Girardin Gueuze Black Label

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

Bottle bought and tasted 2006.

Pours a gorgeous apricot colored cognac forming a beautiful gradient in my glass, rimmed with a fine cicrcle of white bubbles.

Sour apple and wood on the aroma, hints of funk, hints of mustiness. The flavor is magnificant... ahhh.....lemon juice aged in oak barrels, rounding out dry, tannic, almost lactic.. Impressively tart and dry, fresh grapefruit, just hints of the barnyard character, exceptionally refreshing in very small sips.

A fine warm-afternoon sipper, watching the France-Spain world cup match. This one deserves its stellar reputation. 8/5/9/4/16=4.2

Bottle; sour tasting at Naked City 8/6/09. This was a close second to Cantillon St .Lamvinus as the beer of the night, and perhaps tops that one out in complexity and depth though not perhaps in drinkability. It’s superb; strong sparkly tart lemon, prickly and spiced and so clean. Interesting experiment for the future: this one vs. Cantillon’s gueuze. I’d probably go 8/5/9/5/17=4.4. I’ll split the difference.

Dull gold murky appearance – nice head however, the head lasts fairly long– nose is sour apples, over ripe yellow apples very sharp and a little barn yard – medium body – initial taste is sweet/sour then turns acidic, and sour green apples, a little gasoline - aftertaste is acidic yet same sweet/sour taste

part of my night of 1000 lambics at the steelgarden. pour was a slightly cloudy, highly carbonated golden color, aromas of yeast, apple, grapefruit and hay. the flavor was a very light blend of all these and more, as orange and lemon worked there way around my palate. i very enjoyable beer that didnt have the puckering sourness of soe other gueze i have come across...this still isnt one of my preferred styles, but if this were offered me, i would never turn it down.

Probably one of my favorite Belgians, and definitley my favorite Gueuze. Straw like gold pour with rocky white head that lingers. Crisp and tart in both flavor and aroma. Dry mouthfeel, with flavors of sour citrus and apple, along with some straw. Wonderful.

12.7 oz bottle. Cloudy honey sunshine with ripping carb. Eggshell white meringue head that never goes away. A few floaties dance in the bubbles. Sweet & sour apple juice, grass, and watermelon. The nose is quite appetizing on its own. Dusty Bartlet pear, quinine, mild sour citrus and apricot. Medium light with less pronounced carb than it seems. Exceptional balance; this really hits all the bases. Much like a champagne, of course, but with a fuller palate and a wider range of taste notes. Beautiful!

Bottle from 2004 Hazy apricot amber colored with a tall white head. Horseblanket sour aroma, with a sour apple note.Sour citrusy flavor that really excites the taste buds. Great lambic-gueuze!

375 ml bottle. Golden apricot pour with a fizzy head. Aromas were very tart fruit. Flavors kept the extreme tartness. Almost exactly like carbonated grapefruit juice. Very Yummy

Opening of the corked bottle, nice overflow of carbonation, excellent. Poured a hazy amber-orange color with a nice head (lots of carbonation), a short lived lacing with each sip. The aroma was typical for the style, lots of funk, some citrusey and apple-like tart aromas. The flavor was similar, funky, tart-like, etc.... The blended concept was well-done here, as the tartness was very nicely smoothed out and softened. The after after after taste was somewhat cheesy. Sure, that’s not probably beer tech talk, but I’m stickin’ with it. Mouthfeel was carbonated and somewhat light to moderate.