Gueuze
De Neve in Schepdaal, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.44
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear amber golden colour, white head. Aroma of citrus, apple, melon, funk, malts, honey, sour lemon juice and acetic acid. Sour flavour, vinegar, citric acid, pickle and apricot. Decent carbonation. Sour finish, light vinegar, acetobacter, lingering sour. And no Madeira/raisin notes.
Nice! Certainly very different from a recently tasted sweetened geuze by Belle-Vue from the same period. According to a certain German geuzesteker, whose knowledge of lambics I completely trust, these bottles are pure De Neve lambic.
(From 75cL bottle @ WoSF, Buggenhout 2013. As Belle-Vue Fond Geuze 1989)
Nice! Certainly very different from a recently tasted sweetened geuze by Belle-Vue from the same period. According to a certain German geuzesteker, whose knowledge of lambics I completely trust, these bottles are pure De Neve lambic.
(From 75cL bottle @ WoSF, Buggenhout 2013. As Belle-Vue Fond Geuze 1989)
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2013
at 17:35
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
One more old bottle from the original brewery – are the InBev bottles even out there? BBF strip ends @ 1994 – so def older than that, 1992? Vintage maybe. 375 ml. bottle @ DHL thanks. Appearance is bright lambic amber with some white bubbles for a head, more lambic than geuze looks – reminds me a bit of the old De Troch lambic had before. Smell is oxidated musty cellar, old candy sugar, light tart apples, dust,.. Taste is lovely tart apples, finish sour apples, flowers, lemon, lightly musty orange, tart lemon, reminds me idd a bit of De troch, very old lambic, not that new or geuze crap, touch watery, almost but still holding up, very drinkable, little if at all carb. Not the best but a very enjoyable one even if already showing signs of wear, was this entirely proper to begin with? What is up with some people having had this at the first RBBWG in Antwerp – must have been way passed out / asleep / tired when that happened. Or maybe not invited?
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2013
at 13:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375mL bottle at DHVL, unknown exact vintage but for sure before 1994, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of dusty dry cardboard, sawdust, and barnyard funk. Flavour brings out dry cardboard, some barnyard funk, a little wood and sawdust. Lots of funk, with a very dry woody character. Finishes with loads of funk, wood and minimal acidity. Very complex stuff. This has stood the test of time exceptionally well. Wonderful gueuze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2013
at 12:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1991 bottle. Pours with a lightly hazed deep golden hued body with low carbonation. Aromas are funky, floral, chlorine and grass. Apple, medium ester, low lemon, tea bag like tannic (over steeped tea aroma). Flavors are lightly tart, some tongue depressor like wood, chlorine, slightly odd off-flavor that I can’t quite pin point, mild acetic acid. Medium carbonation, dry. Probably well past its prime, but I do not have much to compare it to.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2012
at 12:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Christers. 1990 or earlier vintage, BB 1992. Pours clear orange golden, no head. Aroma of brett, barnyard, horseblanket, vinegar, dusty. Flavor is barnyard, horse blanket, green grapes, dust, vinegar, light vinegar. Thin body, flat carbonation, dry finish. Nice and easy drinking. 041212
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2012
at 10:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from before 1992, 5.2%. Clean amber with no head. Aroma is malt, wheat, tart, barnyard, little sulfur and leather. Flavour is malt, wheat, little tart, barnyard, leather, little sulfur, flat and a little citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2012
at 13:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle best before 1992. No head. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are nice and sour brett, vinegar, leather, barnyard, malt and fruity notes. Nice, dry and acetic. No carbonation what so ever.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2012
at 13:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. BB 1992. Clear amber without head. Aroma is dry, malty, vinegar and barnyard. Flavor is medium sweet and rather acidic. Dry and rather acidic finish. Completely flat. 041212
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2012
at 13:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
1991 bottle shared at RBSG LA. Dirty, orangish-brown. Very funky, sulfury, acidic nose. Very sour, rather acidic, oxidized flavor. Intersting, but this is not at its best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2012
at 05:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1991 bottle at Akkurat. It pours clear amber, with a thick white head. The nose is toffee apple, tinned fruit, maple syrup, apple, melon and toast. The taste is caramel, toffee, tinned fruit, tangy citrus and apricot, with a dryish finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not as sour as I normally like my geuze, but not a bad beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2012
at 08:43