Boon Oude Geuze

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

Copenhagen beer marathon 2004, Golden color, light acid grassy aroma, heavy sour taste, full body, sour finish.

Hazy golden with yeast in it. No head. Aroma from grapefreuit and yeast. Flavor is hoppy and sour with some sweeter notes. Quite a mild finish.

355ml; BB 5/02/22: Clear, speckle-laden golden. Foamy, pasty head settles to a ½ inch layer. Raging upsurge of carbonation. Crushed minerals, brettanomyces, and firm musty wood scents with subtle notes of cedar, sour apples, and iron oxide. Feathery and gently airy on the tongue with a peppery spritz. Somewhat sharp with a restrained brett accent. Unchallenging tartness yields notes of iron and lemon zest. Timidly dry, musty, and malty. Limited complexity of salt and apples develops as it warms, but it remains harsh. Intensely harsh finish of crushed minerals and iron oxide briefly overshadows the brett and husky malt sweetness. Laggard, but extremely vague, husky pale malt sweetness coats the palate after the swallow alongside a lingering musty cedar/brett/anise mixture and sneaky malt husky sweetness. Has a lovely appearance, but the aroma and flavor fail to captivate you. Also has a highly underutilized snappy dryness, brisk tartness, and musty oak intensity, compared to the likes of Girardin and Hanssens. Good.

Quite sour, white wine aroma. The only bottle I’ve ever uncaged where the cork flew out by itself, big white head, but ugly big bubbles. My first lambic, so I’m not sure my palate is accurate yet, I’ll probably come back and re-rate in the future with better flavor notes. Very much like champagne without the alcohol bite.

Champagne like carbonation, in this cloudy copper colored beer. A sour aroma followed by sweaty horse blanket, not as intense as the kriek I just had. The flavor is balanced, but definitely sour. There is some sweetness, and bitterness holding the sourness in check until the barnyard flavor sneaks in and is washed away by the very acidic finish, like a chewable vitamin C tablet. There is some body here, but the mouthfeel is more noticably bubbly, almost like alka seltzer. I surprisingly found this better than the kriek I just had.

nice, funky & tart like I’d expect in a gueuze. I’m eating mussels while I’m drinkng this, so it pairs great. very enjoyable.

37,5 cl bottle. Rich and persistent head. Dark amber in colour. It stinks like a good traditional lambic: leather and vinous aroma. Taste is quite sour and vinous too.

Now this is a slap in the face, an all out assault on your senses if you are not used to this style. A cloudy, albeit hazy orange amber color with a nice bit of head, that dissipates quickly. The aroma is poerful and will clear your sinuses with it’s vinegar like sourness. This one has a weird earthy vegetal funk to it, it is very unique. Finishes sour and spicy.