“Spontaneously fermented with banana juice” adage will make mainstream beer drinkers cry foul and cringe. However, finely crafted brew lacks gimmicky peculiarities. Banana essence blends well with yeast-sweetened honeyed oats and sour plantain tartness. Open-minded fruit ale lovers will find this irresistible.
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CHAPEAU MIRABELLE LAMBIC
DOGFISH HEAD FESTINA LENTE ALE
Prohibitive mouth-puckeringly harsh peach lambic ale begets vinous Belgian gueuze acridity. White grape esters and cider-y souring provide eye-squinting tartness confirming acidic lemony dryness. Musty leathered horsehide illusion invades Chardonnay finish of dismissive hazed golden oak-aged pungency.
HANSSENS OUDBEITJE LAMBIC
Vinegar-like odor consumes musty citric tartness of brettanomyces-laden sour ale. Vinous white grape acidity, surging green apple sharpness, and astringent raspberry souring increase extremely dry resolve. Essence nearly lost in mist of tame, shallow, indistinct sub-textures. Experienced lambic lovers may enjoy its peculiarities with dessert, but its mouth-puckering acridity will prohibit outsiders.
KUHNHENN DEVILS HORN
Recommended tiny suburban brewpub bottles this respectable Belgian lambic-like ale for walk-in customers. Deep cherry tartness fortifies dry oak tangent and grape tannin souring as candied yeast sweetens oncoming green apple pucker. Orange peel bitterness persists, jamming raspberry-melon auxiliary and syrupy malt thicket.
LINDEMAN’S CASSIS LAMBIC ALE
Unique garnet-coppered raspberry-flavored lambic retains sudsy soda fizz and pungent citric tartness. Like a grenadine or sloe gin fizz (only more tart), this heavily malted peculiarity tosses sour-candied raspberry and raspy black currant bittering into the mix. Beneath, lemon zest contrasts dank barley graining. Easily one of the more unusual ales available. Serve to open-minded conniosseurs only.
(DE KEERSMAEKER) MORT SUBITE PECHE LAMBIC
Pour slowly and wait 5 minutes until fluffy white head settles down before sipping extremely dry, mouth puckering, natural peach-juiced malt beverage. Spontaneous fermentation captures true tart peach essence blanketing sweet sugary resolve of perfect dessert complement. Created in oak caskets since 1686, it’s completely relaxing and undoubtedly one of the best peach-flavored lambic on the market.