75cl bottle (5,5%; vintage 2021; BBF: February, 2026) from Cora in Brussels. F: some bubbles. C: deep gold to amber. A: sour fruity, rotten apples, bit funky, old lemon, old sherry, woody, bit caramel. T: medium malty base, sour fruity, apples, old lemon, gooseberry, bit bready, very dry on the palate, bit puckering, almost no carbonation, spicy touch, quite interesting combo here, enjoyable.

75cl bottle (5,5%; vintage 2021; BBF: Feb, 2026) from Cora in Brussels. F: some bubbles. C: deep gold, hazy. A: sour fruits, green plums, woody, funky, bit Sulphur, orange, peach. T: medium malty base, sour fruity, sour plums, woody, bit puckering, funky, old lemon, rose wine touch, almost no carbonation, not bad not great yet enjoyed for sure.

Though the lychee may be native to southern China, Japan is of course familiar with the fruit as well and grows it on a small scale in some southern, warmer parts of the archipelago – so adding a lychee lambic to this notorious Japan-themed lambic series seems not so far-fetched. Bottle shared with tderoeck; no gushing in our case, possibly because it had been continuously standing in the fridge for many weeks in advance and we only slowly let it warm up a bit before removing the cork (and the origami-like silk paper typifying Owa lambic bottles). Snow white, moussy, crackling, dissipating head, cloudy yellow blonde robe with lemony hue, bit ‘milky’ in the end. Aroma of indeed sweet and aromatic lychee but very volatile and irretrievably gone after a few seconds, moldy lemons, wet old wood, armpit sweat note (Brettanomyces), raspberry vinegar, green apple, damp hay, stale lime juice, green melon, wet leather. Crisp onset, quite some lemony acidity, sour redcurrant and unripe mandarin notes, some vague lychee fleshiness perhaps but not nearly enough to convey the fruit in any ‘concrete’ kind of way; fizzy carb, sourdoughy malt core strongly dried by fruity and lactic acidity, even a bit burning at first but mellowing down further on. Again a retronasal lychee aroma, unmistakable as it is, pops up, but only very faintly and very briefly so – blink and you will miss it. Long, dry, woody, lactic-sour and ‘funky’ finish, drying sourness and tannic effects, ‘dim’ bitterness and only the slightest touch of sweetness in the very end, probably from those lychees again. In itself a decent De Troch lambic, but the lychee addition remains much more subtle than expected (compared with other Owa lambics) and hoped (because I love lychee and was really curious to how it would work in a lambic context). Feels like a missed opportunity somehow…

18/VIII/22 - 37.5cl bottle @ Alengrin’s place, BB: XI/2026 (2022-1009) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!

SLOW GUSHER ALERT!
Pretty cloudy pale yellow beer, big aery irregular head, crackling down quickly. Aroma: lots of lambic, brett notes, pretty funky, fruity, citrus, orange peel, dry, spicy impression, pretty weird and a bit funky. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity, nice acidity, good, dry, lemony, a bit of sweetness. Aftertaste: lemon juice, lemon rind, pretty bitter as well, nice one, peaches, dry, nice brett notes, pretty good acidity, more peaches and apricots, nice!

375ml bottle at 5.5%. Pours dark gold with no head. Aroma is ashy, acidic plums. Taste has cheesy lemon and plums to start with a sharp sour and ashy lemon finish.

Bottle at Craig's. Pours hazy yellow with no head. Aromas of perfume and light peas. Taste is lemon sour, light acetic. Sour finish.

bottle at home... hazy amber.. thin white lacing.. soft earthy funk fruit... horseblanket nose.... Light fruit nose... Light sharp fruit.. soft funk fruit.. lught acetic fruit5.. red bean paste

Bottle thanks to Beersiveknown. Appearance - hazy yellow with a thin white head. Nose - kidney beans in brine. A bit of salt, umami and wood. Taste - lemon, mushy peas and woody sour. Palate - light to medium bodied, savoury middle and dry, sour finish. Overall - really interesting. Very savoury.

WARNING! Mega gusher! Hazy pale blond colour. Carbonation subsides fairly quickly. Aroma has a touch of vanilla sweetness. Very tart taste, nicely fruity though. The normally mild lychee does come through but this has more of a lemony citrus overall as can be expected from the base lambic. One of the best from Owa despite the gusher.

75cl bottle - Pours a lightly hazed golden colour with a short lasting loose head. The aroma is strawberry, yoghurt, decaying wood and funk. A similar taste, tart strawberries, yoghurt and woody flavours with a tangy fruity sour finish.