Lambic Infused with Grapefruit Peel

Definitely grapefruit forward, easy funk. A bit light

Pours a bit unclear orangeblonde. No head, ofcourse. Scent is rich, lambic (funk) wood. Only a minor hint of the GF. Taste is dry, woody, funky, more fruity than expected after the nosing. Slight sparkle of co2. Easy drinker on a summer day !

26 February 2022. At Bar Beenhouwer, Ghent. Cheers to Anke, Ama Deke & Linda!

Clear orange, no head. Aroma of blood orange, orange peel, pink grapefruit, wet straw, oak. Taste has sour grapefruit juice, blood orange and wet oak, bit vinegary, funky. Dry, sour, citric finish, bitter wood and grapefruit peel, acidic and funky still. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Does add a nice twist.

Yet another of these Oud Beersel lambics with unlikely flavouring, now with grapefruit peel – which sounds somehow a bit less exotic than some other variants, though it is of course by no means a traditional ingredient of any kind of lambic. From tap at Bar Beenhouwer. Off-white, bubbly, thin and interrupted head, quickly gone; misty apricot robe with vague brownish-amber tinge. Aroma of indeed dried grapefruit peel and strongly so, but working well with impressions of southernwood, yoghurt, lemon zest, old peanuts, barnyard, stale sweat, unripe gooseberry, green apple, wormwood leaf, bitter weeds. Crisp, sour onset, old lemons, green gooseberry and wild apple, astringent as unripe stonefruit, a bit carbonated due to refermentation effects but of course only softly so; supple bread-crusty, old cracker-like malt core with leathery, hayish and sweaty Brett effects, quickly displaying its grapefruit peel in a deep bittering way, but also with a pleasant zestiness; ends bone dry, puckering bitter-sour, as expected. Not very accessible, but for me, the combo of lambic earthiness and funkiness works very well with the spicy bitterness of the grapefruit peel. One of the better examples in this ongoing series for me, so far at least.

Grapefruit peel. Cloudy gold with almost no head. Nice funk. Grapefruit and a nice tartness with light funk. Very drinkable.

[10/23/2021] Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2021. Red session. Cloudy golden. Barnyard, grapefruit, oak, sour, juicy, grapefruit bitterness. Great and refreshing.

Tap @MBCC 2021, Red Session. Nearly clear golden, white head. Funky, fruity aroma, light bretty yeast. Sour flavour, woody, fruity with slightly rough horsy yeast.

Tap at Beergeek Bar. Thx Rafael! Hazy-misty golden body, white head. Classic funky dry lambic aroma with light light grapefruit. Funky, lean lambic taste, herbal, again with more evident grapefruit to enhance the thing. Not great, not bad.