Chapeau Cuvée

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Small white head. Fully diminishing longevity. Clear yellow body. Heavy bitter. Medium palate.

38cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, not complex sour gueuze, not balanced, cloudy, nearly no head, nice brew

Bottle, thanks bager. Pours an opaque yellow. Smells sour. Tart with aromas of vinegar and wood. Medium body. Medium to soft carbonation.

Bottle at home - thanks to Bager. Clear golden - no head. High sourness, gooseberries, "bone dry" high dryness, dry gumms, high acid, high carbonation. OK.

Pours a nice mostly clear woody coppery gold with a nice carbonation. Prickly nose, with sharp funk, and insane lemony citric sour notes- very spot on sharp horsey sour lambic smell. Good funk and tart flavor, has some lemon zest, herbal and grassy notes with tons of old wood- similar to a boon, - gets so sharp it becomes a bit butyric and hints of iso-valeric acids but it works nicely- awesome mouth puckering acidity in the end. I really liked this one, and wish they would just send this one over and keep all the rest we get here in the states.

Bottle shared by Dickinsonbeer. Very funky, old horseblanket aroma is muggy and very rustic. Huge sourness with very high carbonation. Funkiness is extreme and awesome. A bit hard to drink from the over-the-top carbonation, but this is still rather tasting. Better than its rating implies.

37.5 cl corked bottle, ’bbe’ Apr 2012. Brassy colour with just a slight turbidity and a thin lace for a head. In the nose, the brett sensation is mellowed by fruit jam notes (a hint of strawberry). Dryness and pungent lemony acidity are counterbalanced by a soft, honeyish touch on the palate and some wood. Tastes less sophisticated than some other examples of the style.

Pours a foggy gold with no head and light bubbles which quickly disappear. Smells like somebody has died - funky moldy & terrifying. Tastes remarkably similar. I have had sour ales before, I have had Gueuzes before, and nothing comes close to the horror that is Chapeau Cuvee. The aftertaste is redeeming in that most of the offensive (moldy) taste has worn off. Very sour & acidic. I think I can taste green apple if I control my gag reflex long enough. I’m sorry, this doesn’t taste off, this just tastes awful. Low carb, watery body. I have never before tasted a beer that makes me feel ill. I’m so sorry - drainpour. I’m sure lots of other folks like this, so they’re welcome to it. Please pardon my passionately negative review!