Lambic
Rivertown Brewing Company in Monroe, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Unblended Regular|
Score
7.10
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Beer is typically fermented in a very calculated, controlled manner with pure strains of brewers’ yeast. Our award winning lambic beer is instead fermented by exposing it to the untamed yeasts and bacteria that are native to our Brewery. We affectionately call this unrestrained, wild amalgamation our House Funk. This blend is unique to Rivertown and this unusual, spontaneous process, involving over a year of fermentation in oak wine barrels, is what gives this beer its distinctive flavor; dry, funky, vinous, and cidery, with a crisp, sour aftertaste that will continue to develop in the bottle for years to come.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Rivertown Lambic (by Rivertown Brewery):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5
15/VIII/15 - 75cl bottle @ We're drinking all of Rich's American beers tasting - BB: n/a, 2013 vintage (2015-1063) Thanks to omgrich for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale blond beer, creamy small aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit fruity, spicy, bit dry, funky touch. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, lemon rind, some grapefruit, funky touch. Aftertaste: lemon rind, funky, very soft, nice but not very complex. Very curious about how an Ohio brewery exposes their wort to the wild yeast and bacteria (not bacterias) from the Senne Valley. Dumped a bottle of Cantillon and a bottle of 3F in their, I suppose, except I would've expected a better outcome then. :p
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5
15/VIII/15 - 75cl bottle @ We're drinking all of Rich's American beers tasting - BB: n/a, 2013 vintage (2015-1063) Thanks to omgrich for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale blond beer, creamy small aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit fruity, spicy, bit dry, funky touch. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, lemon rind, some grapefruit, funky touch. Aftertaste: lemon rind, funky, very soft, nice but not very complex. Very curious about how an Ohio brewery exposes their wort to the wild yeast and bacteria (not bacterias) from the Senne Valley. Dumped a bottle of Cantillon and a bottle of 3F in their, I suppose, except I would've expected a better outcome then. :p
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2015
at 14:11
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2015
at 06:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Shared at Ale Alpharetta. Nice, hazy, gold, with a thin grey ring. Lemon zest, hay, white sugar, mango, and cloves. Sweet and venous, with a great, mellow, tart character. Medium body, crisp, and clean. Overall, this is excellent. Great balance, and a fantastic flavor and body.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2014
at 19:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle thanks to Willrunforbeer for sharing this 2013 vintage. Dirty hazy gold color. Aroma is dirty socks, horse blanket, moldy oak and a trace of vinaigrette.
Flavor shows lactic sourness, old oak, dirty jock strap and straw. Tart and sour, it is what it should be. Chewy body with a very dry texture. Thanks for sharing Brian.
Flavor shows lactic sourness, old oak, dirty jock strap and straw. Tart and sour, it is what it should be. Chewy body with a very dry texture. Thanks for sharing Brian.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2014
at 19:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
2011 Nice golden peach color 1 finger head. Slight vinegar nose. Taste is peach, lime and kiwi with a brett like doughy taste.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2014
at 02:51
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at End of History tasting. You know its far along in a tasting when i look at notes in phone and my review has a lot of cursing and spelling mistakes but I was able to translate and edit for television. orange pour and nose of brett and citrus. tastes amazing of the unblended thing i can’t put my finger on. you get florals, apricot, lime, and yeast. tart and refreshing. this is a great effort.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2014
at 12:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to RJ5020, 2011 vintage - thanks! Pours hazy butterscotch, small white head, fizzy and disispates quickly leaving some lacing. Aroma is funky, basement must, horse blanket, very oaky, light lemon. Flavor is light plus tart, oaky, lightly funky - less than the nose would have indicated, a bit of fruitiness, perhaps white grape. Light body, sharp carbonation. Some lingering acidity. This is a pretty nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2014
at 18:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a small beige head. Aroma brings out wine barrels, oak, and Belgian yeast. Flavour is more like a saison, with a very faint lambic quality, some Belgian yeast, and light funk. I get what they're trying to do, but it really isn't a traditional lambic at all. Pretty damn awesome though for what it is. Delicious beer, despite it not being a typical lambic. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2014
at 22:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Secret Santa (summer 2013). Thank you jsquire! Pours hazy golden with a frothy orangish white head that quickly dissipates while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is sour and slightly phenolic with crackers, lemon juice, hay, rubber, horse blanket, grapefruit juice, lemon zest, green apples, dry wood, hay and hints of barnyard. Taste is sour, tiny metallic and slightly phenolic with crackers, lemon juice, unripe apples, unripe pears, hay, dry soil, grapefruit juice, lemon zest, gastric acid, rubber, barnyard and dry wood. Mouthfeel is dry, tart and light bodied. Finish is sour and slightly phenolic with crackers, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, hay, dry soil, barnyard, horseblanket, lemon zest and hints of gastric acid. A nice surprise. Impressively authentic and nicely refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2014
at 12:06
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a hazey gold with no head. The aroma is pear, oak, and yeast. Thin mouthfeel with strong pear juice and oak with lingering dry finish. Odd
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 10:05