De Neve Gueuze

Bottle. [thank you, dedollewaitor]
I don’t really know the vintage, but it expires in 1999, so perhaps it’s a 1984?
Lot no. C, BBE: December 1999
No pop as the cork is removed. Pours a deep, lightly hazy orange with next to no head. Lightly fizzy looking. Tart, fruity and barnyard aroma. Oak, walnuts, cellar, caramel, raisins. Light prickly carbonation, fine dryish mouthfeel. Flavour is lovely tart, oranges, tangerine, oak, plums, barnyard, cellar. Quite fruity tart. Red apple zest as well. No real vinegar notes. Very fresh-feeling and nice.

Bottle 1991 at Akkurat, shared with Andreasen11 and plovmand. Pours clear amber, with a small white rim. Aroma is very nice, dry and sweet with notes of nuts, wood, caramel, sherry, plumes and a hint hint of alcohol. Flavour is smooth and quite sweet with oak and plume notes. Great oak and plume after taste - tweed like.

1991 bottle at Akkurat. Light amber body with a small off white head. The aroma is sweet fruity with notes of caramel, sherry, oak and prunes. Flavour is dried fruit, oak, light brett and caramel. Light bodied. Lovely!

Corked bottle at De Heeren Van Liedekercke, best before 12/1999
Cloudy orange-amber color, persistent small head. There is only a light aroma of cellar, perfumy, and some acetone. The body starts getting mellow, but the flavor is very acetic, the final acidity is aggressive. Quite extreme, I wonder if it will change in another 10 years.

(Bottle) Pours a cloudy golden orange body with a small white head. Aroma of grapefruit, oak, horse blanket, and earth. Flavor of puckering tart grapefruit, wood, and some apricot with a dry finish.

Golden with a small white head. Aroma of grain and caramel with some funk. Dry and tart, quite acidic and slightly fruity flavour.

Bottle, late ’80s vintage from Kulminator. Poured deep golden color, no head. Retained a decent amount of carbonation. Funky sour nose, very sour flavor, with citrus and vinegar. Definitely interesting experience to try a geuze with this much maturity behind it.

37,5cl bottle. Vintage BB 1999. Bottle purchased at De Heeren Van liedekercke. Ohh Bwoy! Pours unclear orange with no head on top. Nose is sour with notes of wood, dust, cellar, barnyard & leather. Flat carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel. Perfectly aged. Lovely sour bite. Dry, lemony brett-ish and crisp. This brings me back to Belgium and De heeren inparticular. Also a reason why I am going back there the next time im leaving my country. Shit . . This is great!