LemonDe
Straete Brouwerie in Desselgem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.40
|
|
Een ideaal bier voor wie denkt alles al geproefd te hebben die lekker is :D.
Sign up to add a tick or review
SVD (7137) reviewed LemonDe from Straete Brouwerie 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Taster @carnaval brettanomyces, pale golden, small head. Aroma is very dry, very tart, funk. Taste is surprisingly mellow, funk, bitter, tart, nice
Alengrin (11609) reviewed LemonDe from Straete Brouwerie 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Kettle-soured raw ale – not the most self-evident concept even in craft brewing in general – created by this innovative microbrewery in the Waregem region. Snow white, medium sized, breaking but stable head, cloudy yellow-blonde robe with beige hue. Aroma of lemon juice (prominently so even), stale mandarin juice, human sweat (even sweaty socks), kefir, ripe pear, green kiwi, artisanal yoghurt, sourdough, unripe pineapple. Sour, very lemony onset – as the label already gives away, lemon is indeed the prominent flavour here somehow, with even a sharp acidic edge as in actual lemon juice; other than that, hints of pear and pineapple are present, in a sharply carbonated environment. Slick wheat breadiness, the inherent sourishness of the wheat reinforcing the lemon effect further, with sourdough undertone and yoghurty lactic feel in a crisp, drying way. Something chalky pops up in the finish, as happens in many Berliner Weisse beers, which is fairly close to what this is – though in a more ‘funky’ way, with notably sweaty side effects. Weird concoction, in all, made to an experimental brewing method that involves warming without boiling off the lactic bacteria (their further growth is apparently controlled by the alcohol and the pH itself, according to the brewer), so indeed raw... Some odd effects in the nose and in the mouth very lemon-forward, both a bit much so for some I think, but still somehow an interesting one, far removed from the classic blonde and tripel ales the average new Belgian brewery would come up with.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed LemonDe from Straete Brouwerie 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
8/III/25 - 33cl bottle @ home, BB: n/a (2025-264) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!
Pretty cloudy light yellow beer, small aery irregular yellowish head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: very zesty, lemony, spicy, weird, funky, chemical touch, solvents, not very pleasant. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: chemical start, minty, soapy, pretty sourish, weird, not a big fan. Aftertaste: very acidic, a bit lemony, sour, chemical touch, zesty, some white peaches, tastes pretty infected all in all. Not a good sour.