Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru Organic Lambic Ale

Vintage Lambic “which has matured for three years in oakwood barrels and has been selected for its exceptional colour, taste and flavour.”
“Powerful yet elegant, Bruocsella can be considered the missing link between the worlds of wine and beer. Since there is no secondary fermentation in the bottle Bruocsella is a flat, non-sparkling beer.”
“This aristocratic beer is to our national beer patrimony what Mouton-Rotschild, Petrus or Romanée-Conti are to the wines.”

apples, dried apricot, candied ginger, honey, soft cheese rind

addition of artisanal bread, cantaloupe, apricot marmalade ~ ricola

gritty woody breadth w an intense sour acidic mid palate lift

Brewed 2007, bottled 2010. Quietly complex, lightly funky and still showing a little of the wood treatment around the edges. On the down slope - the flavors are still compelling, but it lacks the energy to be it's best self.

I’m pretty sure this is my first still beer. Really funky with a lot of wood notes, cedar, pine forest, lemon rind with the pith, some dried apricot, and an herbal quality. This is fascinating but with the explosion of orange wine not as interesting as probably 10 years ago. This is still a fantastic sour beer but hard to get past no carbonation. The idea of packaging this beer as all beer would have been from casks for the last 3,000+ years is pretty cool. Anyway I’d rather buy wine for this profile.

All 3-year lambics, not a blend of 1, 2, and 3 years. Loved this—funky and autumnal. Almost no carbonation.

Very unexpected. Terrific funk on the nose, but utterly devoid of carbonation. Flavors are interesting, but the absence of carbonation is an issue for me. Not a fan despite the interesting flavor profile...

Joe had this 11 years ago

Josh had this 11 years ago