8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

75cl bottle (bottled in September 2021) from the brewery shop. F: medium, white, not long lasting. C: deep gold, hazy. A: light sour fruity, old lemon, gooseberries, woody, grapes, orange touch. T: medium malty base, lemon, woody, redcurrants touch, gooseberries, funky, green apples, nice light sour fruity, bit puckering, grapes, bready touch, decent bitterness from old hops, very good for the style, nice one, fully enjoyed.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Grape, subtle funky notes. Taste: Grape, some grapeskin, lemon, green apple. Subtle farm-like funk, notes of hay and oak wood. Medium body, below average carbonation. Over moderate tart, some acidic vinegar-like notes. Light bitterness, old hop.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

As a result of the general beer revival and the lambic revival in particular, it should not come as a surprise that the number of lambic brewers and geuze blenders has been slowly but steadily increasing in the larger Brussels area in recent years – so it not be surprising either that the Brussels breweries like to dabble in lambic every now and then, usually in the form of using lambic yeast or blending beers with lambic (think of Senne’s Bruxellensis, or the collabs No Science and Ermitage did with Cantillon). Brussels Beer Project, however, took it one step further and decided to make their own, fully spontaneously-fermented lambic, brewed in Brussels (I heard that the first batch was actually inoculated on the Grand Place, the literal and metaphorical centre of the city, in a mobile coolship that will also be used in other Brussels locations later on). This is the basic lambic, aged in barrels formerly used for grappa in Italy. Medium thick, off-white, quite regular, opening but moderately stable head, hazy peach blonde robe with pale orangey tinge. Aroma of dried lemon peel, clear oak wood, green gooseberry, bitter orange pith, haystack, green apple, sour grape, a rubbery touch and perhaps the vaguest hint of actual grappa, which may or (less likely) may not be linked to that subtle rubbery aspect. Tart onset, a tad lemony at the edges but generally on the ‘malse’ side, raw rhubarb, green apple, redcurrant; medium carb, smooth and bit vinous body. Bready core soaked in drying lactic tartness, yoghurty and fruity, with aspects of sour grape and gooseberry lingering about; clear tannic woodiness as well and indeed that rubbery grappa-like note popping up subtly and briefly. Sour finish, with that lemony edge remaining, accentuated by woodiness; still, the whole remains relatively ‘mals’ and supple. Not quite as deep and complex as most of the more established lambics (certainly not like Cantillon, the only other one for fifty years before BBP started brewing it), but it does tick all the boxes and showcases the main lambic flavours in an ordinate, well-structured and balanced way. Very decent for a first attempt at this difficult and highly specific beer style.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Clear golden colour with no head. Delicate lambic taste, very lightly fruity. Nice tartness but also very dry. Nice smooth taste.

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

20/VIII/22 - 75cl bottle @ Gents Bierfestival, BB: n/a (2022-1059)

Clear blond beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: some alcohol, bit fruity, juicy touch, funky, bitter, alcohol, some grappa I guess. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, dry, spicy, more dry, fruity. Aftertaste: sourish finish, dry, sour apples, fruity, pleasant lambic beer.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Very light hazy blond colour, white foam. Funky, a bit citrusy and lemony. Light fruity and vinous. Grappa?

7

Hapu, puuviljane, tsitrus, kuiv, sidrun, nats puuvilja. Ok.

8

Great!... Maybe a bit too sour.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Good, dense white head over fully hazy ochre-golden beer. Floral nose with horseblanket, immortelle, toast, lactic acid, lemony. Dry, woody and complex flavour - the grappa, but way more complex than grappa usually is. Velvet, musk, horseblanket, incense. Light body, dry, acidthinning, effervescent carbonation, bit slick. This is effectively excellent! This represents the kind of lambic experimenting I want to see!