Editing Lambic (section)

{{Short description|Style of spontaneously fermented beer}}
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{{Infobox beer style
| name             = Lambic
| bgcolour         = 
| image            = Bieren uit de streek rond brussel.jpg
| caption          = Bottled lambic beers
| origin           = [[Belgium]]
| yeast            = [[Spontaneous fermentation]]
| alcohol          = 2–8%
| color            = Yellow or pale to deep gold or dark red (when made with certain fruits, see below)
| bitterness       = 
| originalgravity  = 
| finalgravity     = 
| maltpercentage   = 66%
| examples         = 
}}

'''Lambic''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|'|l|æ|m|b|ɪ|k}} {{respell|LAM|bik}}, {{IPA|fr|lɑ̃bik|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-lambic.wav}}; {{langx|nl|lambiek}} {{IPA|nl|lɑmˈbik||nl-lambiek.ogg}}) is a type of beer brewed in the [[Pajottenland]] region of [[Belgium]] southwest of [[Brussels]] since the 13th century.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lambiek |website=Hoge Raad voor Ambachtelijke Lambiekbieren |url=https://www.horal.be/lambiek-geuze-kriek/lambiek|access-date=2 January 2023 |lang=nl}}</ref> Types of lambic beer include [[gueuze]], [[kriek lambic]], and [[framboise]].<ref name="autogenerated1991">{{cite book| last= Jackson| first= Michael | year= 1991| title= Michael Jackson's Great Beers of Belgium}}</ref> Lambic differs from most other beers in that it is [[Brewing#Fermenting|fermented]] through exposure to [[Yeast#Ecology|wild yeast]]s and bacteria native to the [[Zenne]] valley, as opposed to exposure to carefully cultivated strains of [[Saccharomyces|brewer's yeast]]. This process gives the beer its distinctive flavour: dry, [[wiktionary:vinous|vinous]], and cidery, often with a tart aftertaste.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Drinkers|first=Thinking|date=18 April 2014|title=What on earth is lambic beer?|journal=The Daily Telegraph|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10767661/What-on-earth-is-lambic-beer.html|access-date=12 August 2020|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>