3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. [Vintage 1995] Unclear light to medium orange color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is wheat, wood, vinegar, ash, leather, horse blanket, light sour fruity notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, acidic and light heavy bitter with a long duration, and a very dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. (121207)
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Vintage 1994 - sampled 2004] A hazy orange beer with no head. The aroma is lovely sour with notes of grapefruit. The flavor is of sour grapefruit and wood - the sourness draws out the mouthwater and burns slightly in the throat.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle 75 cl) Orangey golden and hazy, the head is pretty much absent. Tart indeed and tarter than the original Belle-Vue but far from the taste bud killers in classical gueuzes. This is just dry and quenching. 180494
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 20, 2007 33 cL bottle, seems to be from the late 80’s - tasted in november 2007. Pours deep orange and slight hazy. Has a little head. Aroma is mild grainy and only little barnyard. Flavour holds a little marzipan sweetness and a mild grainyness to the mild barnyard note. Seems slightly marked by the age but delicious .7-3-7-4-15=3.6
25 cL bottle, thanks to BierKönig. Pours golden and clear deep orange with a minimal lacing head. Aroma is wineous and with oxidised notes. Flavour holds a barley like and oxidised note. Mild sweet but still quite unusual for a gueuze.6-3-7-3-13=3.2
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled (1995 vintage). Orangeish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is a bit sour apricor with some smooth earthy hints. Flavour is earthy, sour apricot and the palate is dry, but still smooth. A wellaged lambic, which has kept it’s sourness, but went very smooth.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled, 1994 vintage. Hazy golden. Citric acid up front. Lively sparkling mouthfeel. The flavour is so concentrated, like fresh lemon juice, but lightly sparkling. Intense and refreshing. Damn, this was good...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Kulminator.
Hazy golden coloured with a white head.
Light acidic aroma of barnyard, wood and fruits.
Light acidic flavour of wood and fruits.
Well balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
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.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Hazy amber with tiny white head. Sour aroma with woody and citric notes. Very sour flavour with barnyeard, grapefruit, leather and woody notes. Very sour finish. I loved it and what a worthy 5000th rate it was!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
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!
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