Mort Subite Gueuze Lambic

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

This poured with a dark copper colour and a very large foamy white head. Aroma was mainly fruity, and the taste was also fruity - perhaps some green apple lurking about? All in all, rather champagne-like, and very nice to drink.

Drank in glass from the bottle in Brussels. This beer is sour but sweet, a very nice combination. A very good gueze.

37.5cl bottle pours amber, thin white head. aroma of oak, wood with some sparkly fruits. taste, crisp, wheat, some vinegary notes with light sourness. Sparkling mouthfeel with some fruits almost pear/peach, not overly sweet, this gueuze is not as sour/tart as some more extreme examples of the style. Keeps a nice wood prickly mouthfeel.

First Gueuze (review from Jan 2, 2008***
..... Pear cider alert! Poured out a very nice weakly burnt orange coloured brew with a good ammount of white crown produced and some messy lacing. Smells like pear cider but better, very tart, musty (very weak) and possibly a very faint wood aroma...it’s pretty much pear cider. (I’ve noted that the aroma does ’darken’ a bit when left to warm conciderably. The taste is pretty good although I did get scared off on the first sip not knowing what to expect. More pearish cider on the flavour side, not to dry but more sour than a cider. Light to light medium body. Nothing to exciting here. Leave the mouth a bit dry and tart. I will actually go and buy another one and compare to Okanogan Pear Cider and rethink this.

Ok this is my first ever gueze so this is kind of exciting. Crystal clear brown body maybe burnt orange, massive pillowy white cap, tone of bubbles floating to the top, amazing retention and lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is sweet, something that smells like cinnamon but I think it would better be described as sweet black pepper, the aroma is fairly mild and has some apple cider like qualities to it. Mouth feel is very thin and dry. My first impression of this beer its very sweet and strongly reminds me of white wine with a very dry finish, just like in the aroma I can detect slight apple and that sweet black pepper spice. This was like I said my very first gueze and not really too sure what they are suppose to be like but I got to say this just doesn’t float my boat it’s just way to sweet for me to enjoy and could never drink more than one a month."

Local supermarket. Not a firm head. colour is amber, transparant. Tastes sweet (not at all sour as a gueuze should be, but hey, I’m more into sweetness than sourness) Lightley grainy and sparkling.

Bottle. Color of dark caramel with a pinkish-red hue, and a thick, frothy, off-white head with good lacing. Aromas of sourdough, strawberrries, malt, and brett. Palate is light, smooth, lightly sour, and decently mouthcoating, just too light. Alright stuff, and sadly the only lambic sold in my area.

A clear dark golden colored beer, with a thick light beige head. The aroma is fruity sweet with notes of wood, a little sourness. The taste is dry fruity, bread and dough. A little sour with many sweets. The aftertaste is also sweet with some sour.