Moriau Gueuze

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Lembeek, Belgium

Served from a bottle at toncatchers T3 tasting! Thanks to stefanje, lagunitasfan, weeheavysd, fordest, wetherel, alohac and of course toncatcher for suppling the house and grub. This may have been my 3rd favorite on the night. Not bad out of 26 samples. Loved the sour, funky, dry style.

Great Gueuze despite the ratings. Maybe I was psyched for a new gueuze that had been at my house for a while even though it was toncatcher, this beer was mocking me until I mocked it, yeah I said it I mocked it. Pours orange with a bright white head. Nose is sweet funky and gueuzy and nicly acidic and tart. Taste is sweet gueuezey and nice tart awesome. Great!

38cl, exclusive brew, from Geers Oostakker, complex sour Gueuze, yet easy to drink, balanced, cloudy, good head, good brew

37,5cl bottle bought at D.H.V.L. 1991 Vintage. Pours clear gold with a off white bubbly head. Nose is woody, tart, mellow, brett and cellar. Low carbonation. Super dry and crisp taste with a good deal sour and funk. Wow . . .Very nice !

Best By Date June 2027; Sampled January 2009
A solid pour into my large Tripel Karmeliet tulip produces a scant, finger thick, pale, tan tinged head. The beer is a honey color that shows a hazy, orange tinged, gold color when held up to the light. The aroma is grassy and tart smelling. A deeper smell focuses the sourness as well as bringing out notes of cat pee, a clean musky note (if that make sense) and milk weed. The aroma is very sharp smelling, it is not overly complex either, but still is an interesting aroma to try and dig through.

Sour up front, but not nearly as biting in its sourness as I was expecting. The predominantly lactic acidity is expressive, but somehow soft in some ways. This has a clean note of lemons that have been stripped of some of there citrus focus. The finish has a bit of tannic oak notes (hints of the flavor you would get if you were gnawing on some wood) as well as a light spiciness that seems a product of oak and fermentation esters / phenolics. There is a certain rustic grassy, not quite herbal, note to this beer and the tannins stick a bit to the palate and teeth after each sip. This definitely is nicely refreshing, which is what I want in a Gueuze (assuming you can get past the acidity in the style). The carbonation is not quite as lively as I would like (I really dig an explosive Gueuze), but does add some prickle to the texture and a touch of peppery carbonic acid. This is nicely dry, but, as a good Gueuze should, does have a certain texture and fullness to it that keeps it from coming off as watery. As the beer warms it begins to take on more of a grapefruit like edge to the flavor.

This is a solid example of the style; it definitely could use more Brettanomyces & other wild character and it needs more carbonation, but it is quite an enjoyable brew.

750 ml bottle. Very spritzy and lively. Aroma of dust and must with lemons. Great sourness and dry finish. Good example of a gueuze.

A lightly hazed golden gueuze with a thick creamy white head. A splendid aroma of ground cherries, sodium bicarbonate, and light leather and salts. In mouth, a good light sweetness with lactic notes, almost dairy, covering the tongue. Quite surprising. Medium bodied. Bottle at Kaffee de Hopduvel, Gent, Nov. 2006. BB 13-04-2026

Angry fist of Santa tasting at Chris_o’s. Pale gold, hazy, lasting beige head. Lovely farmyard aroma. It’s lovely. Really good geuze. Fresh hoppy lovely. Really refreshing. Lovely.