Girardin Gueuze White Label

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

Brassy color, clear liquid. A 3 cm white head settles quickly and leaves minimal lacings. The smell is bigger than I had anticipated. Lots of somewhat puckering notes of vinegar, grass, hay and tart apples. Some yeast and funky notes of mold. This is better than expected. A nice mix of semi-sweet and sour flavors. Tart apples, lemon, grass and hay. Light maltiness, wheat crackers. Some vinegar, but not as much as in the smell. A gentle funkiness and notes of barrel in the middle. A dry finish with a decent sourness and grassy bitterness to it with notes of wet hay. Sparkling mouthfeel with a rather light body. Not a bad gueuze. Clean and refreshing, easy to drink. Not as demanding or assertive as some gueuzes, not as sweet as others. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

Bottle from De Bierkoning. Mostly clear and pure amber in hue, the body is strewn with streams of tiny bubbles that pool into a small, fizzy head of off-white foam. Minimal, splotchy lacing marks the glass. The aroma shows a semi-sweet, fermented fruity funk, with a grapey, cider-like tartness and hints of wild must. There’s a bit of peppery, almost meaty spice that I’ve never before encountered in a lambic. Flavors are similar, tart and somewhat vinegary, driven by sweet and sour apples and grapes. The moderate body is fizzy and zesty, a bit sugary for the style, coating the mouth after the finish. Though it’s fairly tasty, the sugar content keeps it drinking on the heavy side for a gueuze. Decent, but the black label destroys it.

(bottle) pours a beautiful clear amber colour with a frothy but quickly dissipating white head. aroma of citrus and grain, with a little barnyard and sour funk, nicely balanced. flavour is like the aroma, quite mild overall and finishes on a rather nice dry medicinal bready note. light to medium body with lively carbonation.

Pours a clear orange color with a nice thick white head that last a long time. Aromas of sour apples. Flavors are a very cider like, with apples and a note of oak and sweet and sour, very well balanced. Easy to drink and quite refreshing, very enjoyable.

[9/3/08] Bottle at In De Wildeman in Amsterdam. Clear deep golden, almost amber color. Aroma of earth, lots of honey and some funk. Sweet-sour flavor with some citrus, honey and some caramelly notes. Medium-bodied.

37,5cl. This was my first Gueuze ever! Pours dark yellow, medium head. Head is almost gone after 10 seconds. Lots of carbonation.Spicy sour nose. Flavor is sour, but good balanced. Love the lemonsourness at the end.

Orange with thin white head. Not as impressive as the black label but I enjoyed this a lot. It had got to the time of night when I really needed a palate cleanser. Sat on the porch on honeymoon, drank all day and this hit the spot big time. Smells of fresh bed sheets and sherbert. And the usual farmyard hint. The mild and mellow flavour made it very neckable.

Shared by Jerc and Mabel. Appearance: Light orange, small white head, lots and lots of carbonation. Aroma: Caramel, rasberry, sugar, lemons and orange squash. Flavour: Caramel, bitter lemon, pepper, salty with malt and apples.