On tap at MBCC 2018. Pours hazy red with white head. Fruity, red berries, raspberries, peach, some grapes, funk, barnyard. Juicy. Medium sourness, soft carbonation, quite balanced, soft texture. Medium bodied.

Bokkereyder lambic made with an old German peach variety known as ‘Roter Weinbergpfirsich’, so called because it has been cultivated in the wine-producing regions of Germany since the 16th century; an old variety enjoying some renewed popularity lately, this peach has blood-red flesh and juice like red wine, which equally contributed to its name. Thanks to the Dutch beer geeks for sharing a bottle at Foeders in Amsterdam during Carnivale Brettanomyces. Pale pinkish, moussy and surprisingly stable head lasting for a long time over a hazy, deep fuchsia red beer. Nose is overwhelmingly red fruit flesh and juice, ripe red peach indeed but in being less familiar than the more popular yellow peaches, also pointing at ripe red raspberries and redcurrant; notes of grenadine even, no doubt established by the extremely generous dosage of red peach fruit, blood orange, lemon juice, unsugared yoghurt, whipped cream, sesame seed, peach skin. Again a truckload of ripe red ‘wine peach’ in the mouth, again reminiscent of pure red raspberry juice as well with a fruit acidic, lemony edge but inherent fructose sweetness as well, not all eaten by the wild yeast yet; supple, even slightly creamy mouthfeel, lactic sourness but in a mellowish kind of way yet still enough so to dry the mouth; some tannic peach skin (and lambic barrel) effects in the end still drenched in luscious fruit acidity, with a light lambic earthiness in the end. Another sublime Bokkereyder, utterly generous in its fruit dosage, to the extent where the lambic finesses are even a bit overshadowed.

Beautiful aroma, raspberry, cherries, sweet berries, beautiful mineral funk, light cola. Nice carbonation and mouthfeel. 4.6

Brettfest, Foeders. 2018 vintage. Hazy pink, light pink head. Sweet raspberries, sour raspberries, sour grain, hay, fruit stones, tannins. Big and complex sour and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. The fruit is well balanced with the grain and hay. Very nice.

Bottle at Foeders, Carnivale Brettanomyces ‘18. Hazy red with a pink head. Aroma of peach, mineral, red berries, jam and barnyard funk. Flavour is moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with a super juicy palate and soft carbonation.

Bottle sampled at Foeders. Deep ruby, totally clear with light pink head. This looks so crazy good! Thick sweet peach, funk, light red berries, soft minerals, soft grapes, hay, dank mineral cellar funk, grape skins. Over medium sour, light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with sparkly carbonation. The looks and the nose are amazing, and the rest is not bad either.

At brettfest. Delicious aroma of berries, peach, tart, hay and funk. Taste has rich peach, oak, hay, horseblanket, tart, tannine and a long fruity horseblanket finish. Very good. Rerate, next years version is even better. Up 0.3 points.