 lachesis (759), St Idesbald, Belgium
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 1, 2004 Nice and lively yellow-golden color with a small airy head. Outstanding aroma’s of real normandian applecider with hints of exotic wood, Dried apricot,flowers and clear honey. Great dry taste with well balanced acidity. It reminds me to a great Vouvray wine (Le Haut Lieu 1983) from Gaston Huet; Who also had this rich round taste, and that ’out of this world’ freshness. The afthertaste is also dry and ends with a touch of Greek Yogurt and appelpie.
chriso (4796), London, Greater London, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 26, 2004 Updated: Jul 10, 2005As other have observed, this has all the usual lambic characteristics but is softer than the gueuze. Pretty good, but I prefer the black label. Draught at GBBF 2004. (3.6). RE-RATE. Croydon Draught Belgian Beer Festival. Perhaps I’ve become a bit more demanding about lambics thatn I was when I originally rated this, but I certainly wasn’t as impressed. Overwhelmingly citric and moderately sharp, but it seemed much more restrained and less complex than I remember. Knocked it down a couple of points.
DanielBrown (1919), Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, England
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 9, 2004 GBBF, London - pump action delivery. Orange, no head. Sour aroma, and some other qualities which I can’t read from my notes! Like Gueuze, but friendlier. Soft in the mouth, fruity - berry, pineapple, grapefruit, lemon. Sour to start with, but levels off slightly. Excellent, compelling.
maeib (4735), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 7, 2004 Cask conditioned - dispensed from the container with a pump action- GBBF 2004. A lovely aroma reminiscent of farmhouse ciders - woody and dry. An orange/gold colour. The taste has some sour notes but is much drier than expected. It is clean and refreshing with quenching fruitiness
SilkTork (4173), Rochester, Kent, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 6, 2004 Draught GBBF. Wood and oak. Soft and drinkable. Dry and tasty. A very decent drink though I don’t quite get why people are so enthusiastic over this one.
Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Aug 5, 2004 Updated: Aug 6, 2004Giradin – Lambic (Unblended)
Draught Great British Beer Festival, Kensington Olympia, London. (Thursday Session).Woody and sour, yet softer than the black label gueuze. Very Nice!!
Oakes (8093), gone rambling, Vietnam
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 4, 2004 Updated: Jun 24, 2009I did not like my first experience with this beer, but it’s re-rate time at the WSF. Clear golden-bronze colour. Musty, shitty aroma with light tannins. Cidery and a bit of a pedio bomb but fresh-tasting and quite quenching nonetheless. Refreshing finish - simple and a bit cidery.
madsberg (4966), Søborg, Denmark
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 31, 2004 Updated: May 23, 2005Rerate. Bag-in-a-box @ KØ 2005: Well, the first sample I had in Stockholm might have been a little too old, but these samples (tried it 3 times) simply does it for me. This is lambic, as I like it. Extreme sourness and acidity with a fresh light fruity undertone. Sweeps the palate clean and refresh the tastebuds like no other unblended lambic I’ve had. Lots of woody notes, and a good long lingering grapeflavour in the end. Find it hard to belive, that it can be much better, but I will of course continue the quest.
Draft @ Akkurat, Stockholm: Orange coloured, unclear and no head as it should be. Is very sour in the nose. Acidic and citric with some vague fruit notes. Flavour is complex. Spices, sourness and a vague underlying sweetness is fighting for the tastebuds. Delicious eventhoug it lack a bit in freshness. Is smooth and cleansing in the end. Almost like drinking applejuice. Yummy
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