Lou Pepe Gueuze (1999 Sticker, Bottled 2002)
(Batch of Lou Pepe Gueuze)
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production|
Score
8.06
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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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8.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Dirty brown color. Light lacing. Amazing nose of barnyard. Leather, oak, iron and hay. Definitely some oxidation but it works so well. Tart, leather oxidation tons of barnyard and cobwebs. Super tart. Superb long tart finish with the oak continuing
Tried
on 10 Jun 2025
at 13:25
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,75l bottle shared at charity tasting at home. amber hazy color, small white head. Smells funky, earthy, wood, bit sherry, cheesy. very nice smell. medium body, soft carbonation. Tastes cheesy, citric, grassy, earthy, light sherry. Finishes quite dry and medium sour with notes of citrus, grass and earthy notes. very nice, overall very fresh, lots of citric notes, great balance.
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 9
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2022
at 18:37
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle, 750 ml at charity tasting. Cloudy orange with small white head. Funky, cellar, quite sour, citric. Juicy. Pretty complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2022
at 22:00
8/10
Golden orange pour. Woody horse funk, mineral funk in finish, lightly tart lemon peel. 4.3
Tried
on 27 Aug 2018
at 18:24
10/10
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Tried
on 17 May 2014
at 15:40