7.5

Superficial sample from Billie’s craft beer fest 2025. Unclear pink under a huge pink head. Acidic cherry aroma. Taste is sour cherry, lemon, funk and hint of vanille. Pretty sour stuff.

7.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Blend of (the revived) Eylenbosch cherry lambic with Alvinne's Chain Reaction, a blonde sour making use of raw wheat in an attempt at emulating lambic, but also flavoured with fig leaf; this is a collab I never saw coming, I must admit, but apparently it arose when both Alvinne and Eylenbosch were invited together for a tap takeover at Internationella Pressklubben, the famed Swedish beer restaurant. From those kegged origins back in April, the blend has meanwhile been bottled in 37.5 cl 'geuze bottles' with cork and muselet - luckily. Medium thick, fizzing, irregularly moussey, pale pink-white head dissolving quickly in the middle but retaining at the edges; cloudy fuchsia red robe with rosy tinge, the colour of a strawberry daiquiri, but more tilted towards burgundy. Strong and distinct bouquet of rich cherry jam and reduced sour cherry juice, slight cherry vinegar, sour yoghurt, old leather, wet oak wood, damp earth, stewed rhubarb, almond from the cherry stones, cherry skins, rosé wine gone sour, dark green forest weeds, indeed whiffs of both coconut and cinnamon as announced (but even then I was not actually expecting them) but also cesspool as more of the bottle goes into the glass (slowly retreating again after that, fortunately). Sharp onset from both puckering cherry tartness and spritzy carbon dioxide, lemony streaks for sure but no real 'vinegar' effect, just an aromatic touch of cherry vinegar perhaps; unripe green plum and hard green apple notes as well. Lots of sour cherry fleshiness along with astringent cherry skin tannins, piercing through a soft bready wheatiness and yoghurty lactic sourness throughout, adding layers of wood, earthiness and cherry stone tannins in the end, while a full-bodied red wine aspect lingers in the background. Retronasally, the fig leaf that went into the Alvinne part of this blend does push through as a slight exotic accent, but far less reminiscent of cinnamon and coconut retronasally than orthonasally. Drying, tart, long, tannic, almondy and lemony finish - but also filled with this 'rosy' cherry fleshiness and juiciness, also contributing to a flavour profile which generally feels a bit more intense than average for a cherry lambic. Alvinne fans will probably not be disappointed here - I am less certain about the Eylenbosch fans which are probably a tad more traditionally oriented, but this is in any case a very colourful, tangy and distinct fruit sour, recommended at least for the true sour beer aficionado.

7

On tap at Billie's Craft Beer Festival. Marzipan, cherry and vinegar notes. Complex, sure not bad, but I'm not really sure about this one. 747413 251107

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at Pressklubben, Stockholm
Hazy burgundy colour, mid sized head. Tart funky cherry aroma. Tart with medium body rounded mouthfeel. Tart cherries, deep vinegar. Low bitterness.

7.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

A hazy bright pinkish red beer with a white lacing. Aroma of lactic red fruits, berries, grapes. Taste of sour red berries, red grapes, funk, vineous finish.

7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at Borefts2025. Puckering sour. Strong cherry, red fruit. Cherry pie. Long acidic sourness, dry-ish. Nice.

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Spritziger, vollmundig fruchtiger Beginn, angenehme Säure. Beerig, fruchtig, Nuancen von Essig, langer Nachhall. Lecker! 10/11/11/11//11

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

keg at Borefts 2025 Saturday ...deep red ...thin white lacing ...soft earthy fruit nose ..Light sharp berries ..soft vanilla funk soft eathy fruit

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Borefts. Bright pink, slightly hazy. Bright sour cherry, almonds, soft oak and funk, cinnamon, lemon juice. Quite sour, light sweet.edium bodied.

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Mooie rode kleur met een klein lichtroze schuimpje. Geur is zuur, houtig, amandel, kers(enpit), kaneel. Smaak is zurig, kers. Lichte body. Iets droge afdronk.