Brasserie Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 )

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 )
(Batch of Lou Pepe Gueuze)

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

Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production

Score

7.87

ABV: 5.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 193

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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mart (27384) ticked Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 5 months ago

Hapu, päris mõru, funky, väga kuiv, tsitrus. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2025 at 16:20

8.8

pictoman (9602) reviewed Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Poured from 750mL bottle (2011 vintage, bottled 2014). Slightly hazy golden orange with minimal white head. Earthy funk, wood, dry, but sweet tones. Complex.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2020 at 06:35

8.1

BeerPlace (10850) reviewed Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml (thx, Matt!) at Phill's place. 2011 label. 2013 cork. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: earthy, minerally, fruity, some barrel, very complex and elegant. Taste: along the same lines, tons of minerals. Overall: very nice, a bit too minerally for me, though.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29

7.5

bier4der (3355) ticked Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle at Brasserie Cantillon on 27 Sep 2020 at 19:33

Martin Lindström (24441) ticked Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 6 years ago

Tried from Bottle at Himmeriget on 09 May 2019 at 11:52

jtclockwork (20071) ticked Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 7 years ago

golden orange, lemon, funk, horseblanket, minerals. 4.4

Tried on 27 Aug 2018 at 18:27

Tdtm82 (4812) ticked Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 9 years ago

Shared with Ang, Mes n Sim last night. So much funk. Stunning acid. One of the best.

Tried on 20 Mar 2016 at 11:22

8.1

Werckmeister (8037) reviewed Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) from Brasserie Cantillon 9 years ago

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

0,75l bottle at home at Vienna Tasting. Vintage 2011, Bottled 01/2014. light orange rather hazy color, small white head. smells of green apples, nutty, marzipan, some funk, light leather. nice smell. medium body, quite bubbly carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of green apples, some funk, leather, citric, nutty, marzipan, finishes rather sour and quite dry with with notes of marzipan and green apples. good one, sour but I had more sour Cantillons, good stuff. 8, 4, 8, 4, 17

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2016 at 08:38

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2011 Sticker, Bottled 2013 ) (Batch of Lou Pepe Gueuze)