Because everyone looks better blurry and happy.
Cantillon Brewery in Brussels – the last lambic brewery in Brussels. Lambic is wild-fermented beer. From what I can recall trying here in the states, I thought I would have to hold my nose and appreciate this beer for its historic value only. I recalled lambics being beyond sour, funky, tasting like something gone bad.
Not so, in the land of true lambics! These beers were delicious. They were not truly sour… they hit the tongue feeling like they are going to be sour, but they finish just super-dry and complex. There are straight lambics and those called “krieke” which are brewed with sour cherry. These do not taste like the cough-syrup cherry sours you might encounter stateside. They taste like true sour cherries off the tree. I am not exaggerating when I say these beers are worth the trip. They cannot be brewed anywhere else – depending as they do on wild fermented yeast from the local air.
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