Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Sunday, September 13, 2009 - -- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over 3 hours --

NOSE: moderately expressive bouquet: tart-smelling: tart apple skin, yeast, old wood furniture, and a hint of blood orange. Very nice bouquet.

BODY: butterscotch color; very flat - no head; a small amount of yeast is present; light to medium-light bodied.

TASTE: very light -- lacks the "pop" of many other gueuzes I've had, but this is not surprsing because this gueuze is only a 3 yr. lambic -- most gueuzes are blends of 1, 2 and 3yr.-old lambics. As lambics age, the piquant sourness of their youth gives way to a gentler, warmer spice/fruit profile -- that characteristic is certainly evident here. Light belgian spices intermingle with a delicate sourness on the palate. Light finish of great length. A bit hollow on the mid-rear palate. This would be a good gueuze for those that find the average gueuze to be "a bit much." Despite my preference for a more classically-styled gueuze, it's obvious to me this is a beer of superiour quality.

B: 50, 5, 13, 17, 8 = 93

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