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

Bottle 37,5cl. A clear copper beer with low head. Smell is typically sour. What a wonder this gueuse is very sweet, unfortunately this sugar is more aspartame like and do not give any complexity to this beer. Aroma is less malty, bitter with apple and cider notes, finish is even metallic. Not really exciting.

Bottle from Asao. Aroma of sugary caramel, fruit, especially lemon, some yogurt, and e tiniest amount of funk. Very fruity in a sweet way. Deep gold with lace. Creamy, fruity, and sweet flavor. No funk. Lemon. Way too sweet. Neither sour nor bitter. Light body, though somewhat syrupy and soda-like carbonation. Not so good, really, but drinkable in small quantities.                                                                           

Very commercial gueue, although it looked appealing. Very sweet in the aftertaste, didn’t like it that much.

Golden body with smallish ugly white head. First sniff is vinigar, but the sourness is very mellow after that actually. Wheat, white sugar, squize of bottled lemon juice. Taste revelas ever more sugary sweetness and looses touch with its geuze roots. That’s okay, but it also has no complexity and isn’t refreshing. A very mild and sweet geuze then that will impress no one. (33cl bottle at Jan Primus)

Originally reviewed this brew May 2005, but found a newer one in my beer cellar (which is still good - best before end of 2011). Reviewed their Bacchus tonight and noticed I had not really liked this one back then. Pours a slightly hazy golden-amber colour with a decent creamy white cap that has great retention and dirty lacing. Tons of tiny bubble carbonation. Honey nose with citrus notes and fresh plastic. This chemical touch appears in the taste as well. It is basically what got me off the first time. The rest is alright with the mix of green apples and mild honey, but it does not save this Gueuze.

Draft at Capone’s. Pours a hazy gold. Aroma is great standard geueze funky tart. Mouthfeel is slightly sour but then takes a turn for the worst. Terrible aftertaste of shit.

A - Bubble gum aroma with slight citrus notes A - Clear and golden with lasting white head T - Sour and tangy P - Full, but soft carbonation O My first effort at a Lambic-Gueuze. Much better then expected. More of a festive beer.