Gueuze Black Label
(has 15 batches)
Brouwerij Girardin in Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular|
Score
7.99
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Color: Clear golden, white head. Aroma: Fruity apple, rural funk. Taste: Fruity apple and hints of citrus, oak wood, rural funk notes, some hay and minerals. Hints of old hop. Moderate tart. Dry-ish finish. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Well balanced and nice complexity, as always with Girardin Black. My go-to Oude Geuze... Never disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2026
at 18:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
a small bottle, caged and corked, purchased from the brewery, and drunk at Dad’s place while home on holiday. Aroma: not especially sour, but the funk is there. Appearance: semi-opaque dark amber, orange-tinged lacing. Palate: medium-bodied and tart, quite lively carbonation; finish is long, complex and well-balanced, rather chewy. Taste: sour flavour is predominant though understated, some sweet notes. Fresh yeast, rice wine, a lick of old belt. Great palate on this one, feels like having eaten something nutritious.
Tried
on 27 May 2025
at 18:35
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Wow. Incredibly complex aroma of fruit, tart apple, brett funk, cellar notes, wood. Flavour is masterfully tart, well-balanced sourness. Finish is very dry. Really, the balanced and compelling way the aroma and flavour interplay is a stroke of brilliance. Best Gueuze I’ve had to date, and probably one of my favourite beers altogether. I will drink this at every opportunity.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 13:57