3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Murky brown pour with a small white head. Musty sour aroma of yeast and dry fruit. Flavor is like an old apple cider with a dash of tropical fruit. Definitely funky. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: JAN 13, 2012 2010 vintage, 375ml bottle, opened 12/9/2011
A: Deep golden body, with a large bubbly head that quickly crashed to a thin skim, a few stray steaks of lacing
S: Bright citric acidity and musty oak. A nice funky character promises good things to come...
T: Those good things aren’t delivered. A pleasant, but muted citric complexion up front is left with nothing in the middle and the lightest bit of funk in the finish. Generally hollow, but pleasant.
M: Ultimately, the problems in the taste are mirrored by the watery, empty mouthfeel in the middle. Not much in the way of acidity or sourness.
O: A mild gueuze, that may serve some purpose for someone, but that person isn’t me.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with an off-white head. The aroma is acidic with notes of brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet combined with light acidic notes and light notes of brettanomyces and horseblanket. The body is thin.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours deep golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, sourness, brown sugar, malt and funk. Flavor is sour and bready with some lemon, tartness and wood. Medium to thin body, average carbonation.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAR 6, 2006 Bottled: Light amber coloured: Hazy. Beige dense head. Light earthy, light fruity, sweet with a light sourness. Quite bland. Flavour as well leaves room for improvement. Mild fruit with vague sourness. A bit too bland gueuze for my likings.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle, Brussels, May 2005.
Head is initially small, fizzy, white, mostly diminishing.
Body is hazy dark yellow, bottle conditioned.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly yeasty (barnyard), with a note of lemon peel.
Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic.
Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter.
Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly astringent.
Not much to this one. Simple and easy-going for a gueuze.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Roskilde Festival Tasting. Pours a light amber with a white head. Mild sourness. Some fruityness. Bitter towards the end. Not too interesting gueuze.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tepid amber gold, no head. Acetic nose of dust and burnt caramel, singular, biting, and bland. Flavor has heavy rind and acid with a bit of sugar and moderate cardboard oxidation through the finish. Acetic character grows with warmth, burning. Not enjoyable, singular, aged… in short, avoidable.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap in Brussels at the Ultime Atome at least I think it was. My French is non-exsistant. Poured a brown color with no head. Aroma is brown sugar and malt. Taste is dry, mild bitterness, watery, boring malt. Palate is boring dry, and moderately enjoyable.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: APR 16, 2012 Pour is a transparent rusty orange with an off white tight bubbly head. Fairly rindy funk, light yeast and spice, some sweet golden fruits, caramel, metallic acetic note. The funk is there in the taste, a bit dusty and some leathery rind, light phenol, yeasty spice, sweet caramel and golden fruits flitter in with acetic notes in back. The body is light with a soft palate and moderate carbonation.
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