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3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Lambic Rose

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

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Lambic Rose was made by immersing real rose flowers. And this romantic color comes from rosehip and hibiscus flowers. Lambic is fermented wild yeast and matured wooden barrel. Not added perfume, pigment, even yeast. The flower language of red rose is “Love” and “Passion”, and hibiscus “Femininity” and “Beauty”. The extract of rosehip gives piece of mind and beautiful skin. Lambic Rose with your lovely time…

My rating: 3-
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.59
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.5

Intro: A 375ml corked and red paper wrapped cap bottle, 2018 vintage, with a best before date of October 2023. Poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy copper amber colour with a two finger beige head that had decent retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Funky, damp wood, sweat, gooseberry, apple peel, leafy, green vines, grass, dry floral petals.
Taste: Sour, lime, lemon, citrus peel, floral tea, hibiscus, light funk, wet wood, and notes of grapefruit.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: The pour and mouthfeel was good, but the floral notes in the aroma and flavour were not really my thing.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Kyoho Lambic

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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.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Kinkan Lambic

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

Brewer Description: Kumquat.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.83
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 375ml yellow paper wrapped cap bottle, 2019 vintage, with a best before date of December 2024. Poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear deep gold colour with a one finger white head that had decent retention, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Kumquat, lemon, pine, green gooseberries, cucumber, funk, sweaty, and light wood.
Taste: Sour, tart, lemon, green vines, pine, kumquat, gooseberry, citrus peel, with a hint of oak and a herbal earthiness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Another interesting combination of fruit and lambic by OWA. The aroma and flavours were fine, but the sourness was perhaps a bit too intense to be comfortable.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Germany, Gruit, Kemker Kultuur

Kemker Hiärfst

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Brewery: Kemker Kultuur
Country: Germany
ABV: 6%
Style: Gruit
Other Notes: Gruit Seasons

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This series of four herbal beers is dedicated to the seasons. Each beer stands for a particular season, so you can drink your way through the year. In autumn we foraged bogmyrtle, which lend the beer its orangy and resinous aroma. This blend matured on average 10 months in red wine barrels.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.89
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 750ml bottle, with a best before date of 15th February 2024. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark gold colour with a three finger white head that had good retention, and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Orange gummy, doughy, apricot, apple peel, herbal, oak.
Taste: Tart, orange, orange zest, apricot, herbal, woody, light funk, with a touch of mint.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: A nice enjoyable Gruit, but of the seasons, I preferred Winter.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Sakurambo Lambic

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

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Japanese Kriek.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.89
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 375ml red paper wrapped cap bottle, 2019 vintage, with a best before date of December 2024. Poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear golden colour with a thin but big bubbled white head that dissipated fairly quickly, and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Light funk, sweet cherry, black tea, grapefruit zest, and a touch of wood.
Taste: Sour, tart, black tea, lemon, oak, grapefruit peel, herbal bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with only soft to no carbonation.
Overall: An interesting and/or strange one depending on how you look at it. Generally I couldn’t find much information about the beer though. The bottle says “Japanese Kriek” and under ingredients it says “cherry”, and there is a picture of a cherry on the label, which might be somewhat misleading. Now “Sakurambo” as spelt in the name of the beer, appears to be a black tea with Japanese cherries. There does seem however, to be a Japanese cherry with the name “Sakuranbo”. Which one is used with the lambic, I cannot say for sure. But based on the aroma and flavour, while I do get a good whiff of cherry in the aroma, it seems to be missing in the flavour, whereas the black tea notes are throughout. So seemingly, it’s the black tea with Japanese cherries being used, and the appearance and colour of the beer seem to support this theory as well, with no sign of any red that you’d expect from a kriek lambic. It’s definitely not what I was expecting before opening the bottle, but the aroma was nice, and it was an interesting experiment.