Lou Pepe Gueuze
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Winter|
Score
8.09
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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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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Re-rate: 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. Nov 05, 2020 (9/4/8/5/18=4.4): 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 06:34
8.1/10
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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
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0.75 l bottle from 'De Bierkoning', 2013 vintage, bottled in April 2015, cellared for almost four years, consumed on Christmas Eve 2019. Almost clear, orangeish amber with a thin, slightly fluffy, slowly diminishing, white head. A bit sweetish, sourish-fruity, gently funky aroma of old lemon, oak, horse blanket, a touch of quince and traces of leather. Just a little sweet, quite sour, gently funky and rather fruity taste of old lemon, quite some horse blanket, leather, oak and a touch of gooseberry, followed by a medium long, fairly tart, rather woody-dry, funky finish. Medium body, slightly astringent, spritzy and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very tasty and well-balanced Gueuze, a real pleasure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2019
at 19:34
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Fermentoren, Copenhagen. Pours hazy peachy orange with a medium white head. Aromas of green apples, vinegar, light tannin, fun, straw, barnyward, tart fruits, light cheesy notes. Taste is sour green apples, vinegar, light wheat, funk, peppery notes, lots of barnyard and some tannin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 17:19
Vintage tick enjoyed at Tim's housewarming in 2016. Thanks Raul!
Tried
on 02 Oct 2019
at 09:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared by my Zwanze buddy mj. Yellow pour. Funky nose for sure. Tastes of basement, cheese, grassy, bbqsauce. Yahoo Zwanze day
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2019
at 18:53
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 2006 version. Clear golden colour with very little bubbly head. Aroma is sