Chapeau Cuvée

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

(Bottle) Pours hazy yellow. The aroma is of oxidized cheesy hops, horse blanket, tart citrus and hints of mouldy wood. The flavour is heavily acidic/citric tart, and light sweet to dry with notes of wood and horse blanket. Bone dry finish. Light to medium bodied.

Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, earthy and moderate sour. Flavor is medium sweet, moderate sour and rather acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 141211

Oude Gueze, bottled. A bit hazy, golden body, small white foamyu head. Aroma amazing, dill with potato (wtf??) and the taste is full and exploading, sour and bitter with a long finish. Great beer!

Bottle at Haket during Gothenburg Beer Festival 2011
Sampled on Friday September 2, 2011
Acidic to sour scent and taste, a bit sugary. Pale yellow color, white head. Thin mouthfeel, no bitterness.
Uncomplicated but very nice and highly drinkable.

Bottle (listed as Cuvee Chapeau Oude Gueuze) with a best before date of 13/04/12. Pours with a just slightly hazy golden yellow body with a minimal frothy white head (low carbonation by the looks of things). Aroma is musty and lightly metallic. Damp/decomposing leaves, a bit of biscuit, white wine, tobacco, humidor, light smokey chlorophenol. Light to medium funk. Flavors of rotten garbage, tobacco, sewer, under ripe papaya. Decent acidity, but the flavors are miserable. Tons of damp leaves, metal. Quite acidic, lemon juice. Some vegital qualities. Very musty. Not a pleasant drink. Prickly carbonation. Bone dry. I was hoping I would actually like this somewhat, but it seems to be like all the other Chapeau beers; a complete drain pour. Thankfully it isn’t sweet!

Bottle at home. Body is light amber with thinnest head. Very sour nose with some malts in there. Taste is very sour in my opinion and beyond enjoyable. Some sweetness, grape-like with a sharp finish.

Pours with a minimal head, large bubbles, which go away quickly. Aroma has some leather and horseblanket, with acetic wafts. Flavor is moderately to highly sour, with a flat and surprisingly balanced quality to the acetic acids. Low-to-moderate sweetness. Watery palate. Good.

Bottle. It pours hazy golden yellow, with a thin foamy head. The nose is sour lemon, hay, slight spice, floral, toast and butter. The taste is sour lemon, lime, redcurrant, farmyard and Granny Smith apple, with a dry finish. It has quite a high sourness overall. A decent gueuze.