple, tasty, well-done.


 ABUSEDGOAT (1934), California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 31, 2008  
Reddish colored, small fizzy head that rapidly diminishes. Rich cherry aroma, some barnyard action, tart, acidic, vanilla. Medium bodied, nice and acidic with a light sweet finish. Different from the Belgian lambics, but tasty in its own way.


 doubleo (1121), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/103/518/20
May 29, 2008  
Bottle from myself. Pours pinkish and kind of light brown, very thin, crisp white head, and no lace. Smells of tart cherry and more than that but I can’t put my finger on it. Sour and vinegar I guess. Tastes of sour cherries, very, very tart. A little bit of hay. Touch of wood and barrel character.Gets more sour as it warms up. Much more sour than Briscoe. I really liked this beer. Thin, tart body, good carbonation.


 Oakes (8101), gone rambling, Cambodia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
May 26, 2008  
Pinkish and hazy. Some cherry and light balsalmic. Tart, bracing cherry note. A hint of balsalmic, and some late sweetness.


 bleeng (598), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/515/20
May 24, 2008  
Bottle from Zinister, sampled at his tasting. Thanks! Beautiful rose color-filtered. Sweet. Nose of sourness, funk, cherries, tartness. taste is very puckerishness, a bit sticky, nice cherry flavors, sour and tartness all the way through. Very well done and very drinkable. I need one of these for my cellar.



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