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Fou’ Foune (2023)

For Zwanze Day yesterday. I love this batch. Really punchy and juicy stonefruit and tons of funk. Little to no acetic acidity.

Fou’ Foune (2022)

Vinsanto 2020

Very nice; very funky with a light fortified wine presence, leather and oak. Mild earthiness.

Menu Pineau (2019)

Nice white wine grape. Seems to be missing a little something and that could be from age. It is like Vigneronne but slightly muted

Gueuze (2023)

Always a delight. 23 January 2023, 375ml

Fou’ Foune (2022)

Getting a slight bit tart. Delicious apricot flavors and funk still abound.

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise 2021

27 December 2021. Bright with a lot of zesty hop bite and bitterness, and dryness. Lighter medium body, good carbonation, funky with leathery cobwebs, nice complexity.

Fou' Foune (2018)

Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

2022

Nath (2018)

Zwanze 2020 - Brettrave

I mean, it’s still beets

Scarabée

Saint Lamvinus 2020

Magnum!

Vigneronne (2011)

Sharp and acetic, musty, aged just fine

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2015)

Nicely rounded and funky. Softened up quite a bit compared to fresher bottles.

Mamouche (2011)

Normally like but not love this beer but this aged very nicely. Floral without that vegetal pepper flavor. Funky and sharp.

Lambic D'Aunis 2020

I’m more of a St Lam person myself but this was very enjoyable.

Classic Gueuze (2020)

Always a pleasure.

Lambic Vin Jaune 2023

It’s fine, undercarbonated with a slickness on the backend, a bit of oak and sweet oxidized fortified wine flavors to it. Not my favorite from them but still an interesting tasting experience.

Lambic Vin Jaune / La Vie es Belge

Wine barrel is the star of the show. Distinct fortified wine sweetness balanced nicely with the bright lemony funk and acetic flavors. Good complexity. Great for what it is, though price of admission is high.

Lambic Vin Jaune / La Vie es Belge

Snuck in a second pour from someone who decided this tasted like pickle juice. Their loss I suppose.

Signorina

Excellent.. musty grape notes with a bit of tart berry, touch of leather. Nice soft and lighter carbonation.

Chenin Blanc

Lighter golden yellow body. Grapes are fairly mellow, imparts more of a skin and funk more than anything else. Leather, oak, solid carb and body.

Cuvée de l’Espérance

Gueze 100% Lambic Bio (2023)

Sang Bleu (2023)

Kicked the keg. The half ounce I got was pretty dang nice.

Grand Cru Bruocsella Brut (2016)

Classic Cantillon funk, a little bit of carbonation which makes it quite nice. Nice complexity and funkiness.

Drogone Lambic (2021)

4.4. Earthy, grape with a bit of pepper and a damp funkiness to it. Medium body and good carbonation. Nice complexity and interesting grape execution.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

Frederiksdal Oude Kriek Foeder Finish

Frederiksdal Oude Kriek Barrel Finish

Classic Gueuze (2017)

de Garde 10th. Absolutely glorious. Nice to know that my son's birth year vintage is doing well. Funk, more funk, citrus and lemon, cereal grain, oak, more funk. Just really well rounded lambic that I need to remember to never overlook in the cellar.

Lambic D’Aunis (2022)

de Garde 10th. Truly delicious, jammy grape with a light tannic astringency, bright funk, lemon and wood. One of my favorites today.

50°N-4°E

de Garde 10th. A bit less complex than I recall it in the past to be. Has a heavier sweetness to it, otherwise a similar profile to the already delicious classic geuze.

Brabantiae

de Garde 10th. Sweeter, dark fruit, but still light, leathery, bit of citrus and very funky.

Fou’ Foune (2022)

Saint Lamvinus (2013)

Doing great.

Aronia Lambic (2019)

A very interesting beer to try. The berry is intense. Smoky and fruity, kind of like a red grape, funky and leathery but the berries are intense. The smokiness, almost gamey flavor is ultimately difficult to wrap my palate around and truly enjoy.

