Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René

Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Nice hazy golden colored liquid, almost cloudy. One finger head of foam that dissipates smoothly to leave a nice filmy covering. Very good lacing. Smell is powerful to the point of room-filling. Not that that’s a bad thing, though. It’s quite pleasant. Tart sour apples. Honey sweetness. Band-aid phenols. Slight pepperey spiciness. Overall it smells like a nice big basket of tart fruits. Man that is one good sour-bomb! Taste is very much like cider on steroids. Big, powerful and tasty. Definite sour apple presence. Light honey sweetness that brings a small bit of balance. Acidic presence of fresh squeezed lemons or slightly under-ripened peaches. Nice bit of spice on the back end. All wrapped up in a slight bit of musty funk. Nice crisp and clean in the mouth. Nothing overpowering. Kind of unexpected for a sour, but quite enjoyable. Very satisfying and easy to drink. Mmmm! This is one tasty, tasty bottle. Would like to have it over and over again. Very highly drinkable, as long as you aren’t opposed to sours.

Golden hazy color with nice foamy head. Aroma and taste is vinegar, apple cider, skunky. Crazy sourness that puckers like sour patch kids. Medium carbonation very fizzy.

Pours hazy oranage with a thin head. The aroma is very nice. Strong and yeasty with nites of orange and banana. The flavour is very sour. Almost a bit off puting. but as you drink it the palate comes out more. The beer has a kind of citrus sourdough flavour. Very interesting beer. Great mouth feel.

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy golden orange with a rocky white head that quickly diminishes to surface cover. Nose has a mineral character with notes of apple, citrus, earth and yeast. Flavour is tart, but not overly sour, and has notes of lemon, grape, apple, with a hint of malt. Mouthfeel is very dry, with the tartness overriding the sweetness and lingering for a while. The comparison to champagne is fairly apt; this is a very nice geuze and particularly well balanced.

355ml green bottle, corked. Golden coloured, hazy. Small white head with tight bubbles, leaves just a bit of lace. Nose is sour, citrusy, yeasty, dusty. Tart, tangy start, lemon acidity, light funky yeast notes. Dry finish with tart/sour lemon attack. Effervescent, crisp mouthfeel, medium body. Very pleasant.

Pours out a cloudy golden/orangy color with a lasting 1 finger white head. Aroma is of some citrus notes, vinous tart notes and some funk. Taste is complex and well balanced, not too tart, light citrus, sour notes, earth, grass and maybe a touch of fruit. Rather well done in a style I’m really starting to warm up to.

’06 bottle. Pours a translucent gold with a moderate white head. Aroma is sour apple and lemon. The flavor is very tart with more apple and lemon notes, and as it warms I found myself tasting earth, wet hay, and grass notes. Very tasty.

2005 bottle, sample #7 at the 1st CST. Pours a clear lighter golden with a nice fine frothy white head. Dusty funky sour tart, very nice, acidic aroma. Light tangy, slightly chalky, sharp acidic but still very clean flavor, grainy finish, quite enjoyable. Light bodied, sharp palate but softer fine sizzling carbonation.