Bottled (1998). Hazy deep golden. Citric nose. Nearly flat, but still with pleasant light, sparkling mouthfeel. Juicuy and concentrated. Barnyrady and woody. Soft and dense malt character. What a brilliant mistake this beer is!

(Cuvée J.F. Vonck) The problem with "loerik" is that it never stays completely "loerik". And it is neither unblended lambic, neither gueuze. "Loerik" (=lazy-bones) a blending of lambics, meant to become gueuze, but for some reason refusing to re-ferment. And thus remaining a blend of lambics. Sooner or later there is some refermentation. This one is rather aged, but still pretty flat. Completely clear-gold. Slim, yellowish head, immediately gone. Very slow pearling. Lumps of yeast pried loose at the end - ought to be poured all at once. Nose of green grapes, raisins, sulphur, decaying wood, mushrooms, lemon, lactic. A bit fleshy taste, lactic - but not in the mouthfeel - something remindful of malt, but changed into something else, cookie-ish. Very flat until the aftertaste, where it seems to liven up, acquiring an outspoken lemony character. Tumultuous mixture of organic acids, going into bitterish-tannine adstringency. It still retains its old lambic character, but gone into something more refined.