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De Troch Brewery in Belgium brews many fruit based lambics under the Chapeau banner. The De Troch family has been brewing in the region since the 18th century but only opened this incarnation of the brewery in 1974. Lambics are brewed only in Belgium in the region southwest of Brussels and in Brussels itself, using wild yeasts rather than the carefully cultivated yeasts that most beer styles require. Most lambics are blended with fruit to create krieks (cherry), or in this case an apricot brew. Or mature and young lambics can be blended to create a greuze.
It has a cloudy burned yellow colour with carbonation bubbles visibly rising to the top to join with a thin white head which clings to the side of the glass.
It smells yeasty with fairly heavy apricot note and with malty undertones.
It tastes of apricot right from the start and the taste never leaves but is changed by the other flavours as they come into play. It starts off with a sweet aspect of the apricot, then as the yeast comes into play it becomes more bitter and as the malt joins in it levels off to a sweetness which is less sweet than the start.
It drinks a little on the thick side, it feels much like drinking juice or cider.
This is a brilliantly complex brew, best suited for dessert or to enjoy on a warm spring day. It would pair well with game and strong cheeses as well.
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