OWA Sakura Lambic
OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Sakura LambicOWA Sakura Lambic
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From:
OWA Brewery SPRL
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.1 | pDev: 7.07%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
28
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 14, 2016
Added:
Oct 23, 2013
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  5
A perfect beer to enjoy before a meal. Sakura means cherry leaves in Japanese. The leaves are steeped in salt for several months producing a highly perfumed aroma. In Japan, Sakura are also enjoyed as special sweets during spring time.
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Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong

4.09/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A 375ml corked, capped and paper wrapped bottle, 2015 vintage, with a best before end date of January 2018. Poured into a Cantillon ballon glass.

Appearance: A clear golden orange colour with a one finger white head that slowly settled to a thin layer with sparse lacing.

Aroma: Sweet fruity cherry, almond, apple and cinnamon. Also some wood with a light funk in the background.

Taste: No idea what cherry blossom is supposed to taste like but this is lightly sour with cherry, apple, wood, citrusy orange and a hint of cinnamon.

Mouthfeel: Light bodied with high to moderate carbonation.

Overall: Taste could be more sour, but its still nice. I definitely preferred this Sakura Lambic much more than its Yuzu counterpart. I’m also surprised that there is not more floral element in either the aroma or taste though, considering that cherry blossom is used.
Dec 14, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by Raziel313 from California

Aug 16, 2016
 
Rated: 4.35 by Nurglitch from Norway

Jul 04, 2016
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Reviewed by Jwale73 from Rhode Island

3.57/5  rDev -12.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
375ml bottle (2015 vintage). Pours a beautiful burnished gold with a loose, 1/8th inch bright white head embedded with tiny pinpricks. Interesting nose - tea and honeysuckle. Taste is pretty weird - more tea upfront, followed by distinct lambic characteristics, grassy, buckwheat and wort. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body with a mild, even carbonation and a light acidity. Overall, just a weird beer - I don't get much fruit and it all comes off a bit unfinished.
May 20, 2016
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Reviewed by Gasc0igne from Australia

4.35/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
750mL 2015 Batch

Super unique. Salty, briney, gherkins, fruit tingles, flowers, rotting vegetation, funky cheese. Aroma is mouth-watering. Seek out if you're a lambic lover.
Jul 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Mattias from Sweden

Jun 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.82 by Soneast from Wisconsin

May 24, 2015
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Rated by kscaldef from Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Very herbal aroma, reminiscent of green tea. Light cherry flavor, mild citrus acidity. Very unique.
May 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4.35 by baybum from Pennsylvania

Mar 31, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Axnjxn from North Carolina

Mar 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by TheSevenDuffs from Canada (ON)

Nov 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.85 by AlexFields from Tennessee

Nov 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by atpca from California

Oct 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by wethorseblanket from California

Sep 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by drewone from California

Sep 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by GRG1313 from California

Sep 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4.32 by Rochefort10nh from New Hampshire

Aug 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Jspriest from Pennsylvania

Aug 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4.41 by Rado from California

Jun 28, 2014
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Reviewed by Rifugium from North Dakota

4.31/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
One of the most interesting lambics around, in my opinion. Slightly cloudy, copper-colored pour, with a small white head that dwindled to a thin collar. Fresher, this had more carbonation. Despite this being "cherry blossom" and not "cherry fruit," I would have expected "cherry something" as the dominant factor, but to my surprise, lots of cinnamon in the aroma up front, with some fruitcake coming in next, farmhouse funk on the back end. Similar in the taste, an unexpected wave of cinnamon-like spice--which I assume somehow comes from the sakura somehow, since as far as I can tell, there is no actual cinnamon in this. Notes of cherry and apple, farmhouse funk and a like cobwebby lambic sensation. Tartness was light, and I'd say this isn't very sour at all. This is a unique beer to say the least. I prefer this chilled, as the body seemed to thin out a bit as it warmed. Overall very good, and the flavors held up well even after a year.
Jun 01, 2014
OWA Sakura Lambic from OWA Brewery SPRL
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 28 ratings