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→Does Unblended Lambic Exist?
Yes. The answer is that yes, ''unblended lambic'' does exist, but in our view it still falls under the category of old and young lambic. In much the same way that Dutch and French speakers discuss lambic as lambic first and age second, there had to be some sort of reconciliation of the terms on this site. To that end, we have forgone using the term ''unblended lambic'' and instead have decided to use native language appropriate terms for each of the breweries discussed on [https://lambic.info Lambic.Info]. We have broken up any beer that is not specifically a g(u)euze, faro, or fruited lambic into their appropriate categories. Beers that are commonly labeled as ''unblended'' in English like [[De_Cam_Geuzestekerij|De Cam’s]] [[De_Cam_Geuzestekerij_Oude_Lambiek_De_Cam |Oude Lambiek De Cam]], [[Brouwerij_3_Fonteinen|3 Fonteinen’s]] bottled [[3_Fonteinen_Oude_Lambiek_(4_Year_Old)|4-year old Oude lambiek]], or [[Brasserie_Cantillon|Cantillon’s]] [[Cantillon_Grand_Cru_Bruocsella|Grand Cru Bruocsella]] are all various old lambics blended together and then bottled. This is a particularly important distinction when discussing bottlings of old lambic whose initial wort came from different breweries and/or brewdays but were blended together before bottling, thus contradicting the long-held definition of the style discussed above.
Unblened lambic exists perpetually in lambic breweries or blenderies. Each oak barrel that is filled from a brewing session is in essence a completely unblended lambic; yet it still has an age and can be described as such. A truly unblended lambic outside of the barrel is rare in the lambic world. A single barrel expression of a lambic is unblended. It has not been blended with any other lambic of the same age,the same brew day, or even the same batch. As each barrel has its own characteristics to impart on the beer, so to too do the lambics that come from those barrels. That is why we see discussions of barrels chosen specifically for their unique characteristics. If you are lucky enough to be drinking from a barrel then you are drinking unblended lambic, but it could be young or it could be old. Ask the brewer or blender what they think!
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