Oud Beersel Oude Geuze

Brewed by Brouwerij Oud Beersel
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

37.5 cL bottle, thanks to faeroeviking. Pours hay orange with a lacing white head. Light orange fruity to dry funky aroma. Flavour is smooth acidic with a solid brett and a dry woody note. Dry woody finish, mellow woody note.

375ml bottle. Pours hazy golden color with foamy white head. Aroma sour, yeasty and grassy. Taste tart, yeasty and lite citrus with very dry finish.

Bottle at Akkurat. First one was very funky so I complained and got a new one and a chat with one of their beer guys. The second one was better but very odd. Bit sad about it as I love the Oud Beersel Oude Kriek but... this is how it has to be. Aroma is fresh but also farm-like, tarty and the acidity is evident from smell alone. The taste, however, has an unusual bitterness but very little tartness. Still feels somehow flat and soft... (Old rating: 7, 4, 4, 2, 7) Re-rate, 37,5cl bottle from Systembolaget October 6th, 2008: Tart aroma with hints of bitterness and boiled sweets. Better than I seem to have found it last time. Still quite thin on the palate and there’s an unusual bitterness to it that I don’t associate with Geuzes. Not unpleasant, mind you. Not particularly tart on the flavour and I think the hint of boiled sweets carries on with a bit of fruitiness. Still probably least of the proper Geuzes I’ve had and at the price I’d rather get something else. Still nice to get that shot of Geuze I get all too seldom.

light amber coloured body with a white head a sweet sour aroma a sour medium pallat and a sour finich

Darker yellow to light amber coloured beer with some light carbonation and a rather small white head. Sour fruity and light woody aroma. Little sour full body. Finish is sour fruity. Good but not the best.

Light amber coloured beer, medium carbonation, almost no head. Sour aroma, just reminded me to sour candy balls. Strong sour palate ending smoother. Nicely balanced. Good one.

Best before 06/01/2025, so I’m assuming it was bottled in 05, right? Pours a mighty gold with a thin, bubbly white head. The smell is astringent and obviously young. I can tell already this bad boy needs some years in the cellar. Strong funk, not alot of brettyness though, super oaky, semi-fruity aroma. The taste is mouth puckeringly sour. Straight sour.. not acidic, yet not quite vinegary. Just sour. Super strong oak. Taste like a very young Gewürztraminer. Overall very tasty and traditional, super funky, loads of complexity, great body, just needs a few more years to develop into a masterpiece.

Golden color with a powerful oaky-sour aroma. The nose has apple, citrus, and assorted funky fruit. Flavor has a nice funky sourness to it that I find tasty, but not quite top notch. Mouthfeel benefits from the tanginess and I find it to be a pleasant meal companion.