Boon Oude Geuze

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Lembeek, Belgium

Pours a thin white head with a cloudy orange color. The nose is rather sour and salty with some hints of floral hops. Initially the flavor is sour and salty and dries the palate out right away, as if it was sea water that you are drinking. then the bitter hops kick in. It is very funky and could pare well with cheese, the acidity is very high with a pH probably around 5.5 to 6. I had this at night of the funk and at the time it was not that great of a beer, but that could be that i had so many other sour ales and lambics that are of much better quality. Overall it has a nice amount of carbonation and the duration of the after taste lasts for a while.

Pours a slightly hazy straw colour with a small, but sturdy white head. The nose is ripe with barnyard funk, Brett yeast, farm fresh green apples, lemon zest and acetic acid. The flavour is less robust than the flavour would suggest, as it is extremely dry and thin bodied, though he favlour itself is very nice. It is funky, lightly fruity, very salty, cheesy and acidic with a long, champaign-like aftertaste with great duration. What can I say, I’ma sucker for the gueuze.

Well, how do you judge a lambic? You certainly don’t want it to smell nice ... how do you say nice funky, nice dirty diaper, or nice dairy farm barnyard smell? You don’t want it to look nice or have a good mouth feel ... nice hazy with no head? ... nice dead flat in your mouth? And yet it’s pieces worked together very, very well, like a good warm runny stinky cheese. Not too acidic, not too stinky, not sweet ... nicely balanced and as drinkable as any lambic I’ve had. Worked really well as an aperitif in Resto in NY.

Saison 2001 - 2002. .Amber colored brew. Aroma is dusty, fruits, sweet. Flavor is champagne like. Fruits, apples, cherries. Sourness is nice, very mild. Cherrie in the aftertaste.

[EBF @ Copenhagen, September 2008] Large foamy white head that mostly lasted. Good display of lacework. Cloudy golden color. Aroma of leather, vinegar, barnyard, fruit, rubber, mild wheat. Full bodied with a soft carbonation and dry texture. Moderated sour flavor with good counter sweetness. Sour dry fruity finish.

Pours a hazy golden color color with a huge, rocky head. Aroma is sour apples, funk, some cheese, new car, some leather. Sour, tart taste with a wood finish. Really, I’m just getting into gueuze, but this is awesome.

Bottle: Pours a hazy deep orange with a fading white head. The aroma has some citric notes- lemon, orange with dust, flowery notes and mild leather. The palate is crisp. It has a sweet and tart flavor. Some mild honey-ish notes, leather, dusty lemon, tart apple, mild dry-ish funk yet it’s pretty tamed. Not as complex as some top Gueuzes, but it’s still a balanced and tasty easy drinker.

12 oz bottle. Hazy color with bright fun smell. Odor is sweeter that actual taste. Was more tart than sour. Interesting odors going on as we drank. At one point I told someone it smelled of anchovies, and somebody across the table said it smelled fishy. But in a good way.