8.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Pours lightly hazy gold with a small white head. It has a sour, lemony, funky aroma. The flavor is very tart, oaky, and vinous. On first sip the flavor seemed kind of sharp and like the various elements weren’t blending well but as it warmed that smoothed out. This is really good, and I appreciate how they went for it, embracing the tartness and the blend of one and three year aged brews. The bartender tells me they have a small coolship. Between that and the long aging process on wood and blending, I think this is about as close to a lambic as we’ll get without brewing it in Belgium. Excellent.