Brasserie Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze (2008 Sticker, Bottled 2011 )

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2008 Sticker, Bottled 2011 )
(Batch of Lou Pepe Gueuze)

 

Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production
Score
7.23
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 173
The Lou Pepe Gueuze is a blend of three different 2-year-old lambics. The standard Cantillon Gueuze is a blend of 1,2, and 3-year-olds. The inclusion of the younger lambic (which still has some unfermented sugars in it) sparks a refermentation in the bottle that gives Gueuze its famous champagne-like spritziness. The simple idea behind the special Lou Pepe blend is that it should have much more of the taste of old lambic, which is of course much harder, drier, more sour, and more complex than the young stuff. (Though 3-year-olds are generally more complex than 2-year-olds, it's not necessarily so; the 2-year-olds used in this instance have as much character as most 3-year-olds.) This being Gueuze, it has to be spritzy, so the brewery opted for the same method used in conditioning champagne: everyday refined sugar is dissolved in water and added to cause a refermentation. The sugar ferments out completely, so there is no residual sweetness, which Jean-Pierre famously detests.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from 750mL bottle (2008 vintage, bottled 21 April 2011; brought back from my Aug 2011 trip to Brussels). Cork had a bit of mold on the top, under the cap. Hazy golden orange with minimal white head. Touch of cheese, quite soft subdued funk, dry-ish. Still good, but preferred the 2011 vintage. May have been that I stored it standing up for years, before moving to the fridge on its side.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2022 at 05:29


8

Gold, white head: funk, lemon, oak, horseblanket. 4.3

Tried on 03 Jun 2018 at 00:25