Girardin Gueuze White Label

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Amber-golden body. Off-white head (mostly diminishing, quite lacey). Wood, citric aroma. Lightly bitter, moderately sour initial flavour. Lightly sour long finish.

Bottle through recent trade 2009 on the cork. Pour has a bright golden orange color with a fizzy covering of white head that fell to a ring. Aroma has white grape, dry citrus, yeast, and light dusty acidity. Mouth feel is light and crisp and there is medium carbonation. Flavor gets a bit sharper, medium light acidity, dry citrus, white grape, and some dusty yeast. Not as good as the black for me but overall quite nice and extremely drinkable.

10 cl sample @ Gastropub Tuulensuu Gueuze blind tasting.
Originally rated on 20100726. (8+3+7+4+17)
Pours clear orange color with no head. Aroma of grapes, mild apple notes and yeast. Flavor of yeast, apples, sour fruits, mild honey and some grassy notes. Sweet and dry palate.
Placed #14 of 15.

Tasted @ Gastropub Tuulensuu geuze blind tasting 2012. #14/15 overall rating

Pours dark reddish orange with a tiny head. Aroma of strong sugary and malty notes with some fruits. Taste is slightly sugary and malty with fruits and dry apples. Finish is smooth with hints of dry sourness.

Bottle with thanks to papsoe. Pours a golden orange with a little hazing. Creamy white head. Fruity sweet aroma with light sourness. Only the mildest of brett aromas. Flavours are likewise quite sweet with a subtle sour finish, Medium to thin mouthfeel.

Bottle: Not sure which vintage: Creamy of white vast but lively head, disappears slow. A nice clear orange amber colored lambic with a vast thicker creamy lacing on top. Smell is a delicious and bolder than usual. A nice mix of caramel, wood, hint of old cellar, hint of yeast, light light dusty and some light barley kind of sweetness. Really fond of the smell! Taste is also a very nice blend of sweeter barley malts, light bitter, some cheese, hint of something sugary, flowers, earth tones. Just a hint of something sour, some spicy mouthfeel tones and a light dry bitterness. All very well mixed. In the aftertaste you taste the older hops, older malts a slight yeasty touch and very light bitter. Light dry but still tasty and full flavoured.  Low to medium carbo, soft mouthfeel, medium to full body and a creamy texture. Delicious beer, very well executed and very tasty with a smooth palate.

2012 - 04 - 17 375ml corcked bottle. clear orange golden colour. big white fading head. fruity aroma. light sour taste. not as sour as other Geuzes...

Bottle, pours bright yellow, aroma of the typical gueuze funk, and a nice fruitiness and the flavour isnt crazy sour but it is quite nice and has a good finish and a nice drinkability, good offering

Bottle 375ml @ home
Pours clear deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of sweet floral, tart, stable, cellar and mild sourness. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a long dry sour finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Green bottle, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured March 11 2012; eye: coppery, clear, nice effervescence, white head that turns into a tiny sheet, no lacing; nose: Brettanomyces yeast, musk, farm, woody, slight green apple; mouth: Brettanomyces yeast, acidity, musk, farm, light woody, slight green aple, sourness, dry finale in farm with sour presence, medium-full body, good carbonation, slightly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 11 mars 2012; œil : cuivrée, limpide, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche qui se transforme en une très mince couverture, pas de dentelle; nez : levure Brettanomyces, musc, ferme, boisé, très léger pomme verte; bouche : levure Brettanomyces, acidité, musc, ferme, léger boisé, très léger pomme verte, aigreur, finale sèche en ferme avec présence d’aigreur, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

25/II/2012 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - 2009 vintage (2012-157)
Clear reddish amber beer, big off-white head, pretty stable, very adhesive leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, green apple, wood, vinous and the obvious bretta of course, a little sweet touch. MF: low carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and sour start, apple skin, bitter woody touch. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, sour brett notes, dry woody finish. It’s good, but nothing like the black label!