Upland Strawberry Lambic

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

Poured a hazy golden red color with a medium sized, pinkish white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of brett, wood, light vanilla, and strawberries. Taste was wild yeast, sour, light vanilla, wood, and a pleasant berry finish. Thanks for sharing John!

Gushed a little. Poured a cloudy pink/golden color with a very light pink foam. The aroma was big wild yeast, strawberries, and some light oak. Flavors were sour/funky yeast, strawberries, green apples, and oak. A most excellant lambic. Huge thanks to pnista for hooking me up with this!

750ml corked bottle shared courtesy of axilla. Slight gusher. Poured a deeper and cloudy golden color with an averaged sized off white head. SOme floaters. Aromas of strawberries, yeast, funkiness, wood, and earthy. Tastes of strawberries, funkiness, berries, green apples, and light wood. Light sour and tart finish. I love strawberries and they were present but not overpowering in this one.

Unclear orange with a medium white head. Aroma had brett, lacto, horseblanket, peaches and wood. Flavour had lacto, brett, peaches, wood and horseblanket. Finished sour. Lovely!

My Bottom Line:
The heavenly marriage of yeasty wilderness, poignant citrusy tartness, and chameleon fruitiness of pomegranates and strawberries is consecrated in this amazingly uplifting Upland P-Lambic.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam surfs the orangey blond.
-The calculated tartness is not overpowering yet leaves a indelible citrusy impression, much like the sour kumquats I had had earlier in the day.
-Carbonation is fluffy and suits the flavor profile perfectly.
-This is very drinkable and quite authentic (moreso than their Blueberry Lambic).

Bottle; thx Jason!

I can’t thank yjb enough for this awesome brew! Pour is a golden, hazy straw with a nice white head. Aroma is of sour strawberries with a hint of earth and sweetness. Flavor is great. Sour strawberries. Great body. I would love to try the others.

750ml Bottle, thanks to Axilla, shared at Ebenezer’s. Poured light hazy amber in color with a small ring of bubbly head. Aroma of brett, strawberry’s, and fairly sweet. Taste is very nicely tart with notes of Strawberries. Nice bubbly body, with a fair amount of puckering sourness. Awesome.

Corked bottle. Ah, the last of the lambics. Quite a gusher, at least as much so as the Raspberry, but with a regular cork. Aroma is pretty amazing - perfectly, perfectly balanced between candy sweetness and lambic sourness, natural strawberry flavor (think marmelade) in pleasant, liliting tones. Really an attractive fruitiness. Pours a pink-orange (perhaps gold), clear and sediment-rich, with a noisy but soon-diminished white head. Taste, on the other hand, is tilted to sour’s favor; this isn’t the brutal, punishing sour or other lambics, rather a measured, alluring, saliva-inducing reminder of craftsmanship and gentility in men. Strawberry flavor is pushed into the background, but the rich and seductive fruitiness remains. Medium body seems full at times but never oily, with just enough prickly carbonation to keep things interesting. Just a touch of mouth pucker. Touch of dry woodiness, though not distinctly oak, stretching from the finish into the aftertaste. I had considered calling this straightforward after the first few sips, even with the flittering flashes of funk floating around, until I discovered the young, slightly leathery brett and slightly musty character in the mid-body. I am now convinced of this beer’s quality. Juicy and robust, a midwest masterpiece!