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Poll: Lambics Then and Now
Poll Discussion by CLASH
What was your opinion of lambics the first time you tried them vs. now? -I have always liked them. -I have always disliked them. -Disliked then – Like now -Liked then – Dislike now -I’m new to the style, jury is still out. -I’ve never tried any lambics. Lambics are not exactly everyone's cup of beer (See what I did there). Lambics can be very tart and sour and contain some funky flavors that can be quite different from "traditional" beers. Talking with fellow beer folks over the years I've heard some say they hated them at first, others have always loved them, while others still don't get it. ***One other note - If Lindeman's (while technically a lambic) is the only kind you've had you may want to try more, those are not close to the funky tartness of many other lambics. Kind of like saying "Yeah I like imperial stouts, I've had Guinness" Oh and Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic, doesn't count [V]
12 years ago
MATTFUNGUS
5888
yeah, maybe I should walk down to the Piggly Wiggly and get one... or the Shopko Express... Or the Quick Trip... Or the BP....[8D]
SLOWRUNNER77
84439
SHOW-OFF! [}:)]
quote: Originally posted by mattfungus
yeah, maybe I should walk down to the Piggly Wiggly and get one... or the Shopko Express... Or the Quick Trip... Or the BP....[8D]
It's a tough one to answer. I've always liked them, but only because by the time I tried my first one, I knew what I was getting into. Had I been given that same beer a year or two earlier, my opinion would have been entirely different and I probably never would have tried another one.
I agree. I had my first lambic 20 years after my first beer. That's a big gap in time and experience. By the time I tried lambic, I had already slogged through the gambit of pale lagers and was seriously interested in expanding my horizons. While I gagged on my first Schlitz in the 70s, I loved the first sip of framboise in the 90s and love lambics and gueuze still.
quote: Originally posted by cyrenaica
It's a tough one to answer. I've always liked them, but only because by the time I tried my first one, I knew what I was getting into. Had I been given that same beer a year or two earlier, my opinion would have been entirely different and I probably never would have tried another one.
BLUESANDBARBQ
74923
This. Exactly this.
quote: Originally posted by cyrenaica
It's a tough one to answer. I've always liked them, but only because by the time I tried my first one, I knew what I was getting into. Had I been given that same beer a year or two earlier, my opinion would have been entirely different and I probably never would have tried another one.
SUDSMCDUFF
62727
i like how sa cranberry and cranbic have been mentioned and they're not even close to being a lambic. i really enjoyed the first few lambics i had.. cuvee rene was a 4.0 right off the bat..
Discounting the Lindemans fruit beers, my first lambic was Hanssens Oude Gueuze in January '04. I loved it right off the bat. A month later I went to a beer tasting that had a freaking buffet of Cantillon beers and I liked every one of those. Lambics practically don't exist in my area because of alcohol laws so I rarely drink them but I enjoy doing so when I can.