St. Louis Gueuze

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

25cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, not complex sweet gueuze, yet refreshing, balanced, clear, good head, simpel brew

Pours a clear headless gold with an oaky sour aroma. Tastes sour at first, fruity - cheap apple juice, opening up into a sweeter almost buttery finish. Lots of carbonation, thin body. Quaffable, but sour-heads would be advised to avoid this one.

[bottle] Woody coriander aroma with some strawberry, apricot, and peach notes. Complex and fruity. Thick, glossy, white foam over a foggy, orange-chestnut liquid. Sugary sweet lotus root malt flavour with some strawberry and white grape with a little horseblanket and only a tiny hint of sourness, that is definitely not sufficient. Medium body, moderate carbonation, fruity-sweet finish.

Bottled, BB 03-2008, sampled 01-2009 (about 3 years old). Courtesy of my mom. Hazy golden/orange coloured, fair head. Nice nose, some tartness, bret, quite ok. Very sweet flavour though, very syrupy. If they would stop sweetening it, this stuff might actually be ok.

Coppery pour. Good head with nice lacing. Sour sweet gummy candy scent. Slightly sweet and slighlty puckery tastes. Well balanced. Reminds me of CranApple flavoured drink. Not bad. Oneo f the better Gueuze’s I have had.

Tasted a long time ago, pre ratebeer, so to be fair I’ve marked it as bang in the middle. My notes just tell me it was "An okay gueuze" says it all really!!!!

Bottle. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of fruit and sugar.

250ml bottle
Horse-blanket aroma. Quite watery. Gentle taste, very musty and sweaty. Not acidic enough.