Upland Cherry Lambic

Brewed by Upland Brewing Company
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Bloomington, Indiana USA

Bottled. An unclear red beer with no head. The aroma is tart with notes of fruit. The flavor is acidic with notes of fruit and lots of acetone, leading to a tart finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Hazy and opaque reddish amber with a bubbly off-white head that dissipates completely in no time. Fruity, lightly tart aroma. Light body with a discreet carbonation. Lightly tart berry notes and a little coconut. Sulphurous and lightly tart finish. 120609

From bottle, blind #18. Pours hazy dark orange with a fully gone head. Dry acetone, light acidic aroma. Crisp hoppy, mild fruity and vague acetone flavoured. Very smooth flavoured. Lasting fruity and mild crisp flavoured finish.

Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #18. ]
Hazy murky medium grey orange color with virtually none head. Aroma is tart berry, wood, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidic and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090612]
6-1-7-3-15
Bottle 75cl. @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09.
Unclear medium red orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate apricos, tar, barnyard, light cherry, oak. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average to long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. Not as complex as some of the belgium stoff but okay. [20090801]
7-3-8-3-16

Bottled. Orange colour, small white head. Aroma is apricot, some wood, mild wooden sourness as well as some pleasant sourish notes. Flavour is apricot, some mango, mild wooden notes.Quite sour notes,

Bottle #18 at Papsø’s blindtasting. Muddy amber coloured with no head. Light acidic aroma of berries and wood. Light acidic flavour of berries, brett and wood. Tart finish.

Date: April 25, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, DLD
Appearance: opaque peach, wispy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: musty cherry aroma, nice cherry sweetness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: lots of tart cherry flavor, nice musty character, light tartness, more funk than tart, nice
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Blind tasting at Papsø’s
Muddy orange color, without head. Nice aroma, sour, citrusy, fruity (raspberries). Lean mouthfeel, sour, citrusy, with some final astringency, and a light nutty flavor too. Maybe too dry, without the cellar/Brett flavor. Not bad, but there is something that is not completely right here.