Girardin Gueuze Black Label

(3/2/08) Bottle sample at Zythos Bier Festival 2008 in Sint Niklaas. 2005 bottle. Cloudy golden color. Great barnyard and citrus aroma. Nice sour, rather soft yet not too soft flavor, with some wood. Some bitterness and notes of citrus (grapefruit and some lemon) in the finish. Medium-bodied. Great and with very high drinkability.

Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Pours a wonderful, pale orange with a small white film head. Aroma is tart, lots of sourish apple, some caramel, barnyard and funkiness. Low to medium carbonation. Exceptionally rounded flavour! Lots of sour apples, not as dry as other gueuzes, very fruity and champagne-like.

Bottle via Beerlando. Cloudy, golden color. Smell of sour apples, champagne, lemons and some cherries. Taste of tart, sour apples, champagne and very acidic. Love this style! Great lambic.

Cask at the White Horse with tashi. Hazy orange, typical gueuze appearance. Wonderfully dry aroma of tart apples and a slight cheesiness. Very enticing. Flavourwise, less dry, more sweet and the sourness is not overdone. It’s tart but not excessively so. tashi described it as "a good beginner’s gueuze" and I’d agree with that.

2006 Bottle. Cloudy golden body with a medium fizzy white head. Sour earthy and apple aroma. Sour apple, light earthy and hints of grapefruit flavor. Light body with high carbonation.

[sampled at Hopleaf, Chicago] Strongly acidic, almost metallic aroma. Musty and sour. Very cloudy yellow color with some tight white foam. Tart, acidic flavors; some mild green apple character. Almost cider-like. Very mouth drying.

375ml bottle. Gold-orange color with small carbonation and a creamy off-white head. Honey, lemon, wet wood, a floral aroma. Sour and acidic, with a little musty woodiness. Starts with a little sweetness, and then dry and tart. Has enough malt body to balance the tartness, and that is really the kicker for me. Light body and champagne-like carbonation. The balance and complexity are amazing. I didn’t really like gueuze before this, but the balance and drinkability of this beer has completely turned me around.

ZBF2008: as Girardin gueuze ongefiltered black label. Pours slight hazy orange, little lacing head. Aroma is light acidc with a mild woody note. Flavour is dry acidic to mild citric. Ends dry and acidic to woody.