4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20Reviewed 12/31/2012. Thanks to Momar42 for all three gueuzes (and the kriek surprise afterwards!) This was part of the gueuze showdown, pitting Tilquin’s gueuze against the juggernaut duo known as Cantillon Gueuze and Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze. Part of a 750mL bottle poured into a Cantillon tulip. Notes from last night’s Skins/Cowboys game.
A: Pours a hazy copper color, with a dinky half finger white head. Meh.
S: Now this is more like it. I’d surmise this is the funkiest of the three, coming across almost like a moldy, stank-ass cheese (in a good way). Sourness is subdued compared to the others, but the grape presence comes across more brightly.
T: The opening flavor is a subtle, pleasant sourness. Afterwards comes lots of earthy, hay-like funk (and stank-ass cheese) to finish the flavor profile off. There’s a real complexity here that’s hard to place, but still keeps the palate guessing brilliantly.
M: The delicacy and softness of the palate feel are simply to die for. Everything - from the dry finish to the carbonation - is perfectly measured. Super drinkable, period.
O: This was a narrow second place finisher - and a damn close finish at that - but at the same token, this is the only one where I’d attempt to finish an entire large-format bottle solo. Refreshing, easy to drink, and challenging all at the same time.
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.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Mooi levend bier. Heel veel kleine belletjes. Kleur gaat richting oranje. Schuim verdwijnt na inschenken. Misschien iets te koud gedronken. Recht uit de koelkast. Smaak komt steeds losser. Lekker zuur. dichte opeenstapeling van smaken.Ver weg appel, koper, ... (H)eerlijk bier.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Outstanding Geuze, wonderfully refreshing puckeringly sour, funk, barnyard cheese, grass oranges apples, pears and lemons. Wow,
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
pours hazy bright golden-orange with a nice frothy white head, good retention. funk-plenty, fresh wheat, grass, hay, hint of lemon, very few acetic notes - light but very nice acidity, good balance. bright carbonation, light body - some texture, lactic and hint of lactose - without its sugars if at all possible (!), very dry and lemon astringent finish. very enjoyable!
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