after a couple of months in the bottle, it was finally time to try out my apricot lambic.

• to celebrate, I grabbed some raincoast crisps and humboldt fog and headed over to PP and DP’s house, where I had picked the apricots nineteen months earlier.  I also chilled a bottle of ’08 fou’ foune from cantillon for the sake of comparison (and to see where my version might be headed in a few years).  here are my thoughts on each:

• cantillon fou’ foune 2008
• appearance: great carbonation, turbid, white head that quickly fades to lacing
• aroma: intense, complex, dirty barnyard funk
• taste: bracing acidity, slight sticky stone fruit evident on finish
• overall: enjoyable, but the high acid level made this beer far from sessionable.

• house apricot lambic
• appearance: light straw color, crystal clear, solid carbonation, quickly vanishing head
• aroma: sweet ripe apricot, lingering funk
• taste: assertive complex funk with tart apricot and a tangy, dry finish with a fresh, complex acidity.  very drinkable.
• overall: I can’t think of a tastier beer I’ve made to date, really happy with this one.  I’m excited to take my first solera barrel pull soon to experiment with other local fruit.

Tags: apricot, cantillon, fou foune, lambic, solera

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