Sour White - No Hops

Gageleer in Oud-Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

Brewed at/by: De Proefbrouwerij
Wheat Ale Regular

Score

6.48

ABV: 4.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 12

Is a wheat-like beer. Although high fermentation it has a low alcohol percentage for a Belgian of 4,3%. Bog Myrtle (sweet gale, Myrica Gale in Latin) is used in stead of hops for adjusting taste and conserving the beer. This beer is very refreshing and the perfect thirst quencher on a summer’s day. One can not compare this white beer to other typical Belgian whites. Lactic fermentation gives it a surprising taste mélange of sourish, fruity and herbal experiences. There are no other herbs used besides Bog Myrtle. You go back to a true medieval tasting experience, the taste of beer before hops were introduced in the low countries hundreds of years ago.

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7.8

tderoeck (22679) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

27/VIII/23 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ home, BB: 3/II/23 (2023-507)

Clear orange blond beer, big creamy white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, passion fruit, a bit lemony, a bit malty, yeasty, lactobacillus. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sourish start, pretty fruity, passion fruits, peaches, some banana, kiwi, a little bitter. Aftertaste: nice acidity, fruity, passion fruit, juicy, refreshing, nice one, I like it!

Tried from Bottle from Bierwinkel De Hopduvel on 27 Aug 2023 at 18:00

Erzengel (18528) ticked Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 2 years ago

Thanks Jef! Easy to drink, slightly sour with herbal parts. Easy to drink, a bit spiced with a nice sour fruity ending.

Tried on 17 Jun 2023 at 14:59

7.1

Sloefmans (15338) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Medium, slighly yellowish dense head over hazy dark-orange beer, lace. Very spicy nose, peppery - the myrica - cypress, aromatic. Sour, very lemony, lemonbalm, lime. Less spicy, emphasis on the acidity. Sour oranges. Refreshing, light, slight acidbite. Good carbonation. Surprising beer, but the discrepancy between the nose and the flavour irks me. Still, I find it better than the original Gageleer.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2022 at 13:12

6.5

mike_77 (15884) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hazy pale blond with thin wispy head. Aroma and flavour are floral and herbal with a fresh citric tartness. Lemon balm.

Tried on 27 Dec 2020 at 16:28

4.9

TomHendriksen (8095) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Fles gekregen van Bram, thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een helder goudgeel bier met een medium witte schuimkraag. Het aroma is graanig en zuur. De smaak is zurig en citrus achtig.

Tried on 03 Jun 2020 at 12:24

Bart23 (984) ticked Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2020 at 16:17

7.3

Kermis (23401) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 6 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of herbs, citrus and lemon. Flavour is moderate sour. Medium bodied with light carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2019 at 18:19

7.3

sjogro (11831) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 6 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

--- Beer merged from original tick of Gageleer Sour White - No Hops on 22 Sep 2019 at 16:25 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle at De Samenscholing. Clear golden with white head. Sour grains, lacto, lemony, very drinkable sour ale. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2019 at 14:27

Maakun (16495) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Water en Brood. Bitter hazy light yellow with bright white head. Sour lemon, soft wheat, light herbs, soft gavel but less then in the regular Gageleer. Almost medium sour, light sweet and bitter. Almost medium bodied. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2019 at 17:58

6.8

Rubin77 (10150) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

F: big, creamy, snow-white, good retention. C: blonde to pale gold, bit hazy. A: light malty, sour fruity, lemon water, herbal. T: sour fruity, lemon, herbal, dry on the palate, very refreshing bit puckering, light body and soft carbonation, not bad at all yet not for the style, 33cl bottle from Dolma Magasin Bio in Brussels.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2018 at 18:02