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Beachwood Blendery Careful With That Passion Fruit, Eugene

Brewery: Beachwood Blendery
Country: USA
ABV: 6.5%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: 2017 release

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A beer inspired by the Belgian lambic tradition. Belgian style sour ale aged in oak barrels with passion fruit.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 500ml bottle, 2017 release. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy straw blonde colour with a two finger white head that had decent retention while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Passionfruit and lemon peel with a hint of wood and funk.
Taste: Sour, passionfruit, lemon juice and oak with only hints of funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice aroma and flavours especially from the passionfruit, but I’m not getting much funk at all considering its supposed to be a Fruit Lambic.

Cantillon Cinsault

Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: Unknown (n/a)
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: Cinsault grapes, 2017 vintage

Brewer Description: Not much information I can find, but as far as I can gather, Fruit Lambic made with Cinsault grapes.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.29
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml bottle at the brewery, 2017 vintage. Poured into a Cantillon taster glass.
Appearance: A clear ruby purple red colour, with a one finger pinkish head that dissipated fairly quickly and left sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Lightly tart, red wine, grape and strawberries.
Taste: Lightly sour and tart, lots of red wine qualities, grape, strawberry and mixed berries.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with low carbonation.
Overall: As close to red wine as I’ve ever tried in a beer. Good aromas and flavour.

Cantillon Cuvée Moeder Lambic Kriek

Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: aka Cantillon Kriekenlambik

Brewer Description: (from lambic.info) Cantillon Cuvée Moeder is a kriek blend made specifically for the two Moeder Lambic bars in Brussels. Whereas Cantillon Kriek contains 200 grams per liter of Turkish cherries and the Lou Pepe Kriek contains 300 grams per liter (g/l) of Schaerbeekse cherries, this unique kriek blend is made with of 200 grams per liter of Turkish cherries and 100 grams per liter of Schaerbeekse cherries.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.55
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 250ml pour from the cask at Moeder Lambic Fontainas into a Cantillon Gueuze glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark ruby red colour with an almost two finger frothy pink head that had pretty good retention and left some lacing.
Aroma: Cherry, almond and marzipan.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry, almond, marzipan and a touch of lime.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Very refreshing and just so easy to drink.

Cantillon Cuvée Moeder Lambic Framboise

Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: aka Cantillon Frambozenlambik

Brewer Description: (from lambic.info) Cantillon Frambozenlambik is a cask framboise served on hand pump at Moeder Lambic and other bars and festivals around Belgium. It is not carbonated, though sparkler tap nozzles are sometimes used to create some head when this beer is poured.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.38
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 250ml pour from the cask at Moeder Lambic Fontainas into a Cantillon Gueuze glass.
Appearance: Ruby red in colour with a big frothy two finger pink head that had great retention and some nice lacing.
Aroma: Lightly tart, raspberry creamsicle.
Taste: Sour, tart, raspberry and a touch of lime.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Very nice and refreshing.

Tilquin Quetsche – Draft Version

Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.3%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: Draft version

Brewer Description: (from lambic.info) Quetsche Tilquin (Draught Version) is a fruited, blended lambic created by combining a low alcohol lambic beer called Meerts (from Boon) and one- and two-year-old lambics. According to the blendery, it is comprised of 50% meerts and 50% lambic, in order to keep the ABV down. No 3-year-old lambic is in the draught version. The fruit concentration is the same as the bottle version – at least 250g/l of plums – and it is typically 5.3% ABV.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.19
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 250ml draft pour into a Tilquin gueuze glass at Moeder Lambic Fontainas.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with minimal white head and no lacing.
Aroma: Tart, plum, lemon, mixed berries and light funk.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, plum, lemon zest and oak.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice, balanced and refreshing.