Hanssens Oude Gueuze

Brewed by Hanssens Artisanaal
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Dworp, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Bärnstensfärgad lätt grumlig med ett flyktigt vitt skum. Komplex doft av grönmögelost, trä, gröna äpplen och torrt vitt vin. Sur smak som drar åt torr cider. Inte lika komplex som doften. En bra Gueuze.

Pours a clear amber. Thin white head. Aroma is sour. Flavors is even more sour. Delicious.

Beautiful golden color. Nose is discreet. Taste is highly citric. Not much other favors/sensations to offer than bone dry acidity. Not such a fan of this type of Gueuze. Too radical for me.

#1174 bottle; nose is heavy barn yard, velvet brett note, hay, red grape, feel is medium, carb is mediumheavy, taste is sour earth, barn yard, winegum, red grape

375 ml bottle. Poured with minimal carbonation. Great funky aroma, tons of earthy notes. Lemon/citrus dominates the palate. Earthy/barnyard notes are plentiful but this gueuze is citrus/tart forward. Very enjoyable.

375 ml bottle bough @ Bierkompass.de and consumed on December 13. Pours hazy golden with a small creamy white head that slowly dissipates. Smell is sour with leather, dust, farmyard, grapefruit, lemon, lemon zest, raisins and pipe tobacco. Taste is sour and tart with lemon juice, apples, leather, metal, earth, hay, grass, wood and green grapes. Finish is dry and sour.

Clear almost amber golden body with lively carbonation and a whitish foam that dies quickly. Aroma is a dull acidity, hay. Taste is a puckering sourness, but not outwardly acidic, earthy, hay and grass. It isn’t mindblowing sour but it is enjoyable.

The weirdness of gueuze always intrigues me. What the hell is this stuff? Its like champagne made out of beer. I know, there’’s all sorts of wild bacteria and open fermentation and blah-de-blah-de-blah, but that does little to explain the sourdough bread meets lemon juice flavor that permeates Hanssens Oude Gueze. And, while it is good, I find it a little too breadlike and earthy, to the point where the tartness takes an odd muddy turn. Still, a good gueuze, if a bit much for one man to handle.