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Chapeau Banana Lambic
Brouwerij De Troch
- From:
- Brouwerij De Troch
- Belgium
- Style:
- Fruit Lambic
- ABV:
- 3.5%
- Score:
- 74
- Avg:
- 3.16 | pDev: 26.58%
- Reviews:
- 92
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 27, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 08, 2002
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 7
No description / notes.
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Ratings by shadow1961:
Reviewed by shadow1961 from Minnesota
2.73/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 1 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.73/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 1 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Chapeau Banana lambic pours out with
minimal head over a golden brew with
considerable suspended chunks. The nose
is sour and vinous and of oak. The flavor is
slightly sweet and tart and is more like cider
than banana. The mouthfeel is round and a
bit syrupy. I'm used to seeing floaties in beer
but for some reason these floaties were a turn
off. Some of them were pretty chunky though.
I won't be revisiting this brew again.
Feb 06, 2007minimal head over a golden brew with
considerable suspended chunks. The nose
is sour and vinous and of oak. The flavor is
slightly sweet and tart and is more like cider
than banana. The mouthfeel is round and a
bit syrupy. I'm used to seeing floaties in beer
but for some reason these floaties were a turn
off. Some of them were pretty chunky though.
I won't be revisiting this brew again.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
2/5 rDev -36.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -36.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
De Belgiuminabox. En copa Teku. En almuerzo de Navidad en casa (solos :) Con solomillo con pasas + gambas blancas + tortilla de papas de km1. Poco rastro del plátano. Lo que hay sobre todo es un perfil muy agrio, a cuero, y muy dulce, hasta el punto de resultar cargante y hartible. No esperaba mucho, pero me ha decepcionado. Al menos esperaba un toque artificial a platano y no
Dec 25, 2020Reviewed by Steve555 from Wales
3.64/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Yellow body, no discernible head from what I can see. Smell is quite skunky and sulphury but with banana essence quite clear. Taste is oily and banana, quite sweet, not much sign of this being a lambic but unlike other fruit beers from Belgium this doesn't taste too much of chemicals and is pleasant for a change. Mouthfeel is light but very sweet. Overall it's okay for a novelty drink and will be appreciated by those who like bananas. I like bananas. Do you like bananas?
Aug 10, 2020Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.78/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
375 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy pale golden yellow color with a small dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of ripe banana, pineapple, mango, melon, pear, red apple, honey, candi sugar, wheat, and bread; with light notes of hay, straw, grass, oak, funk, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/light funky yeast, bananas, and pale malt/sugar sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of ripe banana, pineapple, mango, melon, pear, red apple, honey, candi sugar, wheat, and bread; with light notes of hay, straw, grass, oak, funk, and yeast earthiness. Light fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of banana, pineapple, mango, melon, pear, red apple, honey, candi sugar, wheat, bread, hay, straw, grass, light funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/light funky yeast, bananas, and pale malt/sugar sweetness; with a good malt/tartness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Minimal dryness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy, and lightly slick/syrupy/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 3.5%. Overall this is a very good sweetened fruit lambic style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/light funky yeast, bananas, and pale malt/sugar sweetness; very smooth and refreshing to drink, with the mildly tart/tangy/drying finish. The bananas are more pronounced in the aromas, but they don't feel overwhelming or artificial overall. Authentic fruit flavors. Very well balanced in the taste with sweetness, fruity yeast complexity, and a touch of funk. A very enjoyable offering. A lot better than I expected. Very pleasing to drink.
Oct 21, 2017Reviewed by Zorro from California
2.12/5 rDev -32.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.12/5 rDev -32.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Clear yellow colored beer. No real head formation, just a few large bubbles.
Smells of toasted grain and wheat brain and very slightly of banana. Additional scent of apple.
Starts out very sweet and tasting of apple juice. Faint banana flavor and some wheat bran. Doesn't taste much like lambic or bananas.
Mouthfeel is light.
Overall this is a glass full of crap. Not going to finish the glass, nasty stuff AVOID!
Dec 31, 2015Smells of toasted grain and wheat brain and very slightly of banana. Additional scent of apple.
Starts out very sweet and tasting of apple juice. Faint banana flavor and some wheat bran. Doesn't taste much like lambic or bananas.
Mouthfeel is light.
Overall this is a glass full of crap. Not going to finish the glass, nasty stuff AVOID!
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
2.63/5 rDev -16.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.63/5 rDev -16.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
375 mL bottle poured into a snifter.
Appearance - Clear golden body. No head.
Smell - Amazingly, it smells skunked. It has the aroma of an imported European pilsner. And some banana.
Taste - Tastes more like banana. Not sour. Quite sweet, in fact. Still has that stale pilsner tastes to it, but much lighter.
Mouthfeel - Medium body. Overly sweet.
Overall - Not good.
Jan 13, 2015Appearance - Clear golden body. No head.
Smell - Amazingly, it smells skunked. It has the aroma of an imported European pilsner. And some banana.
Taste - Tastes more like banana. Not sour. Quite sweet, in fact. Still has that stale pilsner tastes to it, but much lighter.
Mouthfeel - Medium body. Overly sweet.
Overall - Not good.
Rated by simoen from Belgium
1.08/5 rDev -65.8%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.08/5 rDev -65.8%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
niet te drinken dit, veel te zoet
Dec 20, 2014
Chapeau Banana Lambic from Brouwerij De Troch
Beer rating:
74 out of
100 with
166 ratings
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