Each beer was ranked with an informal score of 1-10. Old lambic is blended with newly fermenting young lambic to create this special style of lambic. These pale beers are spontaneously fermented and brewed with unmalted wheat, malted barley, and stale, aged hops. Sweet malt characters are not perceived. They are low in hop bitterness.
Cloudiness is acceptable.
These beers are quite dry and light bodied. Versions of this beer made outside of the Brussels area of Belgium cannot be true Lambics. The color reflects the choice of fruit. Fruit, sourness, and complex esters predominate the flavor profile. Versions of this beer made outside of the Brussels area of Belgium cannot be true Lambics.