Boon Oude Lambik
Previously 6%.
All of Boon unblended 'old' lambics are listed here. (Age at least one year.)
All of Boon unblended 'old' lambics are listed here. (Age at least one year.)
3.6
402 reviews
Lembeek, Belgium
Community reviews
Tap, Mikkeller bar Berlin as Foeder 104 in a terrible Glas. Medium mellow body, fruity, apricot, dusty, dry white vinegar, barn notes, mostly clean hospital finish.
Tetra-pak: Poured a dark yellow color Lambic with no carbonation. Aroma if funky barnyard notes light cat pee notes. Taste is also a very funky mix of must, barnyard, oak with light green apple notes and subtle acidity. Body is full for style with good carbonation. Enjoyable Lambic with more complexity than expected.
7-3-8-4-15
Draft @ Le Brasseurs, Brussels. Pours hazy yellow, with just a few bubbles. Aroma is tart, with hay, farmyard and bretty notes of stone fruits. Medium body, with no carbonation. Flavour is tart, with hay and bretty fruits, as well as farmhouse and wooden notes. Very quaffable!
2 year unblended oude, foeder #82. Tap at Hopa. Pours clear yellow/pale golden with no head. Nose is acidic, low funk. Taste is moderately tart, somewhat funky, pretty held back altogether. Short finish, light body, soft carbo. Bit of a meh.
Poors clear yellow, small white foam remaining. Aroma is sour, taste is sour, flat. Light carbonation. OK (Arnhem 201910)
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours fairly hazy loaded blonde with no foam. Aroma is hay, barn. Body is fairly dense, with very light carbonation. Taste is pretty sour. Finish is nice and clean.
Earlier Rating: 1/11/2017 Total Score: 3.7
From the tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours golden with some foam (fine). Aroma is hay, barnyard. Typical. Bistro is tendentially light, no carbonation. Taste is acid, but not too invasive. It’s round. Finish is short.
2-year unblended Oude Foeder #14.
Złotopomarańczowe, zmętnione, mało piany. W aromacie miła dzikość z delikatnym powiewem owoców: porzeczki, wiśni, brzoskwini, moreli. W smaku umiarkowanie kwaśne, cierpkie w przyjemny sposób, wyraźniejsza nuta wiśni.
This is a backlog rating from 2007 on cask shared by Tmoney99, from notes. When I had this beer it was average to below average for the style and not something I wanted to have again or I just didn't get back to my notes because of my technology at the time. Words to describe this beer are funky, sour citrus, wood, some acidity, one of my first lambic experiences.
On tap in St Albans, England
While perusing the tap list at Mad Squirrel I noticed a new Boon's lambic on draft. Having had one or two other entries in the VAT series I immediately asked for a pour. This one happened to be VAT 82.
AROMA / APPEARANCE
Old oak and leather linger in the air as if transported to a cobbler's shop. The mild sourness pops up without the strong assertiveness of an older, funkier lambic. The cool inviting rose body however does resemble what most people run across in the stores.
FLAVOR / PALATE
Citrus, honey, and dried malts soak up the moisture of the mouth as they work to the back of the throat. The finish of yeast and blue cheese brings out the highlights of the funky back end. If this were bottled and available in the United States I would love to add it to a future side by side with the Discovery Kit that was recently launched.
Glass, 4-ounce, drunk at L’autre œil, savoured on June 30 2018; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: acidity, slight musk, slight sugar, slight peach; mouth: acidity, slight musk, slight sugar, slight peach, finale in slight peach with slight presence of musk, medium body, not much carbonation, slick texture; overall: correct
FRANÇAIS
Verre, 4 onces, en fût, bue à L'autre œil, savourée le 30 juin 2018; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, très léger musc, très léger sucre, très léger pêche; bouche : acidité, très léger musc, très léger sucre, très léger pêche, finale en très léger pêche avec très légère présence de musc, corps moyen, peu de carbonatation, texture coulante; en résumé : correct
Colore oro carico, schiuma assente, leggera effervescenza, al naso liquore/rosolio, in bocca Malvasia, tannino, poco acida, bevuta semplice
Tap (? Hotel Bar, Kaunas) as "Boon Lambiek 84" (8:4:8:4:14=4.0)
Holy jesus, such a beautiful apricot aroma, with a gentle accompaniament of sourness. Gentle palate, soft carbonation, pleasant tartness. Taste also apricotty, a really mellow sourness. Very dry woodiness in the finish. God, I think this is the best tap Belgian ale I've ever had. Apricotty finish, oh, so good. Absolutely classic lambic, nails all aspects with pinpoint precision, one others should be compared to. Wow.
25 March 2019. At In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst. Shared with the lovely Anke!
Presented as "Boon Vat 84" but apparently it's regular 'Oude Lambiek'. Pours clear pale orange, minimal, off-white head. Aroma is lambic-like but quite smelly: barnyard, cow stable & fodder, wet hay & straw, farmland, cobwebs, attic, and eventually strong manure as well. Taste is only light fruity sweet, but in a wort-like, yeasty & fodder-like manner; light woody bitterness ensues, with attic, barnyard, dust, wet hay, manure & farmland popping up retronasally, a tad spicy & peppery even. Lactic sourness is there but restrainedly. Dryish, grassy hoppy finish, yeasty, woody, more barnyard & manure. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Probably one of the least pleasant pure Lambics I've tried.
