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* '''Faro'''
Historically Faro is a lower-alcohol, sweetened beer made with a blend of lambic and another freshly brewed beer (sometimes called a mars beer) in varying amounts.<ref name="Guinard">Jean-Xavier Guinard, Classic Beer Styles: Lambic, 1990</ref> Faros are also known to have candy sugar, brown sugar, or cane molasses added to enhance the flavor. According to Guinard, Faro "was a blend of equal amounts of lambic and mars... and was a sweet, light table beer that had to be brewed and sold before the heat of summer to avoid fermentation accidents and spoilage." Non-lambic beers that were blended in to create the Faro were only brewed until the month of March, from which these beers derived their name. The custom of blending in mars beers into contemporary Faro has subsided and they are now a blended version of young lambic sweetened with dark candy sugar and caramel coming in around 4.5% ABV. <ref name="Guinard">Jean-Xavier Guinard, Classic Beer Styles: Lambic, 1990</ref> Recent commercial examples include [[Brouwerij_3_Fonteinen|3 Fonteinen]]'s [[3_Fonteinen_Straffe_Winter|Straffe Winter]] and [[De_Cam_Geuzestekerij|De Cam]]'s [[De_Cam_Geuzestekerij_Oude_Faro_De_Cam|Oude Faro De Cam]].
==Storage / Cellaring==
Side storing lambic is not a steadfast rule, however. Many [[Brouwerij Boon|Boon]] beers specifically state on the label to store them upright. No long-term controlled studies have been done to prove the benefits of upright vs horizontal aging of Lambic.
==Serving Lambic==
''Main article: [[Serving Lambic]]''<br>
Lambic has tradtionally been served in a number of ways, including directly from wooden casks, in bottles, and through modern day draught systems. The various methods of serving lambic can often coincide with the equipment and vessels used to serve the beer, and many of the traditions and methods employed to serve lambic today have remained relatively unchanged since the 19th century.
==Sweetened vs. Unsweetened Lambic==