Lambics: Am I missing something?

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  1. ABisonEgo

    ABisonEgo Initiate (0) Jan 31, 2012 Illinois

    why are some of these so highly coveted? i dont get it? Most of them taste like juice
     
    #1 ABisonEgo, Nov 18, 2012
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  2. decadance

    decadance Pundit (759) Mar 14, 2010 Texas

    You have not had a gueze if you think it tastes like juice.
     
    #2 decadance, Nov 18, 2012
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  3. VncentLIFE

    VncentLIFE Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2011 North Carolina

    Youre not missing anything except for like $3000/year.
     
    #3 VncentLIFE, Nov 18, 2012
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  4. Trevdawg

    Trevdawg Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2012 New Hampshire

    more for me. i'm a kid i like juice. juice is good. #caprisun4life
     
    #4 Trevdawg, Nov 18, 2012
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  5. robinsmv

    robinsmv Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2010 Florida

    No, they're keeping the $3000 a year, we are the ones missing it :slight_frown:
     
    #5 robinsmv, Nov 18, 2012
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  6. mattsander

    mattsander Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2010 Canada (AB)

    More evidence pointing towards subjectivity. I'm sensing a pattern here...
     
    #6 mattsander, Nov 18, 2012
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  7. VncentLIFE

    VncentLIFE Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2011 North Carolina

    im pretty sure when i was on my Belgian sour kick, my bank account was missing quite a bit of money. Stupid freaking Hanssens Oudbeitje, Cantillon Classic, and 3F Oude Gueuze.
     
    #7 VncentLIFE, Nov 18, 2012
  8. robinsmv

    robinsmv Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2010 Florida

    When I bought hopslam for the first time I was convince that I was crazy for spending $20 on a sixer, then I found the world of ccb brewery only releases and sours. My bank account no likey.
     
    #8 robinsmv, Nov 18, 2012
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  9. stupac2

    stupac2 Pooh-Bah (2,031) Feb 22, 2011 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Not everyone likes the same things.
     
    #9 stupac2, Nov 18, 2012
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  10. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    Can you let us know which ones you've tried? Cause I think you are doing it wrong.
     
    #10 Hanzo, Nov 18, 2012
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  11. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,239) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
    Pooh-Bah

    I can see why you might think that with fruited ones. Ive even noticed a difference in quality the past couple years in fresh cantillon. Makes me wonder how recent vintages will age.
     
    #11 BearsOnAcid, Nov 18, 2012
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  12. AleWatcher

    AleWatcher Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2009 Illinois

    OP- I think I'll be in Milwaukee in Feb for a weekend... I would be happy to bring a few sours and we could set up a tasting somewhere...
    If you don't like the sours I bring, then you just aren't a sour fan. (at least not yet!)
     
    #12 AleWatcher, Nov 19, 2012
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  13. davey101

    davey101 Pooh-Bah (2,360) Apr 14, 2009 Connecticut
    Pooh-Bah

    Are you referring to Lindeman/Chapeau fruit lambics? When I let my friend try some authentic lambics I can assure you "juice" wasn't a word being used.
     
    #13 davey101, Nov 19, 2012
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  14. Lorianneb

    Lorianneb Pundit (919) Apr 27, 2012 New Jersey

    I'm with you OP. The rest of the BA's can keep them
     
    #14 Lorianneb, Nov 19, 2012
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  15. 7ate9

    7ate9 Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2007 Virginia

    There are no standards of taste in "beer"... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard.
    -with apologies to mark twain for the alteration-

    /end of this thread and all similar threads/
     
    #15 7ate9, Nov 19, 2012
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  16. kzoobrew

    kzoobrew Initiate (0) May 8, 2006 Michigan

    You are missing taste buds that appreciate gueuze and lambics.
     
    #16 kzoobrew, Nov 19, 2012
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  17. victory4me

    victory4me Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2004 Pennsylvania

    Cool story, bro! Thanks for sharing.
     
    #17 victory4me, Nov 19, 2012
  18. OneBeertoRTA

    OneBeertoRTA Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2010 California

    This will also save on your annual antacid expenses...
     
    #18 OneBeertoRTA, Nov 19, 2012
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  19. JimsArcade

    JimsArcade Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2004 Pennsylvania

    Maybe the OP had a sweetened gueuze? I mistakingly ordered a couple in Belgium and they were more like soft drinks than the gueuzes I know and love.
     
    #19 JimsArcade, Nov 19, 2012
  20. Bluecane

    Bluecane Initiate (0) Dec 30, 2011 New York

    They're not my thing either, generally, but I'm happy to try one now and again to see if I might like it more than I expect.
     
    #20 Bluecane, Nov 19, 2012
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