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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mid-strength traditional Belgian/Flemish sour beer of spontaneous fermentation.

   "Wooden casks serve a special role in the maturation of lambic by allowing a little oxygen to slowly contact the beer."

Synonyms

All synonyms

lager

Example

More examples

"I used a lambic ferment to capture some really funky flavours."

Etymology

First attested as allambique; probably (via Belgian Dutch lambiek) from French alambic (“alembic”). Doublet of alembic and ambix.

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