Chapeau Lemon

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

Bottle. Low but lasting creamy white head. Clear amber body. Lemon cinamon aroma. Acidc to sour lemon flavor, relatively sharp. Low carbonation and a long aftertaste.

Bottle courtesy of boutip. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells funky and lemony. Tastes funky and very tarte. One dimensional.

Honey gold hue, with no head, and some floaties of candi sugar swirling around, wet metallic oxidation nose, with a light citrus lemon tartness, and a hint of wet oakiness, mild funkiness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a tart acidic, juicy lemony character, with a sweet and sour, wet oaky accent and oxidation taste too, leading towards a sour, fruity lemony finish. Very close to a commercial faro by his sweetness.

Like an over sugared lemonade, this beer slaps the tastebuds quite hard with a cheap Alco-pop flavor, minus the ABV. I couldn’t finish it, and neither could my girlfriend who normally loves this type of thing.

Bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with relatively large chunks of sediment. Aromas of lemon rind, sugar like cheap lemonade or mass market lemon drink. Head is dead now. The taste is super sour, pucker up candy store sour but foul, shudder-inducing sour. Lemon finish like candy with a hint of bubblegum (the first bit of complexity?).

Bottle (EBF2008)
Sharp sour aroma, yes, but it’s also a lovely sweet lemony aroma. Very tasty acidic sourness. Brings a pucker to your cheeks, and goosebumps down the spine! Long zingy lemony finish - fruity, not chemical. This is the one. If you’re only going to have one de Troch in your life, this is it.

250ml bottle
3.5% ABV
I tried this beer on August 2, 2008 after purchasing from one of the local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a translucent gold colour with a thin white head, and tons of particles. The aroma was lambic with a twist of lemon. The mouthfeel was SOUR! It was light bodied, champagne-like carbonation - and did I mention it was SOUR! The flavour was overwhelimngly lemon with some sour malt as well.

I thought the first mouthful of this was powerful..........little did I know it was the mouthful that was the easiest to tolerate.

25cl bottle LCBO. There is newww good reason to do this.... vinegary lambic with harsh lemon, grassy, medicinal. Unloving.