Fou’ Foune (2022)

I love this beer. That said it is already a bit more acidic out the gates

Fou’ Foune (2021)

Geriatric at this point. Acidity rearing it’s ugly head now. But still always a delight to drink

Rosé De Gambrinus (2022)

7 May 2022, 375ml. I really don’t think there’s any reason to cellar them longer than a few years

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2021)

Fou’ Foune (2022)

Acidity is soft as expected given freshness. Bright stonefruit and funk. Tasting mighty fantastic as always.

Vigneronne (2021)

Ridiculously good.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2019)

28 October 2019. 375ml. Super funky, a bit of damp paper, slightly oxidized which adds some complexity to it. Bright lemony acidity, somewhat restrained. Refreshing and lovely.

Fou' Foune (2017)

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2018)

4 Jan 2018, 375ml. One of my favorite recent bottlings- cherry pie, pie spice, tart cherry skins, funk and a relatively restrained acetic acidity. Cobwebs also in the back. Tannins and cherry skin linger on finish. Great.

Rosé De Gambrinus (2022)

10 Jan 2022, 375ml. Tart berries, very seedy, good funk, fairly acidic- but the acidity does a bit better when it has a chance to decant a bit.

Blåbær Lambik (Blueberry Lambic) (2019)

Been a while since I had this one. A very good berry lambic on its merits, though bilberries are adding more of a tartness of flavor than anything else, fairly reasonable baseline complexity. Classic example of rarity and just enough novelty for the time.

Beck- Hartweg 2021

This was fun. Quite a bit of white wine grape, but has more of a oaky, funky depth to it than say, Vigneronne. Musty. Lighter med body, good carbonation.

Magic Lambic (2022)

Pretty good, missing that marshmallowy vanilla on the finish that previous vintages had. An otherwise delicious berry lambic.

Camerise (2021)

The berries pop a little bit more out of the bottle than on draft, I thought. Not particularly vegetal. Very enjoyable

Lambic d'Aunis (2017)

13 November 2017. Distinct seedy red grape sweetness, tons of brewery funk, light lemon, not particularly tannic. A nice expression of grape in lambic. Mild acetic acidity, very tasty.

Lambic D'Aunis 2020

03 November 2020. Remarkably similar to 2017, perhaps the 2017 didn't lose any steps at all after 5 years. Bright red grape flesh without any astringent tannins, funk, a bit of oak, nice lemon, mild acetic acidity, good body and carb.

Mamouche (2020)

28 May 2020. So much floral bitterness, love it.

Zwanze 2010 - Blanche de Quenast

Doing good- has continued to mellow and integrate. As with all Zwanze, different and fun, even if not to stereotype.

Magic Lambic (2020)

24 June 2020. The vanilla shines nicely here, bright raspberry funk, lemon and mild acetic acidity. Marshmallow fluff on the finish.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2019)

6 June 2019, 375ml. Tart cherry skin galore. Moderate acetic acidity shivers the parotids some. Good leathery funk, tons of oak on the finish to help smooth out the acidity. Opens up so much as it warms. Medium body and carb. Just great.

Cuvée de l’Espérance

Bottle pour. Very, very enjoyable. I like the slight heaviness on the backend that adds an extra dimension to the classic geuze.

Cuvée de l’Espérance

Second pour!

Sang Bleu (2022)

Very much the same Camerise lambic as I've had in the past including at Zwanze.

Couvreur

Big, big whiskey barrel, oxidation, leather, a bit of vanillin. Kind of overwhelms the lambic hiding underneath. Interesting expression and tones, nevertheless. Medium full bodied, dry finish, lower carb.

Kriek (1994)

Fun tick. Cork well preserved. Tart cherry, dried out a bit with good carb, fairly heavy acetic acidity though would still classify as moderate. Lighter body with a lingering acid bite. Well cellared I’d say.

Lou Pepe Framboise (2011)

Bright raspberry, tons of funk, leather and light citrus. Moderate acetic acidity, nice carbonation. A bit of a picker factor here but has held up very well over time.

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions) 2022

Classic Gueuze (2022)

Piacere

Light acetic tartness, tannic with a nice assertive spicy grape bite. Leather and funk. Works great.

Manzanilla

Slightly oxidized. Lighter acetic bite, a bit of sherry and light pepper. Solid funk. Not as complex as expected, doesn’t really reach that peppery sherry funk bomb of some Zenne blends.

Cuvée de l’Espérance

Very nice twist without going too heavy. Classic Geuze presence throughout with a bit more of a slick, fortified spirit sweetness lingering on the backend, leather and funk. Light acidity, slightly heavier body than usual. A fun take on a classic.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2022)

14 Feb 2022, 750ml. Light cherry skin, mild lemony tartness, good funk. Sweet cherry flesh dances on the palate on the finish. Medium body, good carbonation, nice leather and mild tartness on the finish. Fresh is great with this one, plus lamburgers

Fou' Foune (2019)

Has gotten noticeably more sour, not quite as juicy as fresh.

Fou' Foune (2020)

Enjoyed this one quite a bit more, really nice juicy apricot with funk. Don't have much to complain about this one, perhaps 2020 was a good apricot year.

Rosé De Gambrinus (2022)

Jammy, fresh, delicious.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

First beer in the new house. It is great and then some

Mamouche (2020)

I think this beer is seriously awesome. So floral with a nice medium acetic acidity and tons of funk.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

23 August getting pretty tart still. I think this is date specific. So excellent, that being said.

Fou' Foune (2020)

This bad boy has evolved but is drinking so well still. The apricot flesh has matured a bit into peach rings, with a still reasonable mild-medium acetic acidity and lots of funk.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2021)

8 July 2021, 375ml. Already fairly acetic, but a nice cherry skin and flesh presence. Leathery funk and tannic oak, medium acetic acidity with a nice lingering cherry flesh and tartness. Medium body and brings the parotids in just the same.

Rosé de Gambrinus (2020)

14 Dec 2020, 375ml. Juicy fresh raspberry, tart with a nice seedy jamminess on both nose and palate. Mildly complex funky lemon, leather and touch of oak. Classic brewery funk underlies it all. Medium bodied, good carbonation, so approachable and tasty.

Grand Cru Bruocsella Lambic Bio (2021)

Classic, slightly more carbonated than typical.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

I think 12 August is drinking at its best right now. Not sure how it gets better from today. The best time to drink your 21 Fou is today.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

Seems to me that 12 August bottling is less acidic than 23 August. Just my two cents. Love this beer, it's great.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

23 August bottling has already become quite tart.

Sang Bleu (Camerise)

Excellent. I think I like this a touch better than on draft.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

Nailed it.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

GOAT beer

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2016)

8 Oct 2016, 375ml. Cellar check. Doing well, has added a bit of sherry like oxidation. Brewery funk and cobwebs going strong. Perhaps a bit less acidic than fresh. Good Brett presence. Slightly doughy grain, lemon citrus zest.

Gueuze (2021)

Cantillon Clac 2021

Fou’ Foune (2021)

Glorious freshness.

Fou’ Foune (2021)

Perfect beer, perfect fresh.

Brabantiae

Zwanze Day. Classic sweeter port, not as dry as typical but has a lot of leathery funk to it. Good lemony character lingers in the background, but the port adds a distinct sweetness and a bit of that fortified wine oxidation. Delicious. Medium body, carb.

Brabantiæ (2019)

Zwanze!

Fou' Foune (2016)

Splendid, certainly fairly acidic compared to fresh, apricots haven't fallen off all that much. Plenty of peppery funk has developed in the interim.

Brabantiae (2018)

25 Nov 2018. Slight copper-hued body, a touch darker than bio. A mild sherry background throughout, lemon, cobwebs and that signature brewery funk. Damp hay. Lighter medium bodied, good carbonation. Has a mildly oaky, slightly oxidized finish.

Fou' Foune (2019)

Fou Friday