Chapeau Cuvée

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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UPDATED: FEB 11, 2010 [9/8/09] Bottle at my hostel in Brussels. Hazy golden color. Acidic aroma with vinegar, funky barnyard and fruits. Sourish flavor with citrus, wood, light sweaty hints and a dry mouth-puckering finish. Medium-bodied. Surprisingly good.

375mL 1999 vintage at the Kulminator, Antwerp. Pours a clear light yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of green apples, light Bretty sourness. Taste is a little sweaty, some very sour green apples. Serious sour in the finish. Pretty nice.

Cloudy orange coloured, small head. Pleasant tart aroma, typical gueuze. Flavour lacks complexity though. Finishes nice, initially very sour, but then goes on to be more watery and sweet, fruity even. Nice, but not the best lambic out there.

The best (or least bad) lambic from the chapeau series. Quite sour flavour and fruity aroma. Good complexity.

Cloudy white-yellow in colour, lingering medium sized off-white coloured head, some lacing. The aroma is acidic and slightly sour, wheaty, lemon citrus. The flavour has lambic qualities - something new for Chapeau - sour, acidic, leather and cheese. Acidic mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. Finishes lightly sweet turning sour. A drinkable Chapeau lambic. Actually quite impressive, nice tartness throughout.

375ml bottle shared by <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>mds, thanks Mike.
Opened on October 12, 2007.
Best before August 9, 2010.

Thanks to PilsnerPeter for sharing - hazy gold - no head - the aroma is very corky and cellared, with a lot of earthy must and mild blue cheese-like funk - the flavor is super briny and salty, which washes out a lot of the cellared quality from the aroma - very acidic, with a lot of complex funkiness developing throughout, especially as it warms up - this was actually quite nice - I can’t believe I like a chapeau beer!

Muddy yellow with a small white head. Grapefruit, leather and barnyard in the aroma. Very sour lemon juice like flavour.

Hazy pale yellow, no head. Aroma from cork, yeast, rubber, rather dry. Flavor is fruity but also from rubber, sourish apples and citrus.

A generous gift from beastiefan2k, many thanks Eugene. Initially pours very clear and golden with a thick white head. Aroma is full of musty cork and rich cheesy funkiness. Fairly citric and tart aroma with lots of brett and horsey stink. The flavour is not quite up to par with the aroma however. Sort of papery and cardboardy with a very thin body. Light pineapple/citrus fruitiness. When I pour the sediment in, the impression of body is created. Richer and fuller tasting with more funkiness apparent on the tongue. Quite acidic and funky. Pretty solid really... just make sure you give this one a swirl before you pour it.

Slightly hazy, brownish body; Very grainy, very little sour aroma, aromas as a to young lambic; Very 1-dimensional sour green apple like; Very warm wooden finish. Taste like it ain’t ready.