Green Walnut
Brouwerij Oud Beersel in Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Untraditional Regular|
Score
7.46
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“Green Walnut” is a surprising and innovative Lambic beer of Oud Beersel. For the production of the Green Walnut real fruit is used, in the same way as for the Oude Kriek of Oud Beersel.
In July the still green walnuts are gathered in the Oud Beersel orchard and are added to the Lambic beer that matured in wooden wine barrels.
After the bottle fermentation this sparkling walnut Lambic of Oud Beersel is called Green Walnut, which is a strong companion for blue-veined cheese, dried ham and salads with nuts.
The green walnuts macerate in the Lambic beer enabling them to unfold their taste and flavour. The initial bitterness which is extracted from the walnuts is tempered during the ripening of the walnut Lambic. This results in a delicate balance between the light sourness of the Lambic beer and the bitterness of the green walnuts. The wooden wine barrels provide a subtle touch of red fruits to the beer.
In July the still green walnuts are gathered in the Oud Beersel orchard and are added to the Lambic beer that matured in wooden wine barrels.
After the bottle fermentation this sparkling walnut Lambic of Oud Beersel is called Green Walnut, which is a strong companion for blue-veined cheese, dried ham and salads with nuts.
The green walnuts macerate in the Lambic beer enabling them to unfold their taste and flavour. The initial bitterness which is extracted from the walnuts is tempered during the ripening of the walnut Lambic. This results in a delicate balance between the light sourness of the Lambic beer and the bitterness of the green walnuts. The wooden wine barrels provide a subtle touch of red fruits to the beer.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at the 42nd floor Tasting, thanks to Matteo, 08/10/15. Hazed orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is dank, apple skins, nutty tones, damp wood, pear, straw. Taste comprises tarte citric rinds, walnut, green apple, damp hay, tarte white grapes, funky. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light puckerings. Interesting Lambic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2015
at 10:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the 42nd floor tasting big thanks to Matteo. It pours cloudy dirty gold with a medium white head. definitely has a greenish hue to it. The nose is soft, funky, musty, green fruits, greengage, nutty, dough and some tangy lactic notes. The taste is crisp, sour, funky, mild acidity, lactic acid, granny smith apple, tangy, nutty and mild acidity. Medium body and fine, foamy carbonation. Funky and well-rounded. An interesting take on lambic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2015
at 10:32
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
750 ml. bottle shared @ Cantillon. Deep very hazy peach orange, head is very quickly gone. Nose is funk with a rather sweetish base, light sourness, oak, light walnut. Taste is oddly dominated by this sweetish powdery dough, funk is still quite big even if the base is doughy, powdery & touch sugary even, finish is clearly acidic, heavy funk, barnyard, bread, sweetish walnuts in the back. Very fizzy body. Interesting idea & beer. Doughy quality takes it a bit down for me. This one doesn’t feel like the best possible execution of the concept.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 02:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared in Lpndon, level 42. Big thanks to Matteo. Pours hazy deep gold with a frothy off-white head. Interesting aroma, some tangy, dried citrus fruits, wood, grass, mellow funk. Light-medium sweet flavor with some juicy lemon, moderate acidity, some damp wood, earth, grass. Light bodied with average, spritzy carbonation. Pleasant citric and lightly acidic finish, more wood, lemon, tangerine, light melon, grass. Fun stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2015
at 13:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart funky aroma. Fruity sour tart citric funky weak nutty flavor. Has a fruity sour tart funky weak nutty walnut finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2015
at 07:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Etched glass - Pours orange white head. Nose/taste of lemon, citrus, funked up walnut, nutty oak, and barnyard - medium body.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2015
at 23:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from bottle @ Hey Julien is back and Dean’s floor is moist tasting. Hazy yellow to orange color, average sized off-white head. Smell and taste malts, good citrussy, light walnut flavor, balanced sourness. Dry finish, suitable body and carbonation. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2015
at 17:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sample at the Hague THT. No head. Hazy blond pour. A decent llambic Sour. But not too sour
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 17:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Brewda 2015, thanks to whoever. Small sample. Hazy blonde color. Not much head. Aroma’s: sour, but rather soft, woody. Flavor is moderate sour, mild, light sweet. Light bodied. Long finish. Definitely not mouth puckering sour, quite mild. I liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2015
at 06:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Interesting lambic novelty from Oud Beersel, with a flaky, egg-white, thin and unstable head and cloudy, strange khaki colour. Estery and funky lambic aroma with green plums, gooseberries, old sherry, lemon peel, wet hay, wood and indeed the somewhat astringent smell of unripe walnuts, well-integrated in the overall lambic profile. Very estery lambic taste, spritzy at first with a soft lactic acidity more than sharp vinegar acidity, drying, sherryish, ’horseblanket’ funkiness, long dry and tart finish with deeply buried old hops bitterishness like in Oud Beersel’s geuze and a wryness of unripe walnuts built into the whole. Good idea indeed, with the walnuts adding a nutty astringency and a weird but fascinating greenish hue to the colour. Altogether very different from the usual fruit lambics, that much is clear...
Tried
on 30 Aug 2015
at 10:32