ABV: 5.7%
Origin: Wambeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen
Website: www.detroch.be
Lambic straight from the cask at De Troch, Wambeek
Much of De Troch’s lambic ends up in its sweetened fruit beers which, if this rather fine example is anything to go on, is a great shame. Part of the pleasure of sampling it on the 2011 Toer de Geuze was watching a brewery worker expertly catch the stuff in a jug as it gushed in golden gouts from a big oak vat. A chalk mark on this gave the brewing date as 22 January 2009.
The beer was pale golden and lightly bubbly, with a nutty dried fruit note on the mellow aroma. The wild and fruity citric palate had definite notes of pineapple and other tangy fruits alongside vanilla. A tangy finish spread across the tongue with tart orange flavours, lingering long with fleeting notes of nuts and apricot. It was my first lambic of the day, and a very good start.
Read more about this beer at ratebeer.com: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/de-troch-oude-lambik/24075/
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