Bogaerden Black Geuze
Brouwerij-Stokerij Sako in Gooik, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Untraditional Regular|
Score
7.23
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De lambiek voor deze Black geuze werd gebrouwen met geroosterde mout. Daarna volgde een rijping van 2,5 jaar op cognacvaten. Een heerlijke Blend van grootse smaken!
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Lambicus. Unique rating 15K-1. Darkest brown, dark tan cream. Cedar wood, Leather, herb and and Balsamico aroma, restrained tartness, aromatic wood, basil liqueur. Medium body, sparkly. Warming notes, light boozy spongy wood. Not strong though, intense flavors, but perfectly drinkable. Wood ash retronasal.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Lambicus bar
on 26 May 2026
at 18:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thick dark-cream head over brown, almost black beer. "Warm" lambic aromas, horseblanket, immortelles, sour orange, ever so slightly (tomato cream) soupy, sweet cherries, spices. Wood, dark, unfermentable sugars, again sweet cherries, hint @ roast. Farmyard, wet wood. Finish is indeed sweet and smoked. Seems to have more 'bite' than a regular gueuze; no apparent acidthinning if acidburn present; very well-carbonated. Disconcerting. Quite good, but one is put on the wrong foot at every turn.
Tried
from Bottle
from Het Huis van de Geuze
on 14 Dec 2025
at 10:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle. Color: Almost black, light brown head. Aroma: Moderate tartness, Cognac notes, some roasted malt and rural funk. Taste: Moderate to over moderate tart, (balsamico) vinegar notes, Cognac notes, wood notes, subtle funky, roasted malt mostly at the finish. Some candy sugar also. Ok, but just not my kind of beer, I think. In between Geuze and Flemish Brown. I'm missing balance in between all the different flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
from Het Huis van de Geuze
on 15 Sep 2025
at 18:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
What a coincidence (and it's not the first time I noticed) - a brewery makes something totally unique (that takes a lot of time) and way sooner than possible if they're copying, another brewery makes something so similar.
In this case, Lindemans their Cuvee renee dark (dark lambic aged on cognac barrels) and this Bogaerden Black Geuze (similar concept) are released within half a year , give or take, yet the brewing cycle takes way longer. I wonder if they talked (or spied, lol) or this really IS coincidence. It happened before with the way older-lambic-geuze releases we've seen after the pandemic, or similar new fruits all of a sudden used multiple times.
Anyway, since the Cuvee Renee Dark was pretty good, I have higher expectations of this ! It's caught up with me, having to much to drink in stock, as I haven't found the time to sample Sako's regular geuze yet (previously called adelaar, since now called Bogaerden - same concept and blend, just rebranding) . This release is the first (together with the oude geuze) under the Bogaerden name.
Gusher allert !
Pours dark brown, small white head with visual yeast residue in the foam, even though it's the first glass out of a 75cl bottle - guess the action comes from below in this gushing process, taking the particles with it. Scent is roasty, tart, but very mild on the funk. Some wood, but not specific on the cognac at all. Kinda getting more sour-stout vibes here, even though the roastyness isn't thát outspoken. Taste is full, tart and dry, bit too acetic, sharp, paint thinner / glue like harshness. Aftertaste is quite burning on the acidity, more of the velpon-like aroma. Delivers less complexity, and way, way less refinement than the lindemans. This beer deserves some finetuning. All that being said, the negatives aren't overpowering, it's not a drainpour - it's just not yet where it should be.
In this case, Lindemans their Cuvee renee dark (dark lambic aged on cognac barrels) and this Bogaerden Black Geuze (similar concept) are released within half a year , give or take, yet the brewing cycle takes way longer. I wonder if they talked (or spied, lol) or this really IS coincidence. It happened before with the way older-lambic-geuze releases we've seen after the pandemic, or similar new fruits all of a sudden used multiple times.
Anyway, since the Cuvee Renee Dark was pretty good, I have higher expectations of this ! It's caught up with me, having to much to drink in stock, as I haven't found the time to sample Sako's regular geuze yet (previously called adelaar, since now called Bogaerden - same concept and blend, just rebranding) . This release is the first (together with the oude geuze) under the Bogaerden name.
Gusher allert !
Pours dark brown, small white head with visual yeast residue in the foam, even though it's the first glass out of a 75cl bottle - guess the action comes from below in this gushing process, taking the particles with it. Scent is roasty, tart, but very mild on the funk. Some wood, but not specific on the cognac at all. Kinda getting more sour-stout vibes here, even though the roastyness isn't thát outspoken. Taste is full, tart and dry, bit too acetic, sharp, paint thinner / glue like harshness. Aftertaste is quite burning on the acidity, more of the velpon-like aroma. Delivers less complexity, and way, way less refinement than the lindemans. This beer deserves some finetuning. All that being said, the negatives aren't overpowering, it's not a drainpour - it's just not yet where it should be.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2025
at 16:23