Chapeau Gueuze

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Another one I had so long ago I don’t remember the exact details of. It tasted like grape juice, or a low alcohol wine. Not necessarily a bad thing though!

UPDATED: MAY 22, 2010 Unclear yellow/brown coloured. No head at all. Vinegar and fruits in the nose. Enjoyable and a little bit weird.

This is sweeter than even any faro lambic I have had. Tons of brown sugar. Some dates and dried fruit. Cloudy brown. No sourness. Chapeau should stick to fruit lambics. And to think I carried this on my back all the way from Belgium.

Sampled from 330 ml bottle and shared by JK. Pours a semi-clear dark brown colored brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that dissipates clean. Aroma of brown sugar, mangos, dates and a hint of vanilla. Taste is full bodied, a tad thick with flavors of brown sugar, sweet dates, and some dark bread. Finish is quite sweet, candi sugar, brown sugar and a hint of iced tea aftertaste.

Brown sugar dates. Plums perhaps in the aroma. Pale gold color. Sweet. Lots of dates. Some brown sugar. Sweet and sour finish. Vanilla in there.

Bottle at De Nacht van de Grote Dorst 2010. Cloudy yellow - white head. Candy, sweetness, light sourness, wooden, grape fruity, barnyard, earthy. A bit boring.

Bottle: Poured a dirty beige/orangey color lambic with a small bubbly head with no retention and no lacing. Aroma of funk is more dominant then expected with some light lingering sweet notes. Taste is also more funky and tart then expected though sweet notes are not too interesting. Body is full with limited filtration and low carbonation. More interesting then I would have expected though lacking some green apples notes and some acidity.

Bottle. Fruity aroma. Unclear yelloworange colour with white head. Fruity rather sweet flavour. Moderate carbonation.