 BeerZack (116), Austin, Texas, USA
May 24, 2008
Orange-honey color with foamy off-white head; lots of carbonation bubbles rushing to surface.
Sweet and Sour sauce- the fragrance. Sour B.O. covered up by honeysuckle flower perfumes. (In a good way?) Dried apricot and candied fruits, bit of fingernail polish.
Honey and apricot flavors with a tinge of sweetness that never gets out of balance with the sour base. Bit of lemon zest and horseblanket, some herbal spice. Almost like a Ricola cough drop.
Mouthwatering sourness, somewhat light or moderate feel with a slight carbonic sting that helps keep this beer super refreshing. Highly drinkable gueze, some resemblance to a white wine.
durhambeer (378), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Bottle, thanks to dchmela and shared with gueuze_is_god. Wow, surprised at some of the low ratings on this one. I thought it was pretty amazing... nearly flat golden pour with some amber notes. Hazy. Sweet honey on the nose, along with rosehips, honeydew, wisteria, acetic acid, and stronger gueuze notes than expected. Honey came through in a floral more than sugary way on the nose, and although the taste was a little sweeter, it was still very much more of a gueuze than a mead. Tingly. Lovely.
Bov (4604), Bienne, Switzerland
Aug 14, 2008 from crackedkettle.com - cloudy bright and dark orange colour; very foamy white head; aroma of hay, vinegar and old apples; strong notes of cork; fizzy and with a moderate malt body, fairly sour/acidic; very dry and effervescent fruity sourish aftertaste with late notes of alcohol - light-bodied for its 9%; fresh and original
Boutip (1745), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Jul 21, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Beerlando: Poured a golden color beer/mead with a small bubbly head with no retention or lacing. Aroma consists of sweet notes courtesy of the mead with some sour notes from the lambic with some weird funky notes. Taste is also a weird and unique mix between some sweet mead notes mix in with some sour notes form the lambic with some funky barnyard notes. Full oily texture body with some limited carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Interesting as a one-off but not something I would drink regularly.Bottle courtesy of Beerlando: Poured a golden color beer/mead with a small bubbly head with no retention or lacing. Aroma consists of sweet notes courtesy of the mead with some sour notes from the lambic with some weird funky notes. Taste is also a weird and unique mix between some sweet mead notes mix in with some sour notes form the lambic with some funky barnyard notes. Full oily texture body with some limited carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Interesting as a one-off but not something I would drink regularly.
vyvvy (1607), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
Jun 21, 2008 Pours copper with a white head. The aroma has a mix of dryness from the gueuze, apple, abv and light sweetness from the mead. It is overall dry and crisp with some stale-ish apple traits. Dry crisp mouthfeel with sharp carbonation that is perfect for what this mead / gueuze is. The flavor initially is dry, tart and acidic, then some smoothness from the mead comes in to balance things off, but it never overpowers the tartness. The finish adds some nice spice and then there is a lingering tart dryness. While there was some abv on the aroma I couldn’t find any on the taste. Quite nice.
presario (2392), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
May 24, 2008 Retired? Had a bottle at Uber Tavern. Cork shot across the bar. Sour earthy gueuze nose, with a hint of honey. Amber. Light head. Sharp sour. Light dry body. Honey sweetness cuts across the middle. Sourness sneaks back from between the teeth. Citrus freshness entices the palate.
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