Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René

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

Bottle at Ølbaren. Amber - white head. Mould, earthy, gooseberries, sour, light sweet finish.

Bottled(375ml). –Cloudly orange coloured, small white head, sour wine nose. Aroma is very sour, fruity (apple) and citric. Very tart wild-yeast character. Long and not so pleasant dry acidic finish, and like my girlfriend said that this is dreadfully sour and absolutely undrinkable brew. I’m not so critical but I don’t like it.

750 mL bottle provided by JHop. Pours a cloudy and hazy burnt orange with a small frothy white head, somewhat diminishing to a patchy film. Aroma is sour, tart green fruit (apple, pear, grape), husky and cardboard malt (hay, straw) with earthy yeast notes. Sour, puckering green fruit flavor that immediately acitvates all saliva glands, hay malt and grassy, floral yeast and cobwebs, floral green hops. Medium bodied, fizzy and and wet palate.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized white colored bubbles that was long lasting and left behind a transparent typically carbonated orange colored body and a good lacing. The complex aroma was farmhouse. The mild lambic flavor contained notes of bubbly slightly acidic mild farmhouse lambic like tartness sweet and dry. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again. Perhaps my highest ratiing on a lambic yet!

Bottle at Hopdevil, Zagreb
My first Gueuze :). Do note that I had it VERY cold. I’ll try it again warmer, next time. Poured a beautiful deep apricot colour with scant traces of a white head. Not much in the nose... courtesy of the coldness I guess. Just some raisins-dipped-in-alcohol. The taste is... quite sour... what a surprise (hah). An appley sourness makes up most of the taste, with hints of grape seeds, yeast and tiny traces of some agrume running around I think. Absolutely refreshing, but lacked complexity. Very dry. As I said, I’ll be having this again, a bit warmer.... though I wouldn’t mind having it again like this too.

A gueuze for first timers, doesn’t have the overpowering Brett aroma, and taste,although its there, sweeter and fruitier then the top rated ones,a mild delightful sourness,like a tangy mushmelon. Only had a glass of this,will have to buy a bottle

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy crystal gold, bubbly, white head. Aroma is musty (bleu cheese), woody, tangy, sour. Flavor is musty, tangy, woody, sour. Very delicious.

I’m surprised I haven’t rated this one yet. Had from a bottle (as pictured). Pours with a good size head and ample lacing. Aroma of fruit, both sweet and sour.

Taste is phenomenal. Nice amount of carbonation - not too much, not too little. The acidity is perfect, and tartness lingers afterwards. Smokey, tart finish. Highly recommended.