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Offline hopfenundmalz

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Everything You Know (About Lambic) is Wrong!
« on: October 31, 2022, 11:59:51 am »
With apologies to Firesign Theater.

The linked article by Martyn Cornell throws a spanner into the works, or a clog as he says. Much of what has been written about Lambic and Gueze may have been made from whole cloth.

https://zythophile.co.uk/2022/10/31/is-everything-you-have-ever-read-about-the-history-of-lambic-and-gueuze-totally-wrong-raf-meert-thinks-so/
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Re: Everything You Know (About Lambic) is Wrong!
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2022, 12:15:30 pm »
With apologies to Firesign Theater.

The linked article by Martyn Cornell throws a spanner into the works, or a clog as he says. Much of what has been written about Lambic and Gueze may have been made from whole cloth.

https://zythophile.co.uk/2022/10/31/is-everything-you-have-ever-read-about-the-history-of-lambic-and-gueuze-totally-wrong-raf-meert-thinks-so/

As is so often the case with beer history.
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