Comments on: WAT? #15 - Lambic http://whatalesthee.com/2007/06/08/wat-15/ Education, information and inspiration about... what else... beer! Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:51:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: BoulevardJohn http://whatalesthee.com/2007/06/08/wat-15/#comment-495 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:48 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/06/08/wat-15/#comment-495 <p>Oh yah... and I am a firm believer in that which you taste at the time you taste it is dependent on what else you have drank...if you have something sweeter (eg. lindeman's gueuze), then something funkier (eg. boon geuze), then a fruity, sweeter beer( eg. boon kriek) ... they will all taste different than if you had had any of them as your first beer even if you have a "bjcp palate" ... it is very hard to change from beer to beer to beer to beer and be able to treat them as seperate entities.</p> Oh yah… and I am a firm believer in that which you taste at the time you taste it is dependent on what else you have drank…if you have something sweeter (eg. lindeman’s gueuze), then something funkier (eg. boon geuze), then a fruity, sweeter beer( eg. boon kriek) … they will all taste different than if you had had any of them as your first beer even if you have a “bjcp palate” … it is very hard to change from beer to beer to beer to beer and be able to treat them as seperate entities.

]]> by: BoulevardJohn http://whatalesthee.com/2007/06/08/wat-15/#comment-494 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:33:46 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/06/08/wat-15/#comment-494 <p>Probably shouldn't have tasted the Lindeman before the other ones. And I do blieve that Lindeman's Gueze and gueze in general it is a blend of three years... old, middle, young... and the hops that are used aren't fresh, but also aged years before added</p> Probably shouldn’t have tasted the Lindeman before the other ones. And I do blieve that Lindeman’s Gueze and gueze in general it is a blend of three years… old, middle, young… and the hops that are used aren’t fresh, but also aged years before added

]]> by: Shawn Connelly http://whatalesthee.com/2007/06/08/wat-15/#comment-270 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:04:48 +0000 http://whatalesthee.com/2007/06/08/wat-15/#comment-270 <p>Hey guys, enjoyed the lambic show - this is one of my favorite styles and I've tried quite a few. With regard to the consistency issue you brought up with Boon, I'm pretty confident that both bottles you sampled were pretty consistent in flavor profile ... sounds like your palates are evolving! Also, though Lindeman's lambic beers (with the exception, maybe, of their Cuvee Rene) tend toward the sweet side of things, this is not the case of all fruit lambics by any stretch. In fact, some of the very best fruit lambics on the planet are brewed by Cantillon and are exceedingly tart and dry. Very little sweetness. While Lindeman's, St. Louis and others like this are good "gateway" beers, as you mention, I'm afraid they're really not indicative of authentic lambic styles. If you haven't yet, grab a bottle of Cantillon Kriek 100% lambic, or Rose De Gambrinus ... and pucker up! As always, great work!</p> <p>Shawn, the Beer Philosopher</p> Hey guys, enjoyed the lambic show - this is one of my favorite styles and I’ve tried quite a few. With regard to the consistency issue you brought up with Boon, I’m pretty confident that both bottles you sampled were pretty consistent in flavor profile … sounds like your palates are evolving! Also, though Lindeman’s lambic beers (with the exception, maybe, of their Cuvee Rene) tend toward the sweet side of things, this is not the case of all fruit lambics by any stretch. In fact, some of the very best fruit lambics on the planet are brewed by Cantillon and are exceedingly tart and dry. Very little sweetness. While Lindeman’s, St. Louis and others like this are good “gateway” beers, as you mention, I’m afraid they’re really not indicative of authentic lambic styles. If you haven’t yet, grab a bottle of Cantillon Kriek 100% lambic, or Rose De Gambrinus … and pucker up! As always, great work!

Shawn, the Beer Philosopher

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