Chapeau Mirabelle

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

I hate to admit it but I love these sugary sweet crap drinks from chapeau. Now Daknole tells me this is plum, but it tastes, to me, like fermented marmalade. Good, tho, a cleaner flavor (less sugar) than many of their others. Bottle from Knightly Spirits, Orlando.

Another overly sweet beer from this brewery. Sugary sweet. Maybe not as bad as others, but still this is over the top.

Bottle shared with WeeHeavy. What’s up Jon? Your getting your but kicked in sour drinking. Time to hit GABF or something. A little bit of skunk. Light yellow color. Very sweet. Sourness is mild.

Bottle shared by wetherel. Thanks John. Pours orangey with a tan head. Nose is very tart and a bit sweet. Taste is sweet with an over done amount of sugar and overall interesting plum brew.

Bottle. Aroma of tart and sweet fruits, some oak. A bit more oak in the flavor to go along with a tart base with balancing sugar. For me, the sweetness was nowhere near as overpowering as it is for others, and I found the beer to be pleasantly tart and oaky. Yes, this is clearly sweetened, but my tongue seems not to be offended by such a sacrilege.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma of sweet fruit (I don’t specifically get plum, maybe apple and pear). Flavor is similar to a punched up apple juice. Slight sour prickliness. A touch of oak/wood in the finish. Very drinkable and enjoyable. Not spectacular nor that complex but super tasty! Certainly far from a nasty drain pour. These bad ratings are just sad. I don’t understand them. I was initially frightened to try this beer, but now I know not to believe the silly warnings in the future. 7/4/7/4/15 (3.7/5)

25cl bottle from Draken Geers. Pours a dirty old gold/brown colour opaque, virtually no head. Banana and pineapple aroma. Ugh this is pretty nasty, like home made sweet wine, tastes too sweet with too many fruit flavours not mixing particularly well together. Pretty awful. Yep that is pretty nasty and frankly a drain pour

Appearance: Pours out a clear, light amber body with a fair amount of bubbles, but nothing to call a "head". Smell: Here we go again! Expired ketchup, odious weeds, lacquer. At best, there’s a vague fruit scent, but it’s been laced with a suspiciously high amount of pure sugar. "I’m too old for this..." --Roger Murtaugh Taste: Excruciatingly saccharin sweet explosion, and for good reason, as little else could try to obscure the poor flavors rampant within. Cloying would be a gross understatement. Artificial plum flavoring. Hunt’s Ketchup, castor oil, biodegradable plastic, old nickels, and a sneaky shot of wood varnish. I’m really left speechless. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Low level of carbonation. Drinkability: A real stomach churner! I’ve always considered the Chapeau line-up to be one unfathomable horror after another and the Mirabelle is no exception. You may be rightfully wondering - will I have another Cheapeau fruit lambic in the future? Most likely! It’s a bit like anticipating the latest horror film, I just can’t wait to see what wicked nightmares and unending torment they can dream up next. Cantillon, take me away!