Mort Subite Gueuze Lambic

Brewed by Mort Subite (Alken-Maes / Scottish & Newcastle)
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Kobbegem, Belgium

This was my first gueuze, and so its very difficult to judge it properly. It tastes to the novice like cider - lots of sour apples, citrus and acidity. A very tart palate, but easy to drink with a good mouth feel. Underneath that cidery flavour is a distinct yeasty more typicaly ’beer’ flavour, a bit like and undercoat (an unflatering anaology). The two layers work well together and give the beer some depth, although I found the tart element a bit one-note. Looked good in the glass (a brandy bulb), warm orange colour with a big head, strong lacing on the glass. I think a cold one would refreshing on a hot day, but I couldn’t drink more than one small bottle at a sitting. I’m looking forward to trying more complex gueuze beers.

Pours an orange-amber colour, with a huge white head. Aroma is acetic, slightly sweet. Warm nose. Mouth is slightly acetic, gueuzey typical taste, a little more vinous than others though. Palate is warming and fruity. Slightly watery, and a bottle of this and the chips at Dovetail left me feeling decidedly ill, not sure which it was...

This is a difficult one. Not familiar with this genre of beers, so to me it feels like drinking a cider. Apples, sour lemon, quite sweet all in all. It’s more dense and fuller than your average cider, so I like this better, but it still doesn’t feel like a beer. Actually it was better than I thought.

Clear and copper blonde with a creamy head that disentigrates to lace. Smells of apple cider vinegar. Tart, crisp, with a very soft mouth feel. Tastes of jgreen apple olly ranchers. Good but geuzes aren’t might bag

Bottled. Clear dark amber colour with a thick soft light beige head. Fruity and sour aroma. Taste is fruity with some lime and apples with some sweetness coming through with a sour finish. well composed, maybe too well for a spontaneous fermented beer

rerate: The Overwhelming apple and fruity aroma hit me like a lead zepplin. Nice looking copper colour to boot. The flavor is closer to cider then to your average beer, kind of reminding me of a shanty. No bitter aftertaste, just apples. A somewhat refreshing beverage, but not a great beer. With my rerate I an tell you that I couldn’t ever finish this first bottle (which says a lot)

This was like a sweet and sour orange syrup with soda that worked quite well and i cant think anythign else to say about it.

Orange colored pour medium sized head. Skunky, friuty aroma to it, with a sour, yet sweet finish. Not bad.