NV Brouwerij Boon Oude Geuze à l'Ancienne (2012-2013)

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  11/20/2021 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  The base beer is fermented spontaneously and then aged in old oak foudres. The Gueuze is blended from three batches, the main batch (90%) coming from the brewing period mentioned in the label, it being late 2012 to spring 2013 here. The main batch is aged for 18 months in oak foudres, but a small addition (5%) of lambic aged for three years is blended in to add complexity and a small addition (5%) of young, still partially fermented lambic aged for up to 12 months is added for the secondary fermentation in the bottle. Best by February 2nd, 2035. 7% alcohol. Tasted along with 15 other Gueuzes.
  
  Slightly hazy golden yellow color. The beer starts to foam out of the bottle as soon as the cork is popped. Slightly evolved and perhaps subtly reduced nose with aromas of lemony citrus fruits, some smoky notes of burnt hair, a little bit of farmhouse funk and a hint of urine. The beer is dry, medium-bodied and slightly evolved on the palate with a balanced and somewhat predictable taste of wizened yellow apple, some grainy malt, light phenolic spicy notes, a little bit of earth and a hint of bretty funk. Medium sourness. Balanced, soft and quite persistent carbonation with almost nonexistent hop bitterness. The finish is dry, gently and mildly sour with medium-long flavors of grainy malt, some spicy phenolic notes, a little bit of leathery funk, light smoky notes of burnt hair and a hint of ammonia.
  
  A nice, balanced and enjoyable, if perhaps a bit predictable and pedestrian Gueuze. Shows all the textbook elements of the genre, but ultimately relatively little of something particularly noteworthy. Has developed some evolved complexity over the years compared to the younger bottles I've tasted, but not enough to make the beer feel noticeably improved. An enjoyable allrounder that delivers what one could expect from a Gueuze, but nothing much beyond that. Priced according to its quality at 5,79€ for a 0,375-liter bottle.

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  11/28/2015 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  BBE 2035.
  
  Consistent with my previous tasting notes. A soft, clean and easy-to-approach gueuze with enough sharpness to fill all my lambic needs. Not the most complex effort out there, but great stuff all the same. Solid value at 5,79€ for a 0,375-liter bottle.

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  11/20/2015 - Henman Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Rather full bodied and smooth, showing lifted flavors of lime or citrus, giving it a nice sour aspect. A bit of hoppy bitterness as well. Not much heat coming through. Overall very balanced and quaffable. Yummy!

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  7/17/2015 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  BBE 2035.
  
  Initially clear deep golden color with faint copper brown highlights; cloudy orange brown with the yeasts. Very persistent, thick white head. Sour, pungent nose with aromas of lemony citrus fruits, green apple skins, some floral aromatics and copious amounts of fruity Belgian yeast esters. Surprisingly clean nose - no noticeable bretty, phenolic or volatile dirtiness. Quite full-bodied, but also very dry, sour and lemony palate with flavors of green apples, pungent ammonia, some dried peach, a little popcorn and a hint of salinity. Surprisingly crisp and grippy with soft and smooth carbonation. Tart and sour finish with some hoppy bitterness - a bit atypical characteristic for a gueuze - and flavors of chalk, old wood and a slightest hint of bretty leather.
  
  This is a good benchmark gueuze: full of typical flavors of the style, but is still far from the most extreme examples of the style. Covers nicely the middle ground between the mouth-puckeringly sour lemon monsters and the smoother, dirtier and rounder, suave gueuzes. Nice stuff, although I would've preferred more dirtier and nastier approach. Will probably age nicely for a decade or more. Recommended and a good buy at 5,79€ for a 37,5 cl bottle.

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