4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20Bottle at North Bar. Rating #300! Chess to Erin and Will for helping me decide. Pours a orange gold, small head. Aroma is classic gueuze - grapefruit, horse blanket, straw, but with a lovely redcurrant/raspberry thing going on. Taste is similar - upfront sherbet giving way to grapefruit/lemon tartness, straw/grass notes, and a lovely sour grapefruit finish that pickers and lingers for years (and turns a bit mandarin-ish while its at it). Not as puckering as a Cantillon, but more four than a Mariage Parfait or a Cuvee Rene. Lovely, lovely, lovely. Gueuzey yumminess. Mmmm.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Interesting and Complex aroma. Reminiscent of popped popcorn kernels. Looks wonderful.
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4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma: light balsamic vinegar, floral, dusty straw, tart and bitter lemon.
Flavor: tart, very dry cider and lemon, floral; finishes with floral and bitter lemon pith and then slowly fades with late grainy flavors appearing. Very long, persistent finish.
Comment: highly carbonated; the bubbles attack simultaneously with the tartness. Superb balance and mouth feel. Drier than the Dutchess of Bourgogne. An acquired taste, though you can appreciate the complexity once the palate adapts.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a gold colour with a white head. Aroma is malt, fruit and sourness. Taste is fruity, sour and acidic leading to a dry finish. A great geuze.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home with my wife. Pour is hazy, glowing orange with a big white head and great lacing. Super dusty, funky, lemon, citrusy, horse blanket, somewhat doughy, sweet tarts, cheesy, earthy, and fresh cut grass in the aroma. Taste is huge sour lemon peel, very earthy and fruity - picking up great peach skin tastes and grapefruit - cat urine, cheesy, musty, hay, a touch of herbs on the backend, ending medium sour - but not a sour bomb by any means. Medium body with high carbonation. Super funky and lightly acidic, yet not overly sour, fruity and well-balanced. A touch of sweetness in there, as well to cut through the sourness. Nice Stuff!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Rating 1700. Corked bottle from Knightly Spirits on Orange Blossom. Gold-orange pour with a thin bright white head. Wonderful funky aroma of sour grape, cheese, oak, lemon. Tastes are green apple, lemon, woody, light spices. Palate is both buttery and lively champagne-like carbonation. Dry finish. Crisp, clean, very nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
You just kindof got to like this. Wild and bubbly look/head, beautiful cloudy golden yellow color. Smells like vinegar and sweaty socks.
Sour, funky apple taste. Very refreshing. Slighy bitter. Nice fresh finish. Medium body, soft carbonation yet fizzy look.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from city beer. Pours golden cloudy with white headn taste is tart lemon with lots of carbonation. Leaves nothing in your mouth.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Not as smooth or as good as the A&T version. Notable nastier bite and power. More woody, more rot, less cherry or none, more lengthy strong aftertaste. This is really more about the enjoyment than the individual qualities. Very enjoyable minus major harshness.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tanks Jeff for storing this for many years. For pour one the beer was crystal clear with a thick creamy cap, for number two it got hazy. Funky lemon wood with a big sour bite. Aroma is an aroma. Baaaa this beer is intence. Sour war head gumballs with rotting lumber, why cherry ( this just me who taste this ) No tonic and bile in this one. Good beer for style.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Totally delicious. Cork pinballed around the kitchen as soon as the metal was unwound, had a moment of panic that I was going to lose the whole lot, but only a few drops. A few gueueuzes now, and there’s some that don’t quite find a balance to the funk. But this is totally delicious. Stunning beer.
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