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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, Vermeersch

Vermeersch Lieve x Marie

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Brewery: Vermeersch
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Vlierbloesem x abrikoos.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2023 vintage, bottled on 3rd December 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention, and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Floral, elderflower, lychee, grapefruit zest, apricot.
Taste: Sour, tart, elderflower, yellow stone fruit, apricot, citrus zest.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: I especially enjoyed the aroma, while the flavour has a good floral and fruity balance.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, Vermeersch

Vermeersch Marleen “blanche”

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Brewery: Vermeersch
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Witte nectarine.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.43

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2023 vintage, bottled on 6th July 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention, and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Yellow stone fruit, peach, nectarine, lightly tart, citrus zest.
Taste: Sour, lightly tart, peach, nectarine, orange, citrus zest.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Smooth, soft, with good aroma and flavours. The nectarines are front and centre. Easy drinking and enjoyable.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, Vermeersch

Vermeersch Lisa

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Brewery: Vermeersch
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Reine Claude Pruim.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.41

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2023 vintage, bottled on 2nd December 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention, and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, plum, orange zest, grapefruit, with notes of grape.
Taste: Sweet and sour, plum, grapefruit zest, grape candy, with vinous notes.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Easy drinking with enjoyable aroma and flavours.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Den Herberg, Lambic - Gueuze

Den Herberg Oude Geuze Devillé à l’ancienne

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Brewery: Den Herberg
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.7%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze

Brewer Description: (from bottle in Dutch) Vroeger gebruikten lambiekbrouwers witte of rode kalk om hun bier te herkennen. De flessen warden op lange rijen gestapeld en vervolgens gemarkeerd met een kalkstreep. Geuze, Champagne van het Pajottenland, kreeg een witte streep. Smaakevolutie door hergisting op fles, ongefilterd. Blend van eigen gebrouwen lambiek, spontane gisting, gerijpt in eikenhouten vaten.

(translated to English) In the past, lambic brewers used white or red chalk to identify their beer. The bottles were stacked in long rows and then marked with a chalk stripe. Geuze, Champagne from the Pajottenland, was given a white stripe. Flavor evolution through refermentation in the bottle, unfiltered. Blend of home-brewed lambic, spontaneous fermentation, matured in oak barrels.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.12

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a notched best before date of July 2043. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen gueuze glass.
Appearance: A very nice clear golden orange colour, with a two finger fluffy white head that had good retention, eventually settling to a nice cap, while leaving good lacing.
Aroma: Musty, funky, dusty, chalky, crisp green apple, oak, lemon zest.
Taste: Sour, lime zest, lemon, funk, musty, dusty, damp wood, with green apple and white grape notes.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Light and refreshing with good fruity and funky notes in both the aroma and flavour.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Garage Project, New Zealand, Wild Ale

Garage Project The Elephant Never Forgets

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Brewery: Garage Project
Country: New Zealand
ABV: 5%
Style: Wild Ale
Other Notes: Blended strawberry & rhubarb sour

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Originally bottled in 2018 this blend of mixed ferment oak barrels infused with rhubarb and strawberry was tucked away to condition and mellow. What happened next? Was it lost, was it misplaced or did it simply slip from our minds? ‘Rediscovered’ five years later, like a well aged wine the beer is transformed with the glow of French polished teak, mellow fruit and delightful sherry like complexity. Enjoy now or ‘misplace’ it for the future.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.29

Intro: A 750ml bottle, packed on 20th September 2018 (but as per the description, seems only released in 2023). Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear golden colour with a half finger white head that had pretty good retention, and eventually settled to a ring around the glass, while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, jammy, rhubarb, strawberry.
Taste: Sour, tart, sweet, jammy, strawberry, rhubarb, with a dash of lemon.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: The strawberry and rhubarb was a good combination, and the aroma was especially enjoyable here. Carbonation was a touch strong, but doesn’t detract from it too much.