Bad news from Lambic Land
Joe Stange at the Thirsty Pilgrim posts troubling news from Armand Debelder at Drie Fonteinen.
Because of a busted thermostat, excessive heat ruined about 100,000 bottles of lambic and gueuze in storage last weekend. He said that represented about a third of his annual revenue, so it is a serious blow to his business. It is not a fatal blow—he is determined to survive and keep going—but it is serious nonetheless. For example, there will be virtually no 37.5 cL bottles of gueuze on the market this summer.
Curioiusly, Debelder could end up distilling the ruined lambic into a liquor.
Posted: May 23rd, 2009 under Beers of conviction.
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:47 am
And I just gotten to love lambics… This hurts:(
June 7th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Jesus! that’s a lot…!!