De la Senne Crianza (Lambic)

Wow, simply wow.

Pours beautiful with a large, foamy, head. As it slowly fades a sticky and strong lacing is left on the glass. And it never fully fades, left id a cm thick surface covering foam. Basically, there are soap suds in this beer. The color is hazy and thick but not muddy or murky. One cannot see through it but it has a sunshine irradiating hue. Looks like the sun is shining straight through the beer. Just beautiful, especially with the lightly visible carbonation. Aroma is lots of barnyard/cobweb lambic blended beautifully with perfume-like Belgian malts, which are very low key. The lambic part dominates. Further, lightly grassy and light leather, again perfectly melded. Taste is almost all kambic, spiky, cobweb filled leather and a nice long dryness. Throughout the flavor there is a light Belgian pale sweetness lovingly playing off the lambic flavors. Its not in your face with any one aspect. Nice light lemon zest in the back of the throat.
750mL from Beer Mania, no date, white wine glass, split 3 ways at home.

(Bottle at One Pint on 2008-03-14) Yellow and cloudy. Big head. Very acidic nose. Sour taste with some sweetness.

Blind tasting at Papsoe. Golden colour with a huge fizzy white head. Aroma of oak, sour and acidity.Sour flavour with notes of grape and wine-like. Very refreshing.

courtesy of Pascal Sauser - cloudy orange colour, little and persistant white foam; aroma of cheese, cellar and old apples; very acidic/sour with some sweetness hidden behind; solid malt body, fizzy and fruity finish with some residual sweetness and cheesy notes - very good

Bottled. Hazy golden colour with small white head, which lasts for quite a bit. Leaves nice lace. Aroma is earthyness, mild notes of sour fruits, wood and yeast. Flavour is very much sour fruits, yeast and some wooden hints mixed in. A wellbalanced brew which does the "sweetish sour" thing very well. Refreshing.