nathanvc (7053) reviewed Lambiek from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
9 April 2023. At In de Verzekering Tegen de Grote Dorst. Shared with the lovely Anke!
As 'Oude Lambiek', presumably 1 year old. Clear golden-orange, quickly thinning, white head. Aroma of dried mandarin peel, wet herbal mix, grass, dusty oak, cheese, walnut, hay. Taste has sour apricot, quickly covered by sour cream, funky hay and bitter notes of grass, straw & dust, running over a dry-bready malt base. Tart and dry finish, softly lemony, lingering bitter straw, wood and leather with some old grassy hops. Medium body, slick texture, flat carbonation. 'Basic' Lambic here, no frills at all. Enjoyable for what it is.
DSG (25989) reviewed Lambiek from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[19/2/23] On tap at Café In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst in Eizeringen. Copper-amber. Funk, oak, sourish, slightly sweetish.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Lambiek from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Grote Dorst, pours a clear bright golden with a few bubbles worth of head. Aroma brings out old furniture, old leather funk and some dusty earthiness. Flavour is old and earthy, with old furniture, dusty wood, a touch of leather. Musty, earthy, lightly acidic finish. Pleasant stuff.
VastActiv (16457) reviewed Lambiek from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sample at Grote Dorst, around Bryssel. Color is clear golden with very small head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, some floral elements, some citric elements, dryness, sourness...
bier4der (3358) ticked Wild Stout from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 3 years ago
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Lambiek from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
The first attempt at lambic by Sako, a brewery in Pepingen west of Halle, on the southwestern edge of the Pajottenland region – hence this turn towards lambic of course, but after the first batch made at Sako’s original brewery, they apparently started up a new brewery elsewhere in the village, which is where my sample came from. I am all for the erection of new lambic breweries in the region, but I do recommend these people to at least change the name, as “Van ‘t Pajottenland” seems not only inconveniently long, but a bit too obvious and meaningless, since the bulk of lambic and geuze producers is situated in the Pajottenland region… I would have been fine with keeping the name “Sako” for the lambic project as well, like De Herberg has done. No head and none expected, near-clear deep ‘dirty amber’-tinged ‘old gold’ coloured robe. Aroma of grass silage, green walnuts, bitter garden weeds, dry straw, old bread crust, polished wood to even wood wax, old dry sherry, old dried lemon peel, dandelion, wrinkled old apple peel, bitter old bayleaf. Tart onset but strangely lacking in fruity esters and lemony acidity, rather ‘sedate’ and purely lactic, in a somewhat astringent way; this dry lactic tartness and wryness moves through an uncarbonated, slick grainy and cereally core with old cracker-like edges, remaining bone dry and picking up more and more of these associations with old strawbales, bitter weeds, grass silage and old dried out grapefruit peel – an aspect which, combined with very tannic woodiness and dry sherry-ish notes, strongly reminds me of De Troch lambic, though this one in comparison was less layered, far less fruity and less acidic. Rather strange, feels like an old lambic before actually being that old, lacking in the ‘volatile acids’ and fruity esters that would have made it complete; feels unfinished and odd, incapable of eliciting the same amount of charm and enthusiasm De Herberg stirred with their respective first lambic attempt. I think this needs some work, not sure in which direction, but a new lambic is interesting by definition and even though they now only use it to create weird ‘versnijbieren’, I am sure one day a geuze will follow – and then I will re-evaluate with great interest.
beerhunter111 (50837) reviewed Lambiek from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled @ Zythos Beer Festival 2022. A clear golden beer, no head. Aroma of apples, sour grapes. Taste of sour grapes and apples.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled @ Zythos Beer Festival 2022. A very dark brown beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of sour dark fruits, dark malt. Taste of sour dark brown malt, raisins, sour fruits.
mike_77 (15880) reviewed Wild Stout from Brouwerij Van 't Pajottenland 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Zythos 2022. Dark brown with quick fading head. Aroma and flavour have an interesting mix of slightly burnt, charcoal, roasted malt and a delicate sharpness too.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Mild röstiger, fein säuerlicher malziger Beginn - harmonisch. Kernig, säuerlich-malzig auch im Mittelteil, rund. Mittellanger Abgang. Gefällt. 10/11/11/12//11