Had the pleasure of sampling this at the 1/27/2008 Pittsburgh ratebeer.com gathering RBPG and festival upstairs, Sharp Edge Creekhouse. It will be a long time, if ever I am invited again and I see a spread of bottles like I did there - ever again. I am not good enough for the beers that were that we sampled! For example, how about this beer; Cantillon broucelle 1900 (2003) from the owner himself, Hart, thanks mtoast. Quite an experience. Sweetish farmyard aromas that are slightly tart in nature. Surprisingly very clear for a cantillon, in my experience. Completely flat yet has an interesting feel to it. On the tongue it is tart and only mildly sour. Wet woolly blankets. Rags that have sat in the corner for a while. Interesting lambic session with no carbonation. Some light amount of bitter on the finish, but certainly not over the top. mtoast, I owe you one!

Nice slightly hazy golden coloured body, with strong orange highlights with no head at all to think of. Aroma of sour grapes, lemons, yeast, limes and vinegar - GREAT! Light-bodied; Amazing sour flavour up front with a good mellow body and a super tart mouthful. Aftertaste shows character with sour twangs the most noticeable. Overall, a great sour beer with an amazing feeling. I’d definitely sample this one again - hopefully soon! I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Clarendon (Arlington), Virginia.

Just got this from hopscotch, THANKS! Big Green champagne 2005 corked bottle with a cork that was difficult to remove. My first blended lambic. Lambic beers symbolize the epitome of the beer world, the original style beer is still the best style. As far as looks go, this is some what like cloudy pink brown yellow reminiscent of raspberry gingerale. The smell is a tart aroma, which I think I can smell it even before the slowly moving cork is totally removed. Raw unrefined odors abound. With the first taste I notice perfect amounts of tingle on the palate. Taste is beautiful tartness that is tempered by a goodly amount of what I dare to say is grapefruit rinds. However, it is not the medicinal dull bitterness of typical hops, it is more rough and simple, or possibly the word I’m looking for is basic. Overall, I’m surprised lambics can be so hoppy, I rather didn’t expect such bitterness in a sour beer. Left me with the impression of coarse fresh grapefruit juice from grapefruits that were not really ripe. The hoppiness distracted me a bit from the real sour tart attributes I desire and this kept me from rating it really high. Even tho this was a big bottle, I got to the bottom of it with very little effort, it was gone and I was sad. Has an almost undesirable bitter linger.

Slightly hazy - mostly clear ruby tinted amber coloured body. Aroma of sour grapes, yeast, wheat and vinegar - great! Light-bodied; Nice sweet and sour flavour up front of grapes and yeast with malt following soon behind. Aftertaste shows great character - pretty sweet, sour, hoppy and even a bit spicey. Overall, great - where has this beer been in the US? I sampled this poured from a small jug at Chez Moeder Lambic in Bruxelles, Belgium on 28-December-2007.

Tap @ Åben, Aarhus. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich lactose acid, citrus, green apples, barnyard, fruits and malt. Nice sour finish. Original rating January 13 2008. 3/1/4/3/7 Bottle. Virtually no head. Color is yellow. Aroma and taste are lactose acid and barnyard malt. Very sour and unbalanced. Drink vinegar instead.

2005 vintage Courtesy of Degarth. My first rating of this style. Thanks. Pours hazy gold with orange hue and almost no head. The aroma is mild tartness and tart cherry fruitiness followed by solid funkiness. I also get mild vegetable-ish alcohol notes. The taste starts watery followed by a bolt of tartness that buckles the knees and causes a wince of apparent pain. The fruit noted in the nose is just noticeable on the palate. Wow. This is tart. Could use many many more years of aging. I didn’t notice any wood being that it is cask aged for three years, pity. Interesting and refreshing experience.

Bottle. Frothy white almost no head. Yellow colour. Light malty veryacetic aroma. All the horse-related adjectives can be used: Blanket, barnyrad and leather. Bitter and very acetiv flavor. Average finish. Oily palate. Weird experience but thats unblended lambic take it or leave it.