Upland Kiwi Lambic

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

[Thanks a million Jan!] Clear golden with a tiny white short lasting head. Sour aroma with brett, lacto, barnyard, wood and kiwi hints. Flavour was sour and somewhat sweet and the kiwi’s gave it a sweet edge though the barnyard, brett, lacto and wood kicked in as expected towards the end. Finished nicely sour. Nice balance and the kiwi gave it a nice fruityness. Lovely.

Bottle 75cl. [ As my rating # 11111 on ratebeer ].
[ Trade by toncatcher - HUGE thanks ]. Clear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy caramel, fruity, sour, barnyard, wood and kiwi notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidic and bitter with a long duration, and a dry dry dry finish. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20091021]

Bottle sample at Crown #19. Poured a cloudy yellow color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly diminished with fair lacing. Moderate to heavy tart citrus, herbs and yeasty aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture. Medium to heavy fruity sour flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a standout lambic.

Holy crowberries! A ginormous thanks to *****, you know who you are, sonofabitch! Pours a whitish hazed yellow golden bron with a thin of an offwhite head. The nose is crisp and biting, with just a hint of vanilla. Some sigificant Bret, but most aspects are Pedio, I think. The mouth is medium to lightly heavily bodied, with reasonable carbonation. The flavors are in line with the nose, though there is perhaps a bit more vanilla. Most of the tartness comes from the microbes, but there’s a distinctly limey to kiwiy fruity tartness. There’s a bit more residual sweetness than you generally see i nthe style. This could age a bit more, really.. The oak comes through as mostly vanilla. The tannins are weak compared the acidity and fruit. This could age for 4 more years and still be lovely, I’m sure! I hope more is made! This isn’t even close to it’s potential!

I liked this. It isn’t incredible, but it is cool to see a brewer try a different fruit, and the result is a good, sour beer. Orange and a little bit cloudy. Sour, yeasty aroma. Mild sourness, and fairly smooth palate, but still easily enough sourness for the style. Flavor has yeast, and a very light, effervescent kiwi. Lots of carbonation, with bubbles on the palate. Even though it could have more fruit, it is still a sour, true-to-style lambic, and there is nothing not to like about that. Thanks to Skyview for sharing.

Bottle shared from MIkeTD. Pours a hazy peachy golden color carbonation is there- but very low on this bottle. Thin diminishing head to nothing. Aroma is a bit lackluster- and if I didn’t know it was supposed to be kiwi I probably would not have guessed it. Most of the aroma is very citrus-like especially on the grapefruit end- light sulfur, some nice brett funk- tropical brett C like with some lambic character but not all the way there (yet). Body is still a bit big, with some dextrins and just a tad sweet, with more citrus fruits, grapefruit, a bit of lemon and lime, with earth and a leathery kick. Not too dry yet, and the sour aspect is just very slight at this point. For those who still have a bottle, I think it is best to hold this for quite a while. It is drinkable now, but it just isn’t that great, and I see some hope in this one if kept for a while. Thanks again to MikeTD for sharing. I am still trying to acquire this in a trade to hold for about a year, then re-sample with some people (including Miketd).

Bottle. Pours a light golden body with very little carbonation. Sour funky citrus, hard to pick the kiwi. Light citrus, oak, leathery brett. Needs time.

The smell is kiwi, tart, wood, sour, funk, and pretty good. The look is cloudy, thin to no head, golden straw colored. The taste is a little watery, tart, fruits, wood, acidic, and dry. You cannot really tell its kiwi.