Girardin Gueuze Black Label

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

I poured this into a wine glass for lack of a better one to find a golden colored brew that made a lot of sound, forming a rich frothy head. Sour, musty wood, farmish aroma. I think my nose isn’t smart enough for it yet. Lemon and lime...outrageously sour-tart flavor with some sharp cheeses, finishing dusty and dry. I don’t get the complexity here that others have observed and I can’t quite pin it down...but it’s nice.

Aroma is very sour.Pours a cloudy copper with a light white head.Flavor is very bitter sour.Lots of carbonation with a very sour finish.

Clear golden with a medium sized creamy white head. Aroma is fresh and very sour, don’t know why really but I was not too impressed, did not have too many of the wonderful bretty smells of some of the other great lambics. It picks up a bit in the flavour, with an insane tartness. Flavours of raw apricot and pear, acid and lime. Finish is long and dry, pretty good.

Hard to rate a beer style I’ve never tried. Pours with a hazy, golden color with some orange highlights and plenty of effervescence. Head is very full, fizzy, and white with little lasting ability. Nose is sour with some funky barnyard, notes of hay, muskiness, honey, faint pear, and some overripe sour cherry. Flavor is similar, still the overripe sour cherries with a soft tartness, other notes of barnyard, slight oak, lemon zest, slight wheat, and dusty yeast; bitterness is low, but keeping from being overly tart. Palate is medium-light, moderate carbonation, and a mildly refreshing character. Finishes tart with lemon and some dusty yeast. Interesting and complex with a nice soft tartness. Intriguing style and will try others to compare. This style really grows on you with it’s delicacy and intriguing complexities.

Rerate from a bottle I bought in Belgium a few years back and shared at a lambic tasting at dickinsonbeer’s place. I didn’t take notes, but I remember epicness. Really damn tasty stuff. Bottle provided by beastiefan2k and shared with gotmos, notalush and apoptosis. Pale straw colour beer with a fast fading champagne-like carbonation. Beautiful aroma with spicy notes behind the soft malic acidity. Pine and soft baked peach aroma as well as some mild earthiness. Lightly dusty without a lot of horseblanket character. Flavour shows soft tartness along with peachy fruit and a hint of barnyard stink. Lingering spiciness throughout the glass. Good enough to make me wish I had more. 8 4 8 3 17

Bottle. Slight hazy yellow with a fine white head. Aroma is sour and citric along with apples, freshness and at the same time old age and something forgotten. Sour flavour with apples and a fresh, sparkling bitter touch. Super beer!

37.5cL bottle. Pours a golden-orange color (becomes cloudy at the second pour); white head with excellent retention and lacing. Very generous, tart aroma: sour citrus, barnyard funk, yeast. Sour, slightly acidic mouthfeel: lemony citrus, very tart, hints of cheese, herbs, and straw; lively carbonation. Lengthy finish showing lemons and lingering yeast. Quite good.

Bottle at Delirium Cafe. Brave and intense gueuze, has got everything I look for in the style. Great.