Lindemans Gueuze

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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UPDATED: MAY 22, 2006 Tart,fruity, almost weathered aroma.Great caronation,anyone for mussles?8/5/8/5/18 Rerated 3/06 Deep golden in color with a light haze and a small white head. Aroma of apples and mild acidity. Tart,acidic,dry astringetn finish.

Autumn gold in color, smells like champagne half way across the room. Little head. Very sweet, almost excessively so, see MDmullet’s comments above. Slighty tart, green apples, some wheat. A joy to drink.

I’ve been waiting a while to get my hands on my first gueuze sample, and I found this at Sam’s in Chicago. The aroma and flavor profile were similar to what I expected, but it seems somewhat reserved. I expected a good measure of dryness, but this one seems like it is sweetened with sugar? Regardless, I can’t wait to explore the style.

Off white head the fades quickly. fruity musty aroma. This has a super sour flavor. Its great - highly carbonated.

Beautiful, clear amber color, with practically no head. A mind-blowing nose: champagne, tennis shoes, blackberries, yeast, roses... Has a tart, sweet flavor, with notes of raspberries and pomegranates.

Haven’t had many lambics yet, but this has been my favorite so far. More cidery than winey, a plus in my book.

My first gueuze. Wow. Big, sour kick in the aroma. Color was vaguely hefe-looking, a cloudy deep blonde. Incredible explosion of different flavors, with sugary sweetness, citrus, lemon, and a big finish of sour apple. Very pleasing sensation drinking this one, all in all excellent.

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2003 Mar 02: 1999? bottle. Nice apple-wine sort of color with little head; nose is VERY sour, unpleasant at first but it grows on you. Flavor also quite pucker-inducing, sour-apple/lemon seems the best way to describe it. Very much in keeping with the brewer's fruit lambics; very nice finish and body. Not my favorite exactly, but I'm still getting used to the style. A quality product in any case.

Mar 03: After several more gueuzes, an unblended lambic, and loads of sour ales of various types, this seems a bit more simple and not as impressive; and not nearly as sour as it did a year ago. But even a "mediocre" gueuze is still better than most beers out there!

Smelled like champagne in the bottle. The first sips had a strong apple flavor, consistent with the nose after pour. There is definitely a champagne-like character to this (albeit with sour apple), although it doesn’t have the aggressive carbonation of some light-colored Belgians (say, Corsendonk Pale). It does have an interesting woodiness. All in all, not as scary as I had feared (I had never tried a non-fruit lambic), but, considering the cash you have to put out for this, I’d spend it on a Belgian Strong Ale.

Seeing as how their fruit beers are all excessively sweet, I’d like to try a different gueuze to see if that goes for all of Lindemans’ product range. This was, in fact, very sweet. This was, however, balanced by the nice sourness and funk.