Oud Beersel Oude Geuze

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

Cold 375ml bottle: Pours a clear golden orange color with ivory bubbles around the edges. Aroma is of strong yeast, citrus, farmyard and sour notes. Taste is mostly tart and sour. Crisp and zestfully carbonated with a watery texture. Ends quick with a light citrus and sweet malt aftertaste. Interesting and unique old world style beer.

Bottle. My 1st geuze!! And I am happy to say I was not disappointed! Pours a cloudy golden/brownish color, with a fairly massive head. Sour aroma, with a little fruitiness. Flavor was sour, but in a relatively subtle & enjoyable way. Very crisp, clean and refreshing! Very tasty. I look forward to other geuzes.

Bottle 37,5 cl. Thanks to Davy and Glenn (Alvinne brewery) Pours out orange colored with a thick white head. Smells fruity, sour, sweet. Taste is very similar with a sweet long lasting end. This is a good gueuze, a pleasure to drink with a company of great brewers !

My 200th. Thanks to maniac for the tasting. Somewhat hazy, very chunky. Ruby-golden colour. White head. Sweet sour fruity aroma. Very sour with surprisingly gentle palate and a hefty dose of funk.

Bottle courtesy of MaltDawg from River City Cellars on 05/17/2009. Fairly clear amber body with a medium fizzy white head. Tart light fruity aroma with a bit of barnyard and funk. Fairly tart flavor, some barnyard character, with a bit of dry fruit. Medium light body with fairly high carbonation. 8/3/8/4/16 - 3.9 Bottle on 11/30/2008 at the 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Clear golden body with a small creamy white head. Very sour aroma. Extremely sour fruit and funk flavor. Medium light body with high carbonation. - 8/3/9/4/17 - 4.1 10/28/2006: Slightly hazy light amber body with a large frothy white head. Sour light fruity aroma. Slightly puckering sour flavor, with some musky and funky hints. 8/3/8/4/16 - 3.9

Massive white and foamy head covers a dingy, cloudy, brownish straw-colored body. Lots of suspended stuff swimming around, some of it quite large and it really does look like it’s swimming as the effervescence tosses it about. Aromas are of sour apple and wood, although the sourness is definitely the most prominent. Flavor is very sharp and sour, especially at first. Sour apples are definitely the most dominant flavor here, but there are some citrus flavors and a bit of a grassy quality, too. Really interesting, but not for everyone.

I really loved this gueze. The appearance was light golden brown. It had a crisp white head on it. The aroma was wonderful, a great blend of wood, light fruits (apples and grapes) and a some sourness as well. Tastes of light oak and sour apples dominate the flavor. Not a monster pucker job, but a very well balanced beer. Great mouthfeel with a perfect amount of carbonation.

In short: A sharp acidic gueuze. Not funky enough for the genre. Good beer by itself a few notches below the classic gueuzes.
How: 375ml bottle. Re-rate for this 2007 bottle. Previous batches were better.
The look: Cloudy yellow with a short-lived white head.
In long: Acidic smell that tickles the nose and gives it a spicy feeling. Light barnyard aroma, a lot less funky than the classic 3F/Cantillon/Girardin. This 2007 batch is dry, acidic and a bit too fruity for the genre. Mouth-drying spiciness and acidity but without the funky taste. Dry hay, bananas, white pepper and a little plastic. A good beer by itself but I’ll stick to the 3F/Cantillon/Girardin unless there is a Beersel beer sale.