 17thfloor (1402), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nov 4, 2009 2003 bottle, sample #10 at 1st CST. I’ve purchased 3 or 4 of these bottles without really getting an accurate rate. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a thin frothy white head. Aroma is dusty funky cheesy sharp tart acidic. Flavor is somewhat cheesy, tangy metallic bitter, noticeable alcohol for sure. Not as good as I remember it. Watery body, sparse but sharp carbonation. I remember this being better.
cederdorff (11), holstebro, Denmark
Nov 3, 2009 Updated: Nov 6, 2009 light,citrus, grapegolden, clear, white foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, vinegar, medium body, dry, fizzy, bitter, long finish, I will drink it with everything
gyllenbock (234), Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 31, 2009 Bottle, 2004 vintage.
Sour aroma with hints of lemon, earth and oak. The taste was tart but not extreme in any way.
Lemon, grapefruit, wood and some grass in the taste. The ending was very dry where funk was clear.
BeerChaser0078 (277), Melbourne, Australia
Oct 19, 2009 375ml Bottle. 2005 Vintage. Pours hazy light amber with a bubbly white head. Nose is pleasantly tart and slightly vinous and has aromas of apples, citrus, earth and oak. Flavour is similar with elements of cider, lemon, grapefruit, earth, grass, wood and mineral water; also the sourness, while still very present, is not as extreme as some other examples of this style. Dry mouthfeel is followed by a long bitter/sour finish and the alcohol is very well hidden. A great beer, one that I would love to try after aging for ten years or more.
Stew41 (1037), Caulfield, Australia
Oct 19, 2009 2005 Vintage: projectile cork and massive fizz is not a great start to quite Monday night beer! Big white fizzy head that just won’t quit. Orange / pricot body is slightly hazy. Nose is fresh and grapey, and plenty of mineral and tangy cut stone. Lots happening. Surprisingly soft to drink and not at all aggressive. I suspect the didgy cork might be at play as the fizz was a bit lower than expected and the flavour intensity not at ’11’ as I might have expected. Sour fruits and a stone fruit finish, although it all falls a bit flat. Will try another soon.
oteyj (710), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
Oct 15, 2009 2003 750 ml. Light yellowish amber pour with moderate hazyness. Aroma is quite tart and funky with heavy acidity, cider, and typical barnyard aspects. Flavor is very acidic with some fermented light fruit and sugar notes, though its mostly attenuated and dry. Quite tart, though not bracingly sour. A very slight acedic acid vinegar note in the middle, but barely noticable. Palate is effervescent, full and wholly dry. Very impressive.
sfhodense (554), Odense NØ, Denmark
Oct 6, 2009 Pours yellow with a white head. Aroma is light malt, acidic, brett and apple. Flavour is light malt, acidic, brett, apple, and light bitter.
KyotoLefty (1370), Kyoto, Japan
Oct 2, 2009 375 ml Bottle.
Deep amber with a fine, thick head. Musty, dry, citrus aroma. Lemon and a it of lactic cream. Flavor has some sweet biscuit malt initially, but the sweetness is instantly overcome by a huge dryness, with only a bit of sour, leaving an almost astringent flavor in the finish. Wildly interesting and unique. The first taste has a lot of fruit and a touch of honey as well, but it instantly vanishes. There is a cracker-like maltiness remaining, though. Very interesting and complex, the most malt sweetness I have tasted in a lambic, and the most bitterness as well, though the elements do not blend together as well as in the best.
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