Vieux Foudre Faro
Brouwerij Vander Linden in Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Faro Regular|
Score
6.75
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Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Vieux Foudre Faro from Brouwerij Vander Linden 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Vintage 1990 - sampled 2006 at Le Bier Circus in Brussels. A hazy amber beer with a nice brown head. The aroma has notes of caramel as well as dust and cork. The flavor is lovely acidic with just a hint of sweetness and notes of wood, cork, and caramel. The cork notes made it stand out as somewhat old (no wonder), and my wine loving companion didn’t like it due to the cork, but I found the cork mixing in with the rest and to give it even more character. I really enjoyed the sourness, the years have eaten the sugar and made a single vintage gueuze?!? or is that a carbonated lambic? anyways a lovely beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 75 cl) 5,5% ABV according to my label. Light brown, a bit flat with almost no head. Classical Faro with candy sugar added to a lambic base. The sugars never overpower the tartness from the lambic making this an old-fashioned and very quenching drink if not exactly refined. Vander Linden were never known for their sophisticated label art - this definetely is no exception! 310398