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Girardin Gueuze Black Label

Girardin Gueuze Black Label

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A Lambic - Gueuze brewed by
Brouwerij Girardin

Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

bottled
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5884.07/5.04.07/5.05%91.3 Flute, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Unfiltered.
De houten ton is een Gallische uitvinding, die gebruikt werd voor het gisten als voor het bewaren van wijn als bier. Ten opzichte van de amforen hadden ze veel voordelen : ze waren lichter, konden een grotere inhoud bevatten, waren minder fragiel en waren ook nog handiger, want men kon ze rollen. De tonnen en pijpen die Breughel schilderde kunnen zo afkomstig zijn uit het tonnenmagazijn van elke Pajottenlandse lambikbrouwer (of daar nog staan ...). Houten tonnen werden algemeen gebruikt tot het begin van de vorige eeuw.

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 bhensonb (2861), Woodland, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20

Aug 5, 2007  
375 ml bottle. Opened with a poof, and climbed out. Poured a hazy orange toned color with a foamy white head that went down rapidly. Tart, sour, maybe lactic aroma (almost typed odor). Body is a bit thinnish. Carbonation is mild, not quite creamy. The flavor is tart, and, well, makes one think a bit of old stuff that has been around too long. Bits of orange and unfamilar spice. May have been a mistake to have the Peche lambic first, but this is starting to grow on me. Maybe a good gueuze to break into the style with.

 Pastor (253), Maine, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/518/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Thanks to Dim for this one Bottle poured into my tulip glass produced the required two fingers of white billowy head that lasted a while. The head then trailed of to a nice covering of lace. The body on this was a hazy orange The aromas from the glass were nice and funky. Sour apples come to mind as I whiff it again the acidity on this is very present in the nose do I dare taste it? WOW I’m glad I like sours this one is quite intense. I let my teens have a sip and they thought it was some sour head candy drink LOL. It reminds me of a crab apple or a transparent apple pie I am a sucker for a good sour apple pie. Some grapefruit citrus as well in here flavor wise. The mouthfeel is crisp and dry good carbonation very refreshing Drinkability is a strange question for a sour I finished the bottle, but Do you want to do more than one sour at a sitting? I enjoyed the brew and would gladly drink it again. Truly a great brew and deserves to be tried by every sour fan


djtimeless (41), Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Pours out hazy golden color. Smells great. Taste is tart and funky. Yeasty with a dry sour finish. Very drinkable .


Lagunitasfan (39), San Diego, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/518/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Bottle at Hamilton’s for "Boobies and Beer". Thanks to the guy, whose name I didn’t get, for pouring me a taster of this for no good reason at all. I owe you big time. I sat there for a couple of minutes just smelling. I couldn’t bring myself to drink it immediately because it simply smelled wonderful. I would sniff and smile. My mouth was watering with the anticipation, but I just couldn’t help myself. When I finally did get around to drinking it, I was not disappointed at all. It was definitely tart/sour, but not shockingly so. The fruit flavor burst and tingled like fireworks, and left with puckering dry mouth. I think I might be in trouble with this one, at $XX.XX bucks a bottle.


 tronraner (1399), (Louis-, Sevier-, Knox-)ville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/517/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange with tall off-white head. The aroma is spicy and very earthy with a good lactic sourish hint and some dank cellar and white cheese. The flavor is quite sour, with a quite assertive spicy yeast quality. Earth and leather tones are throughout, but a little bit of a floral hint sneaks out once in a while. It finishes very dry, with an unexpected orange-blossom note. Delicious.


 durhambeer (397), Durham, North Carolina, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/519/20
Aug 14, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of dchmela. Wowsers, this is good. Deep golden hazy pour with orange tint. Yeasty sour nose, some great leather and horseblanket as well as some strawberries and notes of acetic acid. Lovely dusty aroma. Not overly sour on the palate, but definitely tingles and has a great little bite on the back and sides of the tongue. Playful and fun, and oh-so-delicious.




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