Tag Archives: Lambic
#245 – Chapeau Gueuze
Size: 375 ml ABV: 5.5 % The Chapeau is the fifth gueuze of my journey thus far. I had started with the fairly unimpressive Timmermans (#12), and Belle-Vue (#62), and had then moved onto the much more respected Boon (#89) … Continue reading →
#195 – Rodenbach
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.2 % Rodenbach is a name that many beer afficionados will immediately get excited about, primarily for the highly rated Rodenbach Grand Cru (#17) which is likely the finest example of a Belgian Sour ale that … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Rodenbach (Palm), Sour Ale
Tagged as beer, Belgian, brettanomyces, condition, De Dolle, Grand Cru, lactobacilli, Lambic, Rodenbach, sour ale, Wesvleteren
#172 – Timmermans Kriek
Size: 330 ml ABV: 4 % It has been a while since I last supped on a Timmermans beer (#12), which gave me the opportunity to talk about their gueuze. It seems only right now to introduce a little bit … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Lambic - Fruit, Timmermans
Tagged as Anthony Martin, beer, Belgian, Brasserie, Brussels, Frans, Gueuze, Henry Vanheyleweghen, Itterbeek, Jacobus, Kriek, Lambic, Mole, Paul, Taupe, Timmermans, Tradition, van Cutsem, Walraevens
#157 – Lindemans Tea Beer
Size: 250 ml ABV: 3.5 % The rather adventurous Lindemans Tea Beer was first brewed in 1995; a lambic beer brewed with barley, malt, wheat and hops, albeit fermented and matured with tea leaves. The concept of a tea beer … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Lambic - Fruit, Lindemans
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Cottage Economy, English, Fruit, Japanese, Lambic, laudanum, Lindemans, malt, Tea, William Cobbett
#152 – Belle-Vue Kriek Extra
Size: 250 ml ABV: 4.3 % There are a whole host of fruit beers on the market that label themselves rather gratuitously. One that had already begun to confuse me was the way that Belle-Vue had two different types of … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Belle-Vue (InBev), Lambic - Fruit
Tagged as Becks, beer, Belgian, Belle-Vue, Bruges, cherry, Extra, Fier, Kriek, Lambic, Stella Artois
#147 – Boon Kriek
Size: 250 ml ABV: 4 % It seems a long time ago now that I was first drinking the Boon Oude Gueuze (#89) where we first met Frank Boon. I said then I would continue his story, and it’s definitely … Continue reading →
#130 – Oud Beersel Oude Kriek
Size: 375 ml ABV: 6.5 % The striking feature of the Oud Beersel Oude Kriek label is the elegantly designed illustration of a castle. This Kasteel van Beersel is the most striking tourist attraction of the town of Beersel from … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Lambic - Fruit, Oud Beersel
Tagged as beer, Beersel, Belgian, blender, Brussels, Drie Fonteinen, Duke of Brabant, Jan II, Kasteel, Lambic, League of Friends, Maximilian, Oud Beersel, radish, Rake, white cheese
#129 – Cassisframbozenlambic
Size: Cask ABV: 4 % There was a damn fine reason to be in The Rake pub this evening, which was the highly vaunted and much anticipated Lambic beer festival. I had started the evening on a high with the … Continue reading →
#128 – Oudbeitje
Size: 375 ml ABV: 6 % Oudbeitje gets your mouth into a twist in more ways than one. At the bar at The Rake pub in South London I attempted to pronounce it, but after the third miserable failure coupled … Continue reading →
#126 – St. Louis Premium Kriek
Size: 330 ml ABV: 3.5 % Saint Louis has done rather well for himself in the naming stakes. A state in Mexico, a city in the US, a famous baseball team, an Oscar winning movie, and of course the cherry … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Lambic - Fruit, Van Honsebrouck
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Brewers Guild, cherry, Crusades, France, Fruit, King Louis IX, Kriek, Lambic, Premium, St Louis
#109 – Pecheresse
Size: 250 ml ABV: 2.5 % Some people after a severe night on the tiles (of the Scrabble variety of course) take a glass of water to bed with them to cure the inevitable hangover. Belgian beer connoisseurs of course, … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Lambic - Fruit, Lindemans
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Clark Gable, Fruit, Joan Crawford, Lambic, Lindemans, peach, Peche, Pecheresse, sinner
#102 – Echt Kriekenbier
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6.8 % Echt Kriekenbier is a famous traditional Flemish cherry ale made by Verhaeghe, and is based on the brew Vichtenaar (#146). After being matured in oak casks for about eight months, in a similar style … Continue reading →
#95 – Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic
Size: 375 ml ABV: 5 % Cantillon has five entries in the ‘Top 100 Belgian beers to try before you die’ – it would have been more but the authors felt it might skew the book somewhat. As we have … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Cantillon, Lambic - Fruit
Tagged as barrel, beer, Belgian, Brussels, Cantillon, cherry, fermentation, Kellery, Kriek, Lambic, Lindemans, Payottenland, St Truiden
#89 – Boon Oude Gueuze
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6.5 % This is my third Gueuze, but in a sense my first real Gueuze. With every disrespect to Timmermans (#12) and Belle-Vue (#62), this is what Gueuze is all about, and is brewed/blended by a … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Boon, Lambic - Gueuze
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Belle-Vue, blender, Boon, Brussels, copper, De Vits, Frank Boon, Gueuze, horse blanket, Lambic, Oude, Timmermans, Tradition, World War
#84 – Lindemans Framboise
Size: 375 ml ABV: 2.5 % Lindemans have always been a well known lambic brewer following their decision to export to the United States in 1979 – the first Lambic producer to do so. The US remains a large part … Continue reading →
#78 – Lindemans Kriek
Size: 375 ml ABV: 3.5 % It is remarkable to think that it has taken 78 beverages of the Belgian variety to finally cross paths with a Kriek. I am not a massive fan of cherries, especially the darker kind … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Lambic - Fruit, Lindemans
Tagged as beer, Belgian, cherry, corkscrew, fermentation, Kriek, Lambic, Lindemans, Morello, oak, Schaerbeekse, vat
#62 – Belle-Vue Gueuze
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.2 % I introduced gueuze after reviewing Timmermans Traditional Gueuze (#12) and this was another of those more sweetened lambics for the mass markets. After a few heavy days driving on the road back from Italy, … Continue reading →
#59 – Lindemans Faro
Size: 250 ml ABV: 4.8 % This is the first Faro of the Odyssey, and the Lindemans is probably the most well-known Faro with its black Art-Nouveau label. This particular one was first brewed by Lindemans in 1978, however it … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Lambic - Faro, Lindemans
Tagged as Art-Nouveau, beer, Belgian, Faro, Gueuze, Lambic, Lindemans, meertsbier, pasteurised, Rodenbach, sugar, sweet, Vimto
#42 – Bacchus
Size: 250 ml ABV: 4.5 % We have already come across a Bacchus (#38) whereby raspberries were added to brown ale – well this is the brown ale in question – Bacchus Vlaams Oud Bruin. ‘Oud Bruin’ is Flemish for … Continue reading →
#38 – Bacchus Frambozenbier
Size: 375 ml ABV: 5% Raspberry beer – it might sound odd but historically raspberries have often been added to beers after initial fermentation. Lambic beers in particular, where the term ‘steeping’ is used to describe the process of adding … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Sour Ale, Van Honsebrouck
Tagged as ale, Bacchus, beer, Belgian, cherry, expensive, fermentation, Framboise, Frambozenbier, Fruit, Ingelmunster, Lambic, Raspberry, sour, steeping, Van Honsebrouck
