Lambiek Special
Geuzestekerij De Cam in Gooik, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
7.88
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Lambiek Special is a lambic with whole yellow-gooseberry, blackberry and sour cherry added.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at the July THT. Hazy reddish ruby pour with no head. Tons of fruit - raspberries, strawberries, red grapes - aged cheese, funky cheese, light mould, light apple vinegar. Medium body, light carbonation and a tart finish. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2017
at 16:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from a shop near Brussels a couple of years ago, bottle date 08/2013, 75 cl sample. Slight hazy orange with a reddish glow, short frothy head. Aroma is quite fruity of cherry, bit marzipan, some tartness and funk. Quite sour in taste, fruity, citric acid. Almost sharpish in the finish. Bit thin in body. Besides the minor flaws, lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2017
at 08:58
8/10
Mimo tego, ze mega kwasny, to bardzo fajny owocowo-derkowo, do degustacji a nie picia raczej, dziekuje Pan Mesjasz :)
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Chmielarnia Marszałkowska
on 05 Apr 2017
at 19:07
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(750ml 2015 bottle from Systembolaget web order shared). Pours a clear, slightly reddish-tinged medium amber with just a few loose white bubbles and no head to speak of. Aroma is quite acidic, on the border between very tart and truly sour. Lactic and berry-derived acidity dominate that aspect, with light white wine vinegar as well. Fresh lemon zest, sour cherry flesh, gooseberry, crab apple, slight raspberry, berry seeds, wet oak, very restrained funk. The palate is very well balanced between acidity and a malt core that contributes sweet notes to motivate the fruit. Lemon juice and gooseberry lead, along with sour cherry juice and a surprisingly up front minerality. The middle fills in with more malt sweetness, tart cherry flesh, building raspberry presence and a hint of wine vinegar, but as quickly as it appears, the sweetness fades to a drying light bitterness. In the dry finish, woody cellar notes, a sightly musty funk, prominent raspberry seeds and raspberry flesh, with a seam of acidic gooseberry and lemon riding things out along the roof of the mouth. Aftertaste of sour cherry and raspberry, slight herbal quality, and a little old wood. Medium bodied and slick, with very light but prickly carbonation. I was a bit surprised by the lower funk profile and relatively sweet core, but it nicely offsets the acidity and prevents it being bracing like the De Cam Framboise. A great Valentine’s beer, I’m fortunate to have a lambic-loving partner!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2017
at 15:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2015 750mL at Akkurat with Nelson, 11/28/16.
Bright red robe shows a good clarity and a multicolor-tinted (yellow, pink, etc...) white head with reasonable retention for the style.
The nose is bright and juicy, with both tart and somewhat sweet suggestions. Jammy blackberry and surprisingly no sulfur, given how sulfur-heavy the nectarine bottles are (though they are younger). Good lactic character, with no flaw or intense sourness.
In the mouth it’s sweeter than expected. Not artificial, of course, but the fruits are tangy and heavily jammy, having not had enough time to work in to the lambic character, which itself is heavily tart and shows a good mix of lactic and brett character. Rather big body for a lambic with strong carbonation.
Bright red robe shows a good clarity and a multicolor-tinted (yellow, pink, etc...) white head with reasonable retention for the style.
The nose is bright and juicy, with both tart and somewhat sweet suggestions. Jammy blackberry and surprisingly no sulfur, given how sulfur-heavy the nectarine bottles are (though they are younger). Good lactic character, with no flaw or intense sourness.
In the mouth it’s sweeter than expected. Not artificial, of course, but the fruits are tangy and heavily jammy, having not had enough time to work in to the lambic character, which itself is heavily tart and shows a good mix of lactic and brett character. Rather big body for a lambic with strong carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2017
at 15:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 5.5%. Slightly hazy amber/orange with tiny head. Aroma is malt, tart, berries, cherries, cherry stone and lemon. Flavour is malt, tart, berries, cherries, sour, lemon, little barnyard, citric, wood, little acid, gooseberries, medium sweet and a little dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2017
at 13:17
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Thanks to Huhzubendah for sharing the bottle! Poured into a taster showing well filtered ruby red with sparse white foam. The nose shows acetic brett with fruit notes of cherry and blackberry with hints of plum. The palate is medium bodied and highly carbonated. Moderately tarted with lightly intense mixed fruits of cherries, blackberries, and light plums. Acetic with light bretty funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2017
at 19:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bouteille 750ml, batch 2, bottle share. Couleur orangée translucide, aucune mousse. Arôme fruité, levures sauvages, vineux, boisé. Goût de pêche, framboise, levures sauvages, acidité moyenne. Carbonatation faible, corps moyen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2016
at 21:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from a 750 mL bottle during Zwanze. Pours a hazy red color, with a small, tan head. The aroma is tart cherries and orange peels, caramel, butter toffee, and a touch of salt. Sweet and fruity up front, with a tart and lightly bitter finish. Medium body, sticky, acidic, and clingy. This is a nicely complex and fruity lambic. Surprisingly well balanced and finishes clean. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2016
at 09:20
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml. corked. [ As De Cam Lambiek Special ].[ Trade by 77ships ]. Clear medium red orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is barnyard, tart fruit - berry, cherry - almond - marzipan, gooseberry - yellow gooseberry. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, tart, dry, gooseberry, yellow gooseberry, funky, farmyard. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160624]
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2016
at 13:54