N&R - Shot In The Dark
Neill & Ross in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Lambic Style - Fruit Special Out of Production|
Score
8.02
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Shot In The Dark is a fruit lambic that was produced with 10-month old Girardin Jonge Lambiek that was brewed in 2010 with 60 kilograms of locally-grown blackberries added and left to ferment over the Autumn. The lambic and fruit were added to a freshly emptied, uncleaned Bordeaux barrel and bottled three months later. The lambic still contained just enough sugar to not require a blend.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml. cap & corked.[ Bottle # 73 ]. Clear medium to dark red - purple colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy grape, barnyard, leather, fruity - berry, light to moderate red wine. Flavour is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, tart, berry, wood, barnyard, vinous, red wine, dry dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121109]
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2013
at 08:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Red orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is yeast, brett, berries. Flavour is yeast, brett, berries, vanilla, oak, lemon. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 00:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle (thanks to Dak, I think). Pours with a hazed orange hued body with a retentive, off-white head. Aromas are delicous, zesty, blackberry, lemon verbena, funky, fruity, grapefruit, acidic, earthy, red wine. Flavors are softly funky, acidic, bright fruit, earthy, red wine, black berries, zesty fruit. Super. Tannic, dark fruit, nice acid. Lively, dry and puckering with medium tannins. Would love to see more of this. A new take on fruit lambics with authentic lambic wort and microflora.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2013
at 17:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 75cl wine corked. A gusher, unclear and reddish orange in color, with a small, dense, orangey white head. Funky nose with lemony notes, barnyard and a vinous touch. Old leather, stable, some berries and a hint of grapefruit in the aroma. It’s tart and quite effervescent, medium bodied. Funky flavor with lots of acidity and lemon. Some vinous notes and berries. Lasting lemony finish with funk and some berries. A really pleasant one, complex and tasteful. 121109
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 16:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 750ml @ fonefan
Pours slightly hazy deep amber with a off-white head. Aroma is sour with a classic geuze aroma with berries. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a long dry, vinous, fruity and sour finish. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft to fizzy.
Pours slightly hazy deep amber with a off-white head. Aroma is sour with a classic geuze aroma with berries. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a long dry, vinous, fruity and sour finish. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft to fizzy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 15:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Botte @ fonefan tasting. Hazy red with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, red wine and barnyard. Flavor is medium sweet and rather acidic. Dry and rather acidic finish. 091112
Tried
on 09 Nov 2012
at 15:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ FOneFan. Deep amber with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, tart, barnyard, fruit, wheat and a little cherries. Flavour is malt, tart, little sour, little cherries, barnyard, wine, fruit and medium dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 15:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is red. Aroma and taste are brett, malt, wood, wine, fruits, blackberries and hops. Nice and sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2012
at 15:17
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Clear bright red colour, white head. Aroma of brett, quite sour, light fruity, light tart, overripe fruit, light red wine, quite some candy notes. Sour flavour, blackberry (braam), red wine, quite astringent. Fruity finish, quite sour blackberries and other berries, noticeable raspberry.
Very lovely, great lambic!
(From 75cL unlabeled bottle, number written on the cap. @ RBBSG II, Wilrijk. Courtesy of tderoeck. Thanks Tim!)
Very lovely, great lambic!
(From 75cL unlabeled bottle, number written on the cap. @ RBBSG II, Wilrijk. Courtesy of tderoeck. Thanks Tim!)
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2012
at 02:11
9.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Thx. to Tim // saw this one announced a while back but than I saw the number of bottles and distribution.... // luckily I got to try this, yay // unlabeled bottle only number (somewhere in early 200’s I think) written on cap // dark red berry coloured with little white head // mmm. nose is full of berries, rich, tad sweet berries with some nice barnyard funk, hay, enjoyable sourness, delicious lemon lambic // lightly bitter, naturally sour berries, good quality younger Girardin lambic, lemon, tart, hay, nice horse blanket goodness, berries well integrated, tad disolved, zesty, light wood, light wine touches, more towards end // high, enjoyable carb. yummy
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2012
at 05:04