Belle-Vue Gueuze

Brewed by Belle-Vue (InBev)
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle @<a href=http://ratebeer.com/forums/thisted-kalder target=_new> Thisted Tasting by Maria.. Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate green apples - pear, wood, , citrus, peach ?. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. It is more like a Faro. (120408)

A beutiful golden red beer but without much head. It has a sharp nose of wild fermentation. And a fresh sharp bitter taste of the wild fermentation. A very drinkable gueze, not too dry or bitter.

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2006 (Bottle 37,5 cl) This was my first ever gueuze back in ’93. At that time I considered it to be an extreme beer. I was only to be wiser later in life... Orangey, amber colour, small head and high carbonation. Vinous and tart. Even though the added sugars level things out a bit, this is never sweet. Actually a rather sophisticated and pleasant beer - although it’s "only" a commercial gueuze. 081093

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2009 25 cL bottle and from tap. Pours clear and golden orange with a creamy off-white head. Citric and orange fruity aroma, seems sweet. Flavour is sweet and citric, smooth orange fruity flavour on top of this. Light woody too. Sulphorish dry and citric finish, mild wheaty esters too.

Bottled. Orange colour with mediumsized white creamy head. Strong sweet aroma of apricot and weak hints of apple. Sweet apricot with hints of apple and hops in aroma. Gets a bit sweeter in finish, but doesn’t leave much aftertaste.

I sampled the 1994 version if June 2000. Deep golden colour. Sweet cognac flavour. Mature. There are much better gueuzes around, but layed down for a few years it is worthwile drinking.

Bottled. Clear red brown coloured with an off white head. Very sweet aroma tith notes of marzipan, fruits and wood. Sweet flavour of marzipan, fruits and wood. Watery palate.

Bottle, 5.5%. Weak citric aroma. A little earthy and caramelly. Clear dark amber colour. Big stable creamy tan head. The flavour is a little citric and lemony with some caramel and a little spicy aroma hop.

Amber colour. Woody, flowery, sour aroma. Sweet, easy to drink, not sour like a real lambic. Undistinguishingly palate.
Raymond Buren, ’Gueuze, Faro et Kriek’, p.107: ’...le produit est très rapidement embouteillé, après avoir séjiurné dans des cuves en inox, il est livré sous de très belles étiquettes. La gueuze a un goût de caramel ou de massepain, qui n’est pas jugé désagréable; le produit est pasteurisé, donc il est neutre et ne refermente pas en bouteilles...’

Golden with tiny head. Aroma is sweet and light sour with apples. Flavor is sweet and sour with light barnyardy notes. Far from authentic...