Friday
Aug172012
LAMBIC
About as far removed from an IPA as you can imagine. Not hoppy and not bitter, their unique flavours come about chiefly because they use only dried, aged hops.
That leaves the beer without the hoppy taste or bitterness of fresh hops, but does let the beer benefit from hops’ preserving traits. Plenty of other northern-European beer styles out there masquerade as unique, but are all technically Lambic beers at heart.