 daknole (2800), Plantation, Florida, USA
Nov 1, 2009 hazy gold/amber pour. Tart, sour apples, lemon, vinegar, and funk city! Flavor is sour and full of earthy tartness. I enjoyed this one a lot.
bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
Oct 15, 2009 Bottle. 2006 Vintage. Amber beer with a low off-white head. Light acetic and earthy aroma. Acetic and light earthy flavor with lemon and oak. Medium bodied. Acetic notes linger with earth, light green apples, and oak.
nickd717 (1265), Palo Alto, California, USA
Oct 13, 2009 2005 bottle from Cantillon in Brussels. Just a straight-up awesome gueuze. Great appearance, bright golden with a creamy white head and excellent lacing. Nice funky tart aroma with green apple, lemon, and barnyard. Flavor is full and complex with malty sweetness to balance the tartness, lemony funk, sour apple, and wood. High carbonation, medium body, and a great effervescent mouthfeel. Overall this is top notch for the style.
NomDeBeer (397), Maryland, USA
Sep 28, 2009 Pours a hazy shade of apple cider with a respectable, creamy head. Aroma of apples, funk, straw and hay. Taste is the same plus lemon, lime, and a nice sour finish. Lingering, sticky finish and good lacing too. Smooth and complex, this is not the most aggresive gueuze but it is outstanding.
JCB (1713), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Sep 26, 2009 750ml from State Line - 2005 blend, bottled in 2007. Pours fairly big for the style, in all honesty, with a crackling carbonation topped by a surprisingly big head resting on top of the slightly murky pale orange body. Lovely aroma, with woody tartness, tons of dry yeast, and citrus rind. Nice mouthfeel, tangy and playful on the tongue. Deep, lasting funk everywhere in this beer - brine and cheese in the middle, bone dry lip-smackery in the finish, and held together by a solid refreshing squirt of tart fruit with every sip. Wonderful.
Sonicdescent (372), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 7, 2009 Looks good for the style, murky gold and thin white head. Scent is very sour with a light hint of funk. Taste is also subdued. Light apples , lemon, slight puckering sour in teh finish. Mouth is perfect, medium in body and high in carbonation.
Brigadier (1211), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
Sep 4, 2009 750ml bottle
Thanks to buffalohead for sharing a 2002 vintage of this at Mike’s tasting a week ago. This was well received and has aged well the last seven years. Cantillon seldom makes a beer that disappoints and this is no exception. The only thing preventing me from drinking more is the $20 price tag.
Aroma / Appearance - The golden hazy body was a result of the bottle’s yeast getting mixed into the base somewhat. Oranges and lemons combine in a sharp tartness that is typical of a top notch lambic.
Flavor / Palate - Lemony and bone dry it sucks all the moisture from the mouth after only a few seconds. Tasting like moldy blue cheese left in the toe of a sweaty gym sock it has that perfect sourness a great lambic should. My only complaint may be a slight flatness (even for the style) but regardless it is top notch.
SuzyGreenberg (1318), Seattle, Washington, USA
Sep 4, 2009 Brouwer’s Big Wood - ’03 vintage; funky, cheesy and in your face aromas; drinks dry and quite tart; funky, cheesy flavors are right where I like them; some sweetness to meld it down and not too aggressive; yummy indeed and starting to warm up to the gueuze
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