Chapeau Lemon

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

Bottle. Pours a clear gold with a small diminishing white head. Aroma of lightly tart lemon, somewhat fake-ish lime and some mild funkyness. Very carbonated flavour of tart lemon, weird lime again, lots of sourness and some sugary sweetness -- sharp, acidic and odd tasting. Light to average bodied. This isn’t working for me at all.

Bouteille 250ml, courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur dorée et claire. Nez de levures sauvages fruitées sûres et légèrement acides (citron), léger de sucre artificiel et avec des notes herbeuses et de vieux fromage. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement bas mais croustillant ainsi qu’une texture légèrement aqueuse et zux notes sirupeuses fruitée. Goût de levures sauvages fruitées sûres et lactiques (citron, présent toute la gorgée, notes de pommes vertes) dès l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût sucré de sirop sucre artificiel (notes de bonbon au citron) puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère aigreur fruitée (zest de citron) avec de petites traces herbeuses et de fromage vieilli. Post-goût moyen, plutôt aigre de levures fruitées (citron sûr et zest) avec des traces résiduelles de sucre.

A golden lambic with a thin white head. Aroma is tart lemon, with light horse blanket, actually interesting. In mouth, a very sour lambic, with strong lemon juice, some lactic notes, a bit of residual sugar and sour sop in finale. I actually thought this was nice. LCBO bottle.

Bottle: Poured a golden color beer with a small bubby head with minimal retention and no lacing. Aroma of tart notes with huge lemon syrup which I don’t really know what to make of. Taste consists of huge lemony syrup which is nothing close to actual lemon with some light tart notes. Zit is a weird experiment after all and one that could have provided worse results. Totally untraditional but somewhat drinkable afterall.

Brown bottle, 25 cl, best before 06/02/10, purchased at the LCBO on July 11 2008, savoured on Stéphane’s birthday 2008; eye: peach with copper reflections, no head, no effervescence, lightly hazy, no lacing; nose: lambic, horse, caramel, light citrus; mouth: lambic, horse, slight citrus, caramel, sour finale with a hint of citrus, rather sour, mildly sweet, sticky texture, medium-light body, average carbonation; overall: once is enough FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 25 cl, meilleure avant 06/02/10, achetée à la LCBO le 11 juillet 2008, savourée la fête à Stéphane 2008 ; œil : pêche avec des reflets cuivrés, pas de mousse, pas d’effervescence, légèrement voilée, pas de dentelle; nez : lambic, cheval, caramel, léger citron; bouche : lambic, cheval, très lèger citron, caramel, finale aigre avec une pointe de citron, plutôt aigre, moyennement sucrée, texture collante, corps moyen-léger, carbonatation moyen; en résumé : une fois c’est suffisant

Delicious and simple. Aroma of sour lemon, funk and nothing else. Pour was a nice medium gold with a one finger near white head. Taste was very acidic and citrusy. Strong lemon in the front and the aftertaste has a sweetness. Goes from lemon juice to lemonade from the time it hits your lips to the aftertaste. Very odd. Nice carbonation and almost could mistake if for a Zima-like drink. Wish this was available locally.

Bottle (330ml). Clear gold, vanishingly small white head, not much life to it. Smells pretty good though - tart funky lemon and only light sugary sweet malt in the background - really does have a good share of that burnt rubber lambic character. The taste is quite a bit sweeter, but there’s a boatload of straight-ahead lemon to this - I like it. Average body, very acidic, sweet-sour linger and a tingling tongue when all’s done - nice hot weather sipper, if a bit simple.

Dark golden colour with no head. I let the bottle sit for a few days and poured slow so as to not have any sediment. Strong sweet citrus aroma that is sharp. The flavour is very sour with a little citrus but possibly vinegar. This has a much stronger sourness then any of the other Chapeaus I’ve had. There is a strange bready lemon biscuit after taste.