Brewery: OWA Brewery SPRL
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Brewed at Brouwerij De Troch

Brewer Description: (from bottle) “Kyoho” is one of the grape varieties in Japan. Lambic is fermented by wild yeast and matured for several months in wooden barrel, and after matured with Kyoho grape. Not added perfume, pigment, even yeast. Kyoho Lambic is the first marriage of Belgian proper beer and Japanese premium grape “Kyoho”.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.85
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 375ml corked and purple paper wrapped cap bottle, 2018 vintage. Poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear copper amber colour with a nice two finger off white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Funky, hay, musty, wet wood, lemon zest, grape skin, green vines.
Taste: Sour, tart, unripe fruit, grape skin, lemon, citrus pith, gooseberry, oak.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: The Kyoho grape didn’t really make an appearance, and may have gotten lost amongst the lambic. There are some grape notes, but it is the rich sweetness from the Kyoho that makes it so good, and it just wasn’t there except maybe a bit in the aroma, as the sour, citrus and funky flavours took over.