Eylenbosch Gueuze

Formerly brewed at Mort Subite (Alken-Maes / Scottish & Newcastle)
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Kobbegem, Belgium

To Celebrate my 700th Belgium Beer. Bottle @ WSF. Vintage 1988. 75cl Bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small creamy white head. Tart, mouldy, woody, grapes and cellar. Very complex and still world class. Kind of mellow and smooth carbonation and mouthfeel. Vague vinegar tickles the cheek. Ends tart and dry. 21 years of age and still wonderful.

1988 bottle at the best beer festival in the world - weekend of spontaneous fermentation. Muddy orange with a small white head. Despite beeing rather oxidized, the aroma is really exciting. The fruity note reminds me of Northern Scandinavian cloudberries. Funk like leather, rotting wood (think old park bench) and earth or mud. Really dry and tart, funky and vineous fruity flavour, with a touch of vinegar.

1988 vintage @ WSF. Pours hazy orange and practically still. Aroma is slightly sour with oxidation notes. Taste is funky still with some cardboard present. A good bit of lemon still left in this one. Finishes decently and not very spritzy at all. Not bad for a 20 year old lambic. 6/4/7/3/14 1984 vintage courtesy of Andy. Pours brownish and still. Aroma is quite oxidized and caramel sweet almost. Doesn’t seem too promising until you taste it. Pretty much the exact opposite. Big puckering tartness; lemons and acetic acid. Some oxidative sweetness in there as well. Mouthfeel is a bit thin and finish is plenty sour. I rather liked this despite the sensory confusion. 6/3/8/3/16

1987 bottle, 22 years old. Nice citric aroma, hint of metal. Cloudy amber colour. Very small white head. The flavour starts off with a little farty malt and then turns citric. The citric note is late and slightly vinegary. Not mouthpuckering, and not entirely clean.

84 vintage shared by mj, thanks man. Poured a lightly hazy orange color with some brown edges and a bubbly white head that faded to a thin layer. Tart, funky aroma with some dry fruit (berry and apple skin), some horse blanket, and a strong barnyard yeastiness. Crisp, lightly tart entry with some tart fruit (berry, green apple) and some funky barnyard yeastiness that imparts some nice horse blanket and cobweb flavors before finishing with some dry woodiness. Low carbonation, smooth and puckering on the palate. Very enjoyable beer, thanks a bunch to Mike for sharing.

1988 Vintage 37,5 bottle @ Akkurat. Deep golden with a lasting creamy white head I’ve never expected to see in a beer like this. The aroma is sweet, a little oxidized and quite corky, but funky and lively nevertheless. A strange mix of sweetness and sourness. The flavour is sweet with just a little lemony tartness.

[1988 Bottle, thanks for sharing this rarity, ygtbsm94!] Pours dark golden with a small white head. Funkiness in the aroma is pretty subdued, with a decent amount of sourness that turns semi-sweet at times. Pretty nice. The taste starts a little sweet as well, then turns funky, especially in the finish, that is dry. Smooth with pretty good mouthfeel. A very well-rounded gueuze, and an awesome experience to get to try something this old.

1988 vintage thanks to Beastiefan2k. Moldy cork. Poured a hazy gold color. the aroma was very nicely tart with just a hint of funk. Tart flavor with a mild acidic burn. Woody and lemony. Light bodied.