Topic Archives: Lambics

Posted in Orpheus Brewing, New Beers

Orpheus Brewing The Brief Infinity We Built

Orpheus - The Brief Infinity We Built

Orpheus Brewing The Brief Infinity We Built, a spontaneously fermented American wild ale with Georgia peaches. 

The stillness feels the air and shudders. Toiling through the hulking gate from now to always now, extant riches burning so we venerate the ashes. The oppressive sound of nothing dampens drifting calculations, but broken thoughts entwine when creeping darkness has no alibi. Constructing eternity out of discount ruins, engulfed in all that’s real to me, which takes me home amidst morass to see through smoke and ash the brief infinity we built.

Orpheus Brewing The Brief Infinity We Built will be available in 12.7oz bottles on September 3rd – a part of the brewery’s “Year 7” Anniversary celebration. 

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Georgia Peaches)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles
Debut: 9/3/21

5% ABV

MORE: Orpheus Year 7 Releases

Posted in Funk Factory Geuzeria, Coming Soon

July 7th: Funk Factory Geuzeria Meerts, a rare style

Funk Factory Meerts

A want for any American wild ale lover. Funk Factory Geuzeria Meerts debuts on July 7th.

The Madison, Wisconsin based brewery describes Meerts as a “modern interpretation of the low alcohol by volume style derived from the second running of Lambic”. (Dipping a few toes in the “table beer” category.) Funk Factory uses Cantillon and Boon’s known techniques as a reference for this beer.

Why modern interpretation? In 2016, the brewery attempted to make Meerts using the second runnings for a Lambic wort on a 50 barrel brewhouse. The theory was the second runnings would yield 20-30 barrels. In reality, it only yielded 4 barrels (120 or so gallons).

A dedicated brew day for Meerts was required to produce enough wort to make the beer. Basically, brewed to style as much as possible.

Funk Factory uses a pilsner malt, raw wheat, and Saaz hops in a turbid mash, scaled down to target a 4% finishing alcohol by volume. The beer is boiled long, lightly hoppeed, and hit the foeder for fermentation back in February.

At 4% abv, it is refreshing and clean, lightly tart lemon citrus with some rustic earthiness.  I’m very excited to have a beer that I can put out at a lower price point and with more frequency.

Funk Factory Geuzeria Meerts will debut on July 7th in 750 milliliter bottles. This is a ticketed release, with a June 20th on sale date.

Style: Lambic (Foeder Aged)
Hops: Saaz
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Debut: 7/7/17

4% ABV

Posted in Coming Soon, Funk Factory Geuzeria

Funk Factory Geuzeria Frampaars release tickets on sale Oct 15th

Funk Factory Geuzeria Frampaars

Funk Factory Geuzeria Frampaars goes on sale this Thursday, through Brown Paper Tickets.

Frampaars is actually the sister beer to the brewery’s Framrood. A blend of American lambic spanning two years, aged on purple raspberries for 3 months, then bottle conditioned for 6 months.

Bottles are $22.50 each, limit of 6. Tickets on sale on October 15th, via this link. Bottle release is November 14th, 2015, at O’so Brewing’s anniversary party.

Style: Lambic (w/ Raspberries)
Availability: 750ml Bottles. Limited Release.
Release: 11/14/15

?? ABV

Image via Funk Factory

Posted in Cantillon
Posted in Cantillon, Headlines

Demand Forces Cancellation of Cantillon Mamouche 2015

Cantillon Mamouche

Demand for one of the world’s most popular wild and sour breweries is causing production issues.

This week, Belgium’s Cantillon mention that case sales limits have dropped from five to three to prevent a complete sell out.

Additionally, Cantillon doesn’t have enough stock of Gueuze to start the 2015-2016 season. Because of this shortage, and in order to keep enough old Lambic to make Gueuze, Cantillon has cancelled production of their fruit lambic, Mamouche.

The next potential blend of Cantillon Mamouche will be in 2016.

Posted in Upland Beer

Upland Sour Public Lottery: January, 2015

On January 29th, Upland Brewing Company (Bloomington, IN) will open up an online lottery for the purchase of five sour ales. Winners can purchase 2 bottles of each style.  Details on the five styles are in the gallery below.

The five releases include: Upland Blueberry Lambic, Dantalion Dark Wild Ale, Blackberry Lambic, Vinosynth White, Vinosynth Red.

The lottery opens up at 12 noon, EDT and ends February 5th, 2015. Bottles are $25 dollars each, and must be picked up at the specified location by March 4th.

Click images below for descriptions.

Posted in Allagash Brewing, Seasonal Return