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Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze

Percentile
99
overall
Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3273.93/5.03.91/5.05%79.6Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
The Lou Pepe Gueuze is a blend of three different 2-year-old lambics. The standard Cantillon Gueuze is a blend of 1,2, and 3-year-olds. The inclusion of the younger lambic (which still has some unfermented sugars in it) sparks a refermentation in the bottle that gives Gueuze its famous champagne-like spritziness. The simple idea behind the special Lou Pepe blend is that it should have much more of the taste of old lambic, which is of course much harder, drier, more sour, and more complex than the young stuff. (Though 3-year-olds are generally more complex than 2-year-olds, it's not necessarily so; the 2-year-olds used in this instance have as much character as most 3-year-olds.) This being Gueuze, it has to be spritzy, so the brewery opted for the same method used in conditioning champagne: everyday refined sugar is dissolved in water and added to cause a refermentation. The sugar ferments out completely, so there is no residual sweetness, which Jean-Pierre famously detests.
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 Snojerk321 (1939), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 18, 2009  
750ml bottle, 2006 vintage. Pours a lightly cloudy orange body with a small white head. Aroma is mildly tart and has some earthiness. Flavor is juicy, somewhat tart, and lemony with a dry, champagne-like finish.


 TampaBrew (805), Tampa, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 8, 2009    Updated: Nov 9, 2009
02 Bottle. Nose is very funky, sour, unripe fruits, cellar, dry wood and earthy yeast. Flavor is very sour vinegary acidic sharp citrusy tart. What a treat. :::::: 03 bottle. Nose is earthy tartness, sour fruits, wood, yeast. Flavor is sour vinegar, unripe fruits, wood, sharp acid. Nice champagne like carbonation. Very nice! :::::: 06 Bottle. Nose is sour, fruity. Not as complex as the older vintages, but complex and tart and funky none the less. This beer ages amazingly.


 daknole (2885), Plantation, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 1, 2009  
hazy gold/amber pour. Tart, sour apples, lemon, vinegar, and funk city! Flavor is sour and full of earthy tartness. I enjoyed this one a lot.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Bottle. 2006 Vintage. Amber beer with a low off-white head. Light acetic and earthy aroma. Acetic and light earthy flavor with lemon and oak. Medium bodied. Acetic notes linger with earth, light green apples, and oak.


 nickd717 (1331), Palo Alto, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 13, 2009  
2005 bottle from Cantillon in Brussels. Just a straight-up awesome gueuze. Great appearance, bright golden with a creamy white head and excellent lacing. Nice funky tart aroma with green apple, lemon, and barnyard. Flavor is full and complex with malty sweetness to balance the tartness, lemony funk, sour apple, and wood. High carbonation, medium body, and a great effervescent mouthfeel. Overall this is top notch for the style.


 NomDeBeer (399), Maryland, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Pours a hazy shade of apple cider with a respectable, creamy head. Aroma of apples, funk, straw and hay. Taste is the same plus lemon, lime, and a nice sour finish. Lingering, sticky finish and good lacing too. Smooth and complex, this is not the most aggresive gueuze but it is outstanding.


 JCB (1746), Durham, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 26, 2009  
750ml from State Line - 2005 blend, bottled in 2007. Pours fairly big for the style, in all honesty, with a crackling carbonation topped by a surprisingly big head resting on top of the slightly murky pale orange body. Lovely aroma, with woody tartness, tons of dry yeast, and citrus rind. Nice mouthfeel, tangy and playful on the tongue. Deep, lasting funk everywhere in this beer - brine and cheese in the middle, bone dry lip-smackery in the finish, and held together by a solid refreshing squirt of tart fruit with every sip. Wonderful.


 Sonicdescent (376), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/513/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Looks good for the style, murky gold and thin white head. Scent is very sour with a light hint of funk. Taste is also subdued. Light apples , lemon, slight puckering sour in teh finish. Mouth is perfect, medium in body and high in carbonation.



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