De Molen Fris & Fruitig Morellen Lambiek Bordeaux Barrel

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Bottle from Bierkoning. Nice white head, and very cloudy dark red body. Aroma is lactic and cherrry (duh) hint of wood, rasberry or cherrypit. Dark cherry flavor, again the cherrypit taste. Dusty, no aggressive sourness. The non aged version had a beautiful champagne-like carbonation. Miss that here, it’s more thick and less sparkling. Overall a very nice experiment and a decent, although not extreme/nerdy lambic.

Bottle no 81 from De Bierkoning. Hazy burgundy (!) colour with a small fine head. Wonderful sour fruit and potent vanilla aroma. Sour and sweet fruit flavours, hints of wood, but also more vanilla. Very well balanced, maybe too kind to the fanatics. Fizzy. De Molen master also the fruit lambik style appearantly.

CBF09. From tap. Pours dark red and hazy with a dense off-white head. Dry cherry like aroma. Dry phenolic and slight acidic and phenolic flavoured. Mild cherry fruity flavour following. Vague acidity. Dry fruity and wooden flavoured finish.

Draught @ Valby 09. Hazy red dartk amber with a medium off white head. Sour aroma with cherries, barnyard and wood notes. Flavour was sour with cherries, wood, brett and barnyard. Finished sour.

Aroma and character strikingly like Crombe Oud Kriekenbier. Not as outrageous as that beer in its heyday though. For me the original Crombe OK was the best fruit beer ever, and to its credit, this is well on the way there. Perhaps future barrels could be kicked about a bit more and given a bit more wet dog and oxidation.

Bottle from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen. Nr. 222 of 520. Poured in a Cantillon flute. The colour is deep red, almost rusty with a neat foamy light pink head. The nose is woody with a sweet sour impression. There is som berries and vinegar in the nose too. The taste is very nice. The redwine is quite clear and is backed nicely by the mild sourness. There is wood and berries that fades out and leaves an anonymous finish though with a creamy and oily palate. Indeed a good lambic.

Tap @ København Ølfestival 2009. The aroma is very fruity (grape, red fruit), winey and has oak. Hazy, red-brown coloured beer with an off-white head. The taste is tart, just a little sweet. It is fruity, has marzipan, oak and wine. Balanced beer with a moderate dry finish. Good!