Meerts - Apricot
Funk Factory Geuzeria

750ml bottle at share. Looks a little bit like pear juice, small bubbly head. Big Aroma of apricots, nice, big fruity smell. Taste is more of the apricots and some of the funk, yeast, tartness associated with the style. Nicely done.

 

 

Poured from 750mL bottle into my Drie de Fonteinen tumbler.

Golden poppy liquid, no lasting head formation, nor lacing.

Delightful funk in the nose - plentiful yet largely subtle barnyard notes with hints of buttermilk, bloomy cheese, and woodsorrel. Not getting much apricot.

Tart, but not bracing palate entry. Moderately sour and fairly citrus-forward, with the funk emerging later, and finally a returning sweetness with rich apricot flavor appearing almost as an after-taste. Minimal "oak" notes.

Very active carbonation, almost fizzy, but as it dissipates quickly, the mouth-feel is thin and almost oily. Low ABV makes this an excellent picnic companion.

Well crafted, bright (almost lemon-layered) lambic base imbued with just a hint of apricots, mainly in between draughts.

 

2020-06-13
750ml bottle served in a SIP fest snulip.

Moderately hazy gold with a medium to large head and moderate carbonation. Smell is stonefruit, oak, funk, and lots of tart.

Taste is very tart, less fruit, more fruit skin and unripe citrus. Vaguely tropical.

Mouthfeel is light and dry. Overall, very good beer.

 

Poured into a small glass.

Very, very hazy and effervescent. A dull, but rather pretty yellow.

Smells simultaneously very dry, lightly sour, and bursting with fresh apricots. If this is the lambic's second run, I'd be somewhat intimidated to smell the first. This is firm, complex, and superbly crafted.

The flavor is the same as the aroma: wonderful. It doesn't hit the insane peaks of my absolute favorite Geurzes, but it does a fantastic job of accomplish its own goals on its own terms. One of the very best American-made sours I've ever had.

Hazy pale gold-yellow with a moderate fuzzy white head settling to a creamy film and thick collar.

This is quite sour but that's mitigated by the soft, fluffy body and mild farmhouse funk. The apricot is floral and fruity of stone fruit beauty--it's full on super peach on the nose and wildly herbal and puckeringly tingly on the palate with a semi-dry finish.

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After a couple years in the bottle (in particular, enjoying my last one at the end of February 2021) the acidity reduces drastically, allowing much more room for a delicately pleasant funk and even more floral, sweet apricot.

 

 

Had on tap. Would put more into lambic than AWA but all well. The aromas were wonderful, full of apricot, with accents of belgian yeast, grass and light fruits like lemon, along with some floral notes. Look was little cloudy but cleared up quick. Just felt like a finely crafted ale, not trying to overwhelm the palate, just soft and delicious

 

750ml bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy yellow-orange body, one finger white head, short retention, fair bit of lacing. Smell is underripe, fresh and crisp apricot and stone fruit flesh, moderate acetic acidity, minimal grain, touch of lactate as well. Flavour is a moderately hefty apricot flavour, very enjoyable with a moderate acetic and mild lactic acidity; befitting the base Meerts beer. Trace oak. Mouthfeel is lighter medium bodied, good carbonation, mild apricot fruit sweetness on the finish, moderately acetic. One of the better fruited Meerts variants; the only one I think I prefer is the Peach and Pluot variant; this is a very nice expression of apricot in a straightforward sour beer.