Girardin Gueuze Black Label

Pours a fizzy white head. Gueze is clear pale amber or yellow-orange. Nose isr brie or cave aged cheese (the stinky kind). Musty. Sharp, sour, and acidic. Grapefruit rind, lemons. Sour raspberries. Cider vinegar. Dry, dusty. A class unto itself. Wouldn’t want to roll a keg out at a frat party.

Thanks Tim. Nose is lemon, apple, oak, orange rind, vinegar, strawberry. Super bitter grapefruit, cherry pits, wow. Just wow.

12.75oz, no date. Aroma of pears, sour cherries and apples, lotsa barnyard funk, oak, . Pours a hazy golden with a small fizzy fading white head. The cork blew off as soon as I untwisted the wire, and the bottle foamed over. Strange the head isn’t larger. The taste is very tart the the aforementioned fruits, the oak is quite strong as well. There is also a light metallic quality, though it doesn’t detract really from the rest of the flavor. Moderate bitterness shows up 2/3 through into a bone dry, tart finish. Medium bodied, high carbonation.

Dark yellow colored, little vanishing white head. Aroma has of course good fruits, strong dryness and bitterness. Medium bodied. Flavor has also fruits with bitterness and drought. Not as dry as Cantillons but near.

Corked 37,5; courtesy BitBucket. Gorgeous to look at, overbearing sour apple and cherry-cider-y nose and palate. Scrapey bitter aftertaste but no hop on the palate or finish. A bit of a mess, and not at all a pleasure to drink...domineering sourness and fizz. Just not my scene.

Corked bottle. Pours a clear orange amber with a diminishing white head. The aroma is wood, earth and straw, for me it was reminiscent of walking into a barn. Add some floral and citrus notes. The body is light, with fizzy carbonation. The taste is sour with a lingering, lightly bitter finish. There is some fruit, toffee and earth in the taste, but it’s an uphill battle to find them amidst the acid. It’s not a bad beer, but I’m willing to hazzard the guess that this is an acquired taste.

Bottle from Richard (irishboy) Thanks! After popping the cork out of this one, I could tell it was going to be something special. Pours out a brownish yellow color with a white head that goes away pretty fast. Initial smell is oak, lemons, straw, and sweet. Taste is similar, with a pretty sharp tart taste to it. Lively carbonation makes it very easy to sip, and it was almost like a champagne. Fucking great stuff, I hate that it took me this long to find it. I also regret that it was only in a 375 ml bottle because it disappeared way too quick for me. This is a perfect example of a gueuze lambic, certainly the best lambic I have ever drank.

Cloudy amber with thin head. While I can see why some people could love it, it was too sour for me. Reminded me of vitamin C...