apricot lambic shootout
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
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.