#97: Clear golden. Aroma is light berries slight chalk some peel. Taste is sour with at least a little carbonation. Fruity and leathery tart with sweet fruity somewhat piney finish. Some berries as well. Very nice.
Mikkeller CPH Airport. Gyllengul öl med ett lättare vitt skum. Doft och smak av citrus, gröna äpplen, funk samt vinös- och fruktsyrlighet.
Earlier Rating: 9/9/2017 Total Score: 3.8
Foeder # 78
Disig gyllene, mot bärnstensfärgad öl med ett lätt vitt skum. Doft och smak är fruktig med övermogna äpplen. även en del stalltoner och syrlighet av citrus- och cidertyp.
2 anni, 6.5%. Colore dorato, schiuma praticamente assente, limpida. Al naso note acetiche e lattiche, lieviti e leggere note citriche. Al palato note acide con qualche accenno di fruttato e legno. Corpo leggero. Una birra in cui l'acidita è morbida ed abbastanza stemperata, poco strutturata ma con una bevibilità molto alta.
Color dorado con espuma blnaca que rápido desaparece. Aroma con leves notas a levadura, barrica y algo frutal. Sabor con acidez ligera, algo de manzana y madera. Final ligeramenta ácido, baja carbonatación.
Tap at All Good Beer, Bermondsey. Deep gold, slightly hazy, flat. Gentle aroma with soured wine, citrus, oak, a little bit of barnyard funk. Almost a savoury note to the taste, with flavours of caramel, egg, Bit-o-Honey, whey. Just a touch of carbonation in the body.
Tap at the castle in Berlin. Nose is orange, citrus, white grape, some wood. Palate is not that sour, orange, just barely some carbonation, white grapes, aplle.
On tap at El Bait Shop as Unblended Oude Lambiek Foeder #104. Golden colored appearance with mild haze and a small white head. Aroma of sour funk, earthiness, wild yeast, mild farmhouse notes and light oak. Similar flavor, adding mild acidity and a light fruity sweetness. Light to medium body with soft carbonation and a smooth finish. Nice.
Tap into a taster showing deep gold with no head.
The nose shows moderately intense notes of brett.
The palate is light bodied and moderately carbonated. Moderately tart with moderately intense notes of brett.
On tap at De Grote Dorst. Pours golden yellow colour. No head. Sweeter apples, juiciness, moderate acidity in the aroma. Refreshing. Apples at first. Oak too. Notes of apples and woody notes in the middle. Dry finish with notes of apples. Bitterness. Light bodied, quite good lambic.
As Boon lambic Foeder 82 on tap at AS 2019. Pours golden yellow colour. Thin line of froth around the glass. Apples, fresh green apples, slight oxidation in the aroma. Apples, spicy notes, oak, hints of vanilla in the taste. Rather fruity. Apples, quite simple but still very well drinkable unblended oude lambiek.
On tap at the Kiselo Druženje (Sour Gettogether), 2017. Thanks! 2YO, Foeder #67, 6.5%. Golden, minimal head. Dusty, funky, skunky, yeasty. Lightly dry. Soft carbonation, medium body, lasting tart finish. Cool!
@OnTap - hazy bronze-orange beer with no foam; aroma of rhubarb and cheese; low carbonation, medium-bodied, fairly sour, light sticky; dry, aftertaste of cellar, old apples and rhubarb
On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours light hazed golden with a small white head. Aroma is light fruity, sour berries and ripe funky fruits. Taste is dry and sharp, weak astringent tarty, long dry tart finish.
Earlier Rating: 6/21/2015 Total Score: 3.4
On tap at Bakgården Både &, Kristiansand. Pours hazy gold/red with no head at all. Inviting aroma of apple juice, dried apricot and funky farmhouse. Smooth mouthfeel,almost flat carbonated. Taste is crisp, weak funk with a short lived acidic fruity finish, nice one.
On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours hazy amber with little head. Aroma of horse stable, leather, lemons. Tastes sour with some sweetness. Thin to medium bodied. Dry finish.
Earlier Rating: 11/26/2015 Total Score: 3
On tap at Ølbaren Copenhagen. Pours cloudy amber with small white head. Aroma of white wine, light fruits, hay, straw, sulphur. Taste sweet and sour, with some horse stable in the finish.
On tap at Redlight Redlight. Clear orange. Smells of dried grass, oak, a bit of acidity, maybe some citrus. Tastes pretty sweet with a sharp oaky twang. A little oxidation. Dried grass in the back end. No carbonation, served flat. Medium body. Very tasty and a rare treat to find.
on tap at griendel, qc. hazy golden orange pour with a nice white head offering good enough retention and lacing. woody citrus, softly tannic dryness, lightly sulphuric old herbs, light acidity - relatively complex flora, small orchard fruits, minerals. fairly low carbonation, light body - oily; dry and softly tart citrusy-herbal-grassy finish. pretty soft and already complex enough unblended two year old lambic. enjoyable!
At Grote Dorst. Clear caramelly colour, no head. Aroma is lightly sour, bit caramelly. Taste is medium sour, hints of vinegary, funky. Medium body, flat. Drinkable
Tap at grote dorst. Pours golden. Aroma sour, fruity, funky. Flavor is sour, fruity, funky, bitter, oak, cognac. Overall: very good.