Oud Beersel Oude Geuze

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

From bottle : Pours a clear amber color with big huge foamy head, tons of carbonation, not a ton of lacing. Sour aroma with some apple mixed in. A pretty nice big body for a lambic in the beginning, quite tart with fruity notes. Ends on the back of the tongue being bitter and sour, not to bad of a aftertaste. Pretty good.

Old bottle from Erasmus, 375ml. Amber, still well carbonated. Definite sherry aroma, notes of peach, apple. Very sour. Nice and full up front, tart but with malty fruit, then disappears into acetic, barnyardy sourness. Pretty solid.

Yellow-orange. Very small and quickly disappearing head. A gently sour aroma and flavor. Nice one.

Bottle. Unclear light to medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate acidic, grapefruit. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and acidic with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. (230907)

Bottle from the foreign beer bar at the Oxford CAMRA festival. Cork escaped with the slighted nudge, but thankfully, no gushing followed. Slightly hazy copper, big clean white cap of velvety foam. Huge aroma volume--could smell this one loud and clear while pouring at arms’ length. First layer of aroma is quite soft and grassy, with touches of vanilla and mellon. A deeper sniff brings more of the funk: army surplus wool blankets, cats, compost. Gently sour grapefruit flavor, with a nice briney pepper bite and a lingering lemon finish. An enjoyable and rather approachable gueuze.

bottle, clear golden with big, frothy white head. Fruity, tart aroma like a dry white wine. Taste is sour, bitter, citrus, apples, grapes. Interesting, but not enjoyable for me. Admittedly, I am not a big geuze fan.

Ah, my 1st non-fruited lambic. Strong golden yellow pour, medium pale color. One inch thick true white head that has no intention of leaving. Mad carbonation, this beauty is lively. Funky fruity aroma, fermented peaches and pears with mild banana and some very noticeable tart yeast scents. The mouth feel is sparkling and bubbly at first, but immediately becomes sour. The initial sensations soon vanish into a wonderful dry tartness. Flavor is lightly complex. Fermented musty malt accompanied by tart citrus. Teasingly sweet them bam! A smack of sourness hits you, which is surprisingly crisp. I also picked up on a hint of celery along with many other earthy tastes. Dry, very dry with a nice white wine quality. Wow, this is one unique style for sure.

From the bottle at Bruxellensis. Hazy gold with lasting off white head. Some sourness on aroma, really quite drinkable, nice grapefruit touches. It’s pretty good. Excellent fruit flavours and not too acidic.