Too citrus

Poured from a 375 ml, vintage 2028 bottle. Aroma is rather floral with nice rose notes along with some other floral notes. Light mustiness and a bit of citrus. Light oak notes and a touch of oxidation. Pours a hazy, copper-amber color with a small, thin, forced head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers for a bit. No lacing or legs. Flavor has a medium light acidity and low sweetness. Light oak notes and a bit of an alcohol note in the finish. Moderately strong floral note and a bit perfume-like. Light fruitiness and a very low mustiness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, not a great beer. The floral notes are very strong and seems to be hiding something off in the base beer.

Can shared at columbus tasting 09/10/2019. Many Thanks! A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a halo of white head . Aroma is spicy nettle, vibrant agressive, lavender, cow pat. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, spicy, quince, cow pat funk, green apple, rubber, spicy rubber, lavender. Palate is semi sweet, spicy, sour, . Very unusal. Good.

One of the – for now – last generation OWA lambics, this one with shiso as the Japanese ingredient, an Asian herb (Perilla frutescens) also known as ‘beefsteak plant’; this herb has a very peculiar flavour, sometimes compared with basil or cilantro, but it is equally unique as those two (or any other herb) so I guess it is best to consider it an aroma in its own right. From a 37.5 cl bottle bought at Être Gourmet, with green neckfoil. Open, bubbly, loosely knit, egg-white, unstable head on a straw blonde beer, hazy initially, deeper ochre and all ‘muddy’ with sediment added. Utterly weird aroma: dry prepared fish food (as tderoeck described it), nori seaweed, green tea, oven-grated oysters with basil, green peppercorns, sour apples, old orange peel, damp hay. Sour onset, green gooseberry and sour apple effects, medium carb, soft bready base dried by primarily lactic sourness, but more than anything, soaked in a very powerful, again fish food-, decaying seaweed- and green tea-like aroma from a doubtlessly very generous amount of shiso leaves; this herb adds a light bitterness as well, mingling with the beer’s own funkiness, woodiness and deep earthiness, while a crisp acidity lingers. Based on other OWA lambics – and I had every variant ever made now – I knew I should have been expecting something odd, but this is a bit much even for me; this is downright bizarre, unlike any beer I ever tasted before, and to this day I am still wondering whether I could ever get used to it or not, provided I would buy more bottles and drink it regularly. Certainly unique, but I remain unconvinced that shiso is a suitable ingredient for lambics – though it was only a matter of time before OWA was going to conceive the idea and execute it. After this, I would not be surprised one bit if the next series of OWA lambics is going to play with the Japanese culinary use of seaweed – but let’s not give Leo Imai any ideas here, shall we – this one is more than bizarre enough…

Weird aroma, ume loads, but also woody, earthy. Quite flat. Ume Boshi taste overwhelming. But good stuff. Smoked cheese!!

19/X/19 - 37.5cl bottle @ Wim VL's Stoofvlees Tasting, BB: I/2024 - (2019-1753) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!

Clear orange beer, big aery irregular fizzy off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly, bit adhesive. Aroma: weird, smell like fish food flakes, sea weed, very weird and funky. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very weird, funky, sea weed, bit dirty. Aftertaste: salty touch, lots of sea weed, nori, very specific stuff this... Interesting, decent, but not great.

Bottle shared with Mrs Scopey. It pours clear golden with a small white head. The aroma is musty, funky, barnyard, herbal (more as it warms up) spicy, woody, hay, earthy, floral, green apple and some golden wonder salt & vinegar crisps. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, musty, funky, light acidity, tart citrus peel, salt & vinegar crisp, lightly herbal, spice, barnyard, oak, granny smith apple and earth with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. An interesting combo for sure. Novel, but I am glad that the herbal component is relatively subtle!