Chapeau Xmas Gueuze

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. Amber color with a good white head. Aroma off malt, fruit and sugar. Flavor is sweet with some fruity notes off sugar.

Bottled - had as Winter Gueuze at 5.5% ABV. Unclear dark amber beer with a rim of beige head. The aroma is very spicy, as well as very light notes of bret, and some spices. Very weird flavor - very sweet, very spicy, cinnamon, leading a dry spicy finish.

37.5 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium as Chapeau winter geueze 5.5%. Pours hazzlenut brown with a lacing off-white head. Berry fruity aroma with notes of malt and slight note of liqourice. Flavour is sweet malty, caramel with a classic geueze towards faro like note. Finish is sweet with a solid malt base lingering. Nice yet simple.

Bottled@Kerstbierdestival, Essen (as Chapeau Winter Gueuze, 5.5%). Hazy amber colour with small off-white head. Aroma is sweet fruits and sugar. Flavour is quite much the same along with papery hints. One of the better Chapeaus.

UPDATED: MAY 1, 2004 Bottled, 2001 vintage. Brownish amber. Fruity aroma with marshmallows, banana and old horse blanket. Sweet, dusty and rounded, rounded and sugary with low carbonation. Sweet like faro, lightly vinous with a touch of very old strawberry jam.

Bottle. Sour aroma with some sort of berry smell. Absolutely no head, murkybrown colour. Very sweet and slightly sour flavour. Aftertaste is a little mouldy.

Name: Winter Gueuze
Date: 03/15/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy dark red, fine beige head, drippy lace,
Aroma: dark carame aroma with a good balance between the sweetness and the tartness,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, nice fruity tartness, additional fruity sweetness comes back in to balance the tartness, touch of veggies,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Cloudy amber with tiny short lasting off white head. Sweet fruity aroma sourish berries, caramel and malty notes. Sweet flavor with hints of berries, wood, caramel and hay.

A little bit muddy. A stroke of sugary genius, this gueuze doesn’t even bother teasing me with a funky nose - a candied wheat beer with a slight lemon accent. Even a small glass is plenty.

(Bottle, labeled Winter Gueuze) Pours a glistening clear amber body with a small off-white head. The burnt plastic aroma upfront is overpowering, but later subsides with notes of corn syrup, ammonia, spoiled fruit, light cork, and some herbal qualities. Flavor of sweet corn syrup (surprise!), mint, light fruitiness, and some herbs.