St. Louis Gueuze

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Ingelmunster, Belgium

A pleasent geueze, which is nice for newcomers, so if you are for the Cantillons then forget this. But refreshing it is in the summerheat with notes of sweet sourgrapes. Sparkling darkorange hazy head with summernotes as flowers, herbal and sourfruits. For my wife!

Not a very bright colour. Fruity aroma and dito flavour.

Looks great in the glass, a lovely deep amber with firm creamy head. The nose is a fruity melon which is not all too sour. The flavour is mellow and not at all too sharp. Perhaps the purists may say this in not sour enough but to my taste this one is great. The best of its style I have had, I can just imagine this beer with seafood on a Summer's day.

25cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, not complex sweet gueuze, yet refreshing, balanced, clear, good head, simpel brew

Bottle. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of fruit and sugar.

Bottle at 3-små Rum , Göteborg Sweeden: Hazy yellow colour,with almost no head. Aroma of cider,fruits, sweet and a bit sournes in the end. Flavor: Mild mouth feeling marizipan, and citrus mix(?) Thin body, and a thin to medium finish.

Green bottle - LCBO - Big sticker on the side announcing it is artificially flavoured. Amber colour, initially large white head which quickly reduces to a small one. Kind of a sweaty-peppery aroma with a sour tinge, some apple & vodka (?) in there too. What a contrasting taste, like over ripe apples that have been dried and eaten as a snack food, a ’dusty’ finish, little carbonation, just odd. Not what I expected at all.

Green bottle, 375 ml, best before 04-2009, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on March 22 2006; eye: copper with a reddish hue, clear, voluminous beige head that falls rapidly to leave a blanket on top of the beer, lacing, good effervescence; nose: lambic, light fruitiness, horse blanket; mouth: surprisingly the expected acidity is barely present, relatively thin, definitely uncommon savours, horse blanket, stale apple, sugar is present throughout the sip, a bit of hops, finale in horse blanket with stale apple, slightly bitter, mildly sweet, medium body, rather carbonated; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 375 ml, meilleure avant 04-2009, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 22 mars 2008; œil : cuivrée avec une teinte rougeâtre, claire, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe assez rapidement pour laisser un petit tapis, dentelle, bonne effervescence; nez : lambic, léger fruité, cheval; bouche : curieusement l’acidité tant attendue est à peine présente, relativement mince, définitivement des saveurs non fréquentes, cheval, pomme éventée, sucre est présent tout au long de la gorgée, un peu de houblon, finale en cheval avec de la pomme éventée, très légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : déçu