 drewbeerme (1839), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 15, 2007
750ml 2000 vintage, thanks to jrob_21 for this. aged 7 years....pours hazy orange-golden with white head that lasted the whole bottle. great look. nose is very funky with nice bretty funk, barnyard notes with citrus, pear, white grapes, dry white wine, musty, and slightly vinegary. flavor is only softly acidic and with age its rounded out nicely. flavor notes of musty, brett, oak, slight vinegar, pear, slight tangerine, and white grapes. mouthfeel is fizzy but finishes smooth. carbination is lively. palate isn’t as long as it could be. almost everything seems so polished, perfected, and so drinkable. i think i could drink this constantly, a great gueuze that shows it has aged nicely with rounded out acidity.
DuffMan (1962), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Oct 1, 2008 This is only my third or fourth geuze, but I think it is the best so far. Striking aroma of musty sour fruit. Sweet straw-like foundation with crazy yeasty fruit and a funky barnyard-like quality that combines the sensation of dried straw/hay with an earthy mustiness. Sour, with high acidity giving it a tartness and dryness to the finish. Interesting and very good.
BoBoChamp (729), Gent, Belgium
Sep 27, 2008 75cl, exclusive brew Anno 2005, from Geers Oostakker, complex brew, balanced, hazy, small head, good sour brew, but too expensive
vyvvy (1755), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
Sep 24, 2008 Thanks to xmarcnolanx for sharing this beautiful gueuze. Pours orange / amber with an off-white rocky head. The aroma is powdery and floral with smooth malt, some tartness, dry lemon zest and a cleanness and fresh aspect that isn’t generally associated with the style. Medium crisp clean powdery feel with light gentle carbonation. The flavor starts quite tart with lemon zest, powder, wild yeastiness, barnyard funk, citric acid and only the slightest hint of lacticness. The finish continues the tartness and is quite complex. An excellent gueuze that I look forward to revisited with a few years on it.
Guerde (490), Welcome, Minnesota, USA
Sep 22, 2008 (bottle, 2000 vintage) Pours clear gold with a white head. The aroma is very earthy, musty, with some funky cheese, oak, and some light smoke. The flavor is quite salty and briny for a gueuze, with some mineral flavors, which switched to an oak and yeast finish. Not bad, but this really lacked that subtle sweet fruit undertone which better gueuzes possess.
austone (447), Turku; Pori, Finland
Sep 20, 2008 Brewed ’04. Light hazy yellow, small white head. Mixed mushroom salad nose, some tartness and lactic acid. Quite mellow. Tart and acidic, grapefruit seedy flavor, same mushrooms and sour milk. Just not all that interesting, mellow and lactic.
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