Lindemans Gueuze

Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Pours a hazy honey brown, nice thick head. After having all the fruit versions I see where they all came from. Pretty sweet and sour, big apple aroma and flavor, everything was there except the fruit like in all the others.

The bottle poured a crystal clear medium dark amber liquid with a small smooth white head. The head was mostly lasting and left some lacing on the glass. My nose was met with a sour fruitiness of blackberries or raspberries. The body was light to medium with a smooth carbonation and slightly watery texture. The flavor was moderately tart at first leaving me almost puckering. The finish was average in length and the tartness continued throughout.

Sweet, Round and mellow. Mothfeel is thick, with notihng complicated or refined. The pour is a little dull, with minimal life in the body. A little apple, a little orange and a lot sweet.

I’m very partial to lambics so that probably explains this rating some what. A excellent sour apple aroma with no head at all. A body of an apple juice quality with vinegar accents. Good sharp ending.

This is like the malt likkkka style for Lambics. A haggard Gueuze for the belgian bums? Had a few qualities though that I love in certain beers, but even though I liked parts of it, doesn’t seem up to snuff. Too hard to find for what it is.

Orangey body, neglectable head. Repulsive nose trying to insert yeasty and phenolic flavours in the middle of a powder sugar mess. Apple candy cider and musty sugars lay still on the palate which nonetheless shows a good fruit range, but such artificial sweetness I would barely tolerate in a lemonade, so calling this a gueuze is an abomination. When putting commercial values so far above quality that is within your range (cuvee rené) becomes a routine, you deserve the bad reviews you obtain. Candy... Oww I need a strong word for putrid. Help!

I’ll avoid getting another bottle as soon as possible to see if there was something right with this one.

Quite clear amber with many flat floaters that look like deposits dislodged. Clean, funky sour apple aroma. Surprisingly sweet, apple juice flavor with some puckering brett in the finish. Who is this made for? Belgian sorority girls? This gueze does not please.

Tasted at BierMeisters meeting. Bretty aroma; horsebalnket, wet wool, nice smell. Light gold color. The taste is muted, sweetish, and some mild brett. The flavor seems extrremely muted in stark contrast to the aroma. Faro in disguise?