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Cantillon Gueuze (Classic/Organic/Bio)

Percentile
96
overall
Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8113.75/5.03.75/5.05%63.3Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
The world's classic Gueuze. A blend of one, two, and three year-old lambics creates a second fermentation in the bottle. The champagne of Belgium. In contrast, the Lou Pepe Gueuze is a blend of three 2-year-old lambics.

Newer vintages are labeled "Organic Gueuze", "100% Lambic Bio" or "Classic Gueuze".
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 jcwattsrugger (5333), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/57/20
Oct 10, 2007  
25.4oz bottle-pours a thin white head and yellow color. Aroma is first grassy, then overwhelming moldy cheese, barnyard-I smell the cows, then Joe read the label! After warming: grassy, overwhelming moldy cheese, barnyard, light fruit, yeast. Taste is citric acid-lemon, green apple, then tart/sour and sweet, vinegar. Vinegar overrides all else. Probably a great beer to some tastes, not mine. Thanks jwc215 for sharing.


 KimJohansen (7045), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 8, 2007  
Hazy golden with tiny head. Very sour aroma with leather and wood. Flavor contains apples, leather and ends rather dry.


 carl4beer (400), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 7, 2007  
pours blonde with modest head. aroma is primarily sourness. mouthful is sour and sour...hoooo sour... finishes crisp, definitely a bit of champagne hidden in the sour.


 MikeF (528), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 7, 2007  
On tap. Complex aroma of fruit, earth, and cheese like notes. Complex flavor dominated by the sour base with features of aged cheese, broken earth, mustiness and fruit. Finishes sour but rather crisp with a pleasant mustiness (?) somehow.


 Carlus12 (361), London, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2007  
GBBF ’07. Pours pale yellow/ golden colour with huge off-white head. Aroma is sour fruits / earthy. Taste is sour / refreshing with a peppery bitterish dry finish. A very funky beer, but enjoyable and refreshing is small doses.


 downender (2587), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Oct 6, 2007  
750ml bottle. Cloudy pale gold colour with a large off-white head. Powerful aroma of sour green fruit, lemons and the farmyard. The flavour was acidic, with plenty of tart fruit and a mouth puckering finish. Excellent.


 tronraner (1916), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 2, 2007  
Bottle (labeled "Classic Gueuze"). Pours a golden yellow with white head. The aroma is very acidic and sour, and it hits me before I try to smell it at all; some zest and bleu cheese are in there, too. At first sip it is bracingly sour. Sharp lemon, bleu cheese, and lactic acid explode on my tongue. It softens after a few sips, and honey and lightly floral notes emerge. Pleasantly dry finish leaves a lingering, fruity sourness. Yum.


 slimchill (780), Austin, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 30, 2007    Updated: Aug 5, 2008
Bottle. Nose is indistinct acidity. Cloudy yellow with a thin head. Nice balanced sourness with subtle sweetness. Smooth palate.



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