Duck Duck Gooze
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular|
Score
8.10
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As with all sour ales, the initial sip wakes up your dull senses. There is an elevated level of Acetic Acids working their magic in this beer. The first sip assaults the palate in an enamel stripping bottom of the pH chain sort of way. In Belgian brewing there are fantastic wild ales brewed with naturally occurring yeast. These beers develop over time and are ready on their own terms.
Duck Duck Gooze is our homage to these effervescent and wonderfully complex sparkling beers.A blend of young and old barrel aged beers, this has been one of our most sought after beers year after year since it’s original release in 2009. Alas, it is released in very small quantities only once every three years, so it’s extremely difficult to come by beyond the day we release it. It does, however, turn up on our Tasting Room’s Vintage List from time to time, so don’t despair.
Duck Duck Gooze is our homage to these effervescent and wonderfully complex sparkling beers.A blend of young and old barrel aged beers, this has been one of our most sought after beers year after year since it’s original release in 2009. Alas, it is released in very small quantities only once every three years, so it’s extremely difficult to come by beyond the day we release it. It does, however, turn up on our Tasting Room’s Vintage List from time to time, so don’t despair.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle with monster thanks to gorditoabd. pours a murky yellow with a thin and fizzy head. Lots of sour lemon peel in the nose and flavor that are hugely sour. Grapefruit and lemon and all around love.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2009
at 19:55
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
++++ Re Rate 4 December 2009 ++++
750 ml corked and caged bottle purchased mail order from Geoi at South Bay in Imperial Beach, California. Cork opens with a soft pop. Served out of the wine fridge at approximately 55 degrees in my Boulevard Saison tulip. Pour is mostly clear golden with a one inch white head that falls quickly. There is visible fine carbonation bubbles descending in a column from the bottom of the glass. Aroma is soft tart lemons, bright acidity, gentle oak vanilla and a nice funkiness layered on top of all of that. Soft, tart, complex, inviting nose. Taste is leathery funkiness, followed closely by the tart lemon, there is a sweetness to the taste that is reminiscent of lemon sugar. In the back, the oak wood vannilla taste is pretty bright, and transitions smoothly from the funk and tart at the front. As with the nose, the taste is soft and quite well integrated. Palate has active carbonation, sharp acidity, and drying in the finish. Mouth watering tartness - makes another sip a requirement. Really nicely done. I picked up on the oak more this time around, otherwise similar to how I remember. (8,4,9,4,18 - 4.3)
++++ Original Rating 9 October 2009 ++++
750 ml bottle courtesy of mreusch. Pour is orange copper ruby, hazed with a smallish white head that falls fast. Aroma of sour lemon, earth and wood barrel. Nicely integrated, soft nose. Taste is lemon citric sour, followed by earthiness all framed in by a mild oak barrel woodiness. Soft, gentle really nicely sour and complex. Palate is soft, very fine carbonation, really gentle mellow gradual finish. Wow, nice. Thanks Matt. (8,4,9,5,17 - 4.3)
750 ml corked and caged bottle purchased mail order from Geoi at South Bay in Imperial Beach, California. Cork opens with a soft pop. Served out of the wine fridge at approximately 55 degrees in my Boulevard Saison tulip. Pour is mostly clear golden with a one inch white head that falls quickly. There is visible fine carbonation bubbles descending in a column from the bottom of the glass. Aroma is soft tart lemons, bright acidity, gentle oak vanilla and a nice funkiness layered on top of all of that. Soft, tart, complex, inviting nose. Taste is leathery funkiness, followed closely by the tart lemon, there is a sweetness to the taste that is reminiscent of lemon sugar. In the back, the oak wood vannilla taste is pretty bright, and transitions smoothly from the funk and tart at the front. As with the nose, the taste is soft and quite well integrated. Palate has active carbonation, sharp acidity, and drying in the finish. Mouth watering tartness - makes another sip a requirement. Really nicely done. I picked up on the oak more this time around, otherwise similar to how I remember. (8,4,9,4,18 - 4.3)
++++ Original Rating 9 October 2009 ++++
750 ml bottle courtesy of mreusch. Pour is orange copper ruby, hazed with a smallish white head that falls fast. Aroma of sour lemon, earth and wood barrel. Nicely integrated, soft nose. Taste is lemon citric sour, followed by earthiness all framed in by a mild oak barrel woodiness. Soft, gentle really nicely sour and complex. Palate is soft, very fine carbonation, really gentle mellow gradual finish. Wow, nice. Thanks Matt. (8,4,9,5,17 - 4.3)
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2009
at 12:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cloudy orange. Lots of yeast, and immediately recognizable as a lambic. Sour and acidic. Very low carbonation. While the flavor, yeast, and sourness are right, it really isn’t sour enough and for the prices they charge, this still isn’t as good as Cantillon. But it is still a very good, sour beer.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2009
at 13:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
GABF2009 - man, this beer is acetic as hell - the nose is all funky, earthy, leathery, oaky goodness - but the acetone kind of takes over in the flavor, washing out a lot of the cheesy funk, melon rind, lemony tartness, tangy wheat, oak - all of that stuff is there, and it’s delicious, but the acetic/vinegar qualities are a bit too much, keeping them from shining through - still a wonderful experience, though.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2009
at 22:49
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Special day, special beer. Big thanks to hapjydeuce for that bottle. Looks great, as well as the beer in the glass. Very sourish aroma. Starts quite mild with fruity notes of lemon and sour apple. The sourish notes become more and more aggressive. Finish sourish-woody, very intense. Warming aftertaste, prickly and scratchy. Very good beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2009
at 14:18
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared by Marcus. Thanks for this great beer. Pours slightly hazy orange amber with a small white head. Aroma is mildly sour, mildly funky. Medium body with mild carbonation. Falvor mildly funky, lightly citric, a touch yeasty. Finishes with citrus becoming more noticeable. A truly great ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2009
at 20:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Hazy and opaque yellow with a small, off-white head. Distinctly tart aroma with lots of acetone and Brett. Medium body, sweet fruits at first but then a massive Brettiness with lots of astringent acetone that almost feels choking. Interesting. 110709
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2009
at 08:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a very cloudy orange-amber color with a trace of a white head. The aroma was tart and bitter and reminiscent of Sweettart candies. The flavor was bitter, incredibly tart and very dry with a strong Sweettart candy element. The finish was long, dry and tart. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2009
at 17:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
A big thanks goes out to beerman6686 Dan for this brew! Had the pleasure of sampling this at the 7/9/2009 Pittsburgh RB tasting extravaganza (PGHRBEXT) at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse. It will be a long time, if ever I see a spread of bottles like I did there. I am not good enough for the beers that were that we served! For example, how about this beer; DD Gooze! Big farmy aroma. Pale yellow pour. Very good tart initial flavors. Not bitter and very enjoyable from the start. Lovely stuff. Very nifty biting carbonation really adds to the palate. Interestingly tart funky stuff. One of the better beers at this gathering. A very pleasant beer tasting experience. Finish? What finish, its gone before I knew it, blast. Overall? Simply lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2009
at 11:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
75 cl bottle, courtesy of AlohaC. Pours almost clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Shivering sourness. Crisp brett and fruity flavoured. Very vibrant. Dry and sour flavoured. Solid acetone dry finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2009
at 14:28