 PilsnerPeter (1394), Flushing, New York, USA
Jun 24, 2008
Bottle: Pours crisp orange with some clarity and a creamy white head that lasts. Acidic aroma. Funky horse blanket, cobwebs, lemon juice, cork, dried wood, vinegar and even more. Creamy and crisp feel with a sharp acidity. The flavor starts off with a touch of honey-like character, which leads to the funk of damp wood and sharp cheese. Has a very assertive lemon juice-like acidity, a bit vinegar-like as well with some sharp passion fruit, leather, rose petal, and residual oak tannins into the acidic finish. Bone dry and complex. A nice one.
NachlamSie (1344), Tennessee, USA
Aug 27, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy weird off-yellow with a pillowing white head. I can smell this stuff as soon as I pop the cork. Not for the faint of heart, this beer is seriously sour. Putting my nose to the snifter is more intense than putting my nose directly to a jug of vinegar. Intensity aside, this has a fantastic array of wild, funky aromas: cheese, hay, goats, lemon, serious malt vinegar. The spritzy mouthfeel does well to compliment the tartness of the flavor. It’s no surprise when the puckering onslaught hits my palate. It moves through some layers, starting with the sharp vinegar character and moving towards a wild, tart funk. This never becomes sweet or forgiving. I don’t get much bottom end in this one. Props for its unabashed use of bacterial quality. This is one of the most aggressive of all soured beer I’ve encountered.
bboeckl (115), Grafton, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Exceptional Gueze. Golden, with a white head. Excellent lacing. Taste was SOUR, tart, fuity, and astringent. Dry aftertaste. Strong sour lemon taste, but this is well balanced by maltiness. Unbelievable complexity. I highly recommend this gueze. Fits style guidelines to a tee.
AmEricanbrew (917), Left Coast, Louisiana, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Clear dark gold with a fizzy white head. Good aroma is toasted wood with barnyard funk and tart wheat. Medium body and lightly carbonated. Pucker factor is medium to high from front to back. Good yeasty funk flavors with tart wheat, bready malts, with some tart lemon and dry wood. Another most worthy gueuze here.
djtimeless (41), Alabama, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Pours out hazy gold. Taste is tart and crisp with a little funk. Nice balance. Not to sour. Great gueuze for the $.
BoBoChamp (635), Gent, Belgium
Jul 28, 2008 38cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, balanced, hazy, good head, good sour geuze
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