Chapeau Xmas Gueuze

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

Wow - this was some messed up stuff. Huge thanks to Beastiefan for sharing and allowing me to try such a horrid beer. Pours a light copperish amber with a fizzy soda head. Aroma is completely messed up-= unlike anything I have ever had. Starts with wierd harsh peppery phenols and spice- cardamona nd cinamon- cherry juice concentrate, juniper berries, tons of earth and dirt with rusted nails, and even some lemon lime soda- and then some red cabbage- seriously this was intense with a crapload of aromatics that didnt go well together. Wierd cherry pit astringency in the flavor- cherry syrup, earth and dirt, vanilla bean, and tons of rotting mulch, and rum spiked hot apple cider. Pretty much no real tartness or sour in this which is expected from chapeau.

I am sorry guys, i did not think even Chapeau could make something this bad. Bottle from Legion242 (I know John, I was asking for it). Smells is cleaning product and cheap cherry syrup. Taste is vinegar and nail polish. Nothing "lambic" about it, and nasty, almost undrinkable.

Oh my God... Eugene, what did I do to deserve this vile concoction? Did I not express my gratitude for the drive to the tasting? Have I offended you with my Canadian sensibilities? Please, tell me how to make things right! Pale amber, thin head. Aroma is of bile, burned orange peels and charred computer circuits. Flavour of lime jello, drain cleaner and vomit. Goddamn... what a waste of a bottle and perfectly drinkable water.

bottle: pours a fizzzy small white head above a crimson brown body. aroamis faint funky unripe raspberries, some what sweet and kool aid like. flavour si sweet and very sweet kool aid again taste or unripe raspberries with sugar palate is lively.

Thanks? to beastiefan2k for sharing - ick! - smells of pine sol, damp wood, and blueberries - tastes like cane sugar, berries, mild spices - light acidity can’t break through the children’s cereal sweetness - gueuze? - this tastes almost just like their faro, but this might even be worse.

Bottle poured into tumbler- poured dark amber, medium carbonation, white head formed and dissolved. Aroma of reminds me of an non alcoholic wine for some reason, alot of sugar. Hits the mouth with a thin body, alot of sugar has been added, finish collapses, very little sourness to this. What were they thinking?

(Bottle, labeled Winter Gueuze) Pours a glistening clear amber body with a small off-white head. The burnt plastic aroma upfront is overpowering, but later subsides with notes of corn syrup, ammonia, spoiled fruit, light cork, and some herbal qualities. Flavor of sweet corn syrup (surprise!), mint, light fruitiness, and some herbs.

Bottle. Dark iced tea body with a medium ring of loose bubbles. Nose-smells like a fish tank store, factory floor, artificial sweetener. Taste-Sweet! Fish food, apple, grape, light sour tarts, some tea, sweet grapefruit juice, wax, cherry, very sweet, almost non-existent funk, sweet and sticky dominates. For what it’s worth, this should be classified as a Faro. The overall flavor is not bad, but it has almost no gauze qualities and it is mind numbingly sweet and cloying.