Lambiek Fabriek
Microbrewery
in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw,
Flemish Brabant,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Lambiek Fabriek
Established in 2016
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Aromas are caramel, green apples and grapes, brett. Flavors are somewhat similar to but not as good as knows. Mildly tart and dry, loses the caramel. Decent but kind of generic in a Belgian fashion.
gave a cheers!
Oakes (33097) reviewed Juicy & Wild Muscar-Elle from Lambiek Fabriek 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pale amber, not much head. Leathery, complex, grapey, there’s a slightly syrupy note, good balanced barrel. Off-dry, grassy and leathery.
yngwie (24083) reviewed Brett-Elle Oude Geuze from Lambiek Fabriek 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 75cl. Almost clear, golden. Small white head. Funky aroma, barnyard, leather and some hay. Flowery, grassy and fruity. Full-bodied and nicely Carbonated, dry, lightlly acidic. Funky flavor too, some pale malts in the back. Grass, fruityness, barnyard, leather. Some hay. Lasting finish. Nice indeed. 250307
Alengrin (11561) reviewed Juicy & Wild Malvas-Elle from Lambiek Fabriek 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
New grape lambic by Lambiek Fabriek, made with Belgium-grown Malvasia grapes, a group of varieties rather than one single variety, typically used in fortified wines because of their inherent sweetness. Malvasia grapes were used in lambic as early as 2002 when 3 Fonteinen created its legendary Malvasia Rosso, but they have only very rarely shown up in the beer world since (Cantillon did a grape lambic for Pasta Madre once containing Malvasia, but comined with other varieties, I believe). Thickly moussey, somewhat foamy and irregular, egg-white, crackling head retaining well but eventually slowly diminishing over a hazy apricot blonde robe with tangerine-orangey glow. Aroma of sour white grapes and must, wild peaches, wet wood, grape seeds, kumquat, even juice from a less-than-ripe orange, 'Bretty' urine, raw rhubarb, a whiff of Pineau somewhere, ripe gooseberries, young birch leaves, oxidized cava, grass, petrichor, wood sorrel, increasing freshly fermented farmland further into the bottle. Crisp, brightly fruity onset, small sour(ish) grapes galore - but combining with the lemony side of the lambic, resulting in a very citrusy effect, in between orange and lemon somewhere (Meyer lemon could perhaps pinpoint it) with green apple and sour berry layers underneath; a subtle minerality runs through the whole, propelled by the expected lively, cava-like effervescence. Rounded body, vinous, with a soft breadiness deeply soaked in lactic and lemony acids along with the Malvasia grapes' natural sours, but also their sugars, providing a bit of counterbalance and keeping things varied and entertaining. As usual with this producer, quite a bit of Brett funkiness lurks around the corner, with its typical 'animalistic' effects of damp hay, wet leather and even, ever so briefly, a whiff of aged pecorino romano - yet never stands in the way of this bright, persistently citrusy, 'sunny' sour-fruitiness, which shines and shines till the last drop. Woody tannins help the grapes' skins and seeds to provide dryness - the rest of that being taken care of by the sours - but the juiciness of the grapes keeps everything on the supple, vinous, highly drinkable side. Another great fruit lambic by this lambic factory - funky and 'barnyard-y' enough for the lambic afficionado, but also very radiant, succulent and cheerful. Lovely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Purple pour, with a small pinkish head. Aroma is purple grape, currants, cherries, cassis. Tart, funky, lovely. Bright mouth feel, big, bright carb. Medium tart, low bitterness, light lactic notes, big cassis and black berry, light vinegar, tart, and funky..
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Cloudy red, large pink head. Funky aroma. Acetone, funky sharp cherries, and sharp barnyard funk. Wet hay, wet grass. Lively carb, lovely mouth feel. Medium tartness, loads of funk, but it lacks the nuanced complex funk of a cantillon of 3 fonteinen. But all in all this is a true belgiam lambic, and one to enjoy and be proud of.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the LCBO. Hazy orange, large white head. Super funky, barnyard, preserved lemon, sharp citrus. High sourness, super funky finish, wet hay, lemon zest, juicy, lovely.
TEJA (349) reviewed Brett-Elle Oude Geuze from Lambiek Fabriek 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A very nice gueuze with a balanced lactic aroma and a bit of srable.
Crisp taste with low medium acidity.
vinivini (12605) reviewed Jart-Elle Oude Kriek from Lambiek Fabriek 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cloudy red with a modest pink head. Fresh wild cherries, funk, pretty dry. Not that complex but a pleasant one.
Alengrin (11561) reviewed Pajottegem Geuze from Lambiek Fabriek 9 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
After 't Parlement Halle and De Bascule, another geuze created by a pub owner (in direct cooperation with the brewery), thereby taking part in the traditions surrounding the origins of geuze, perhaps unknowingly; this one contains only Lambiek Fabriek lambics and is named after the newly merged municipality of Pajottegem, which has been in existence for only a couple of months and includes Gooik, Galmaarden and Herne. Not legally an 'oude' geuze, as no three year old lambic was used - but who cares. Thick and frothy, densely moussey, egg-white, cobweb-lacing, slowly receding but generally very stable head on a misty warm peach blonde robe with orangey glow. Aroma of drying lemon peel, old furniture, green plum, peach kernels, gooseberries, unripe orange, cava, redcurrant, goat cheese, kefir, dried out sunflower seeds, jute rope, grandmother's old closet and cobwebbed attic, wet blue limestone, acerola, aged pecorino romano warming up. Crisp, 'juicy' onset, very refreshing with lots of lively, colourful acidic effects, but nothing vinegary; instead an array of sour fruits unfolds, from wild apple and green plum over acerola to redcurrant, all flanked by a lemony edge with vividly citric effect; this lemony-citric aspect strongly accompanies the rest of the flavours, in a very effervescent, minerally carbonated environment, as befits a good geuze. A bread-crusty backbone is dried by lactic acidity only enhancing that fruitiness and citrusiness, as well as by pronounced tannic woodiness; all the while this crisp lemon sourness preserves its full force. In the finish, a deep, earthy but altogether quite outspoken 'old' hop bitterness is added, further accentuating dryness; retronasally, Brettanomyces effects of dry hay, old leather and sweat gently set in, funky in a good, well-measured way, while this aged pecorino flavour lingers a bit after swallowing. Bottled only recently, this new geuze has all the characteristics of any good example of the style, and manages to bring them to perfect balance. This geuze is funky and woody, but also crisp, citrusy and fruity - with a tad more bitterness than average perhaps, but this element fits in remarkably well. Intended to be as accessible as possible to a larger audience, I think this is not as accessible as it set out to be: this is a fully grown geuze which withholds nothing of the typical features that constitute any decent example of the style - it can stand comparison with most of the standard traditional geuzes on the market, and more. Even better than expected, really - already at this young age... Cheers to Lambiek Fabriek, whom I have loved and followed from the very day their first 'little' geuze Bret-Elle was presented to the public. Recommended.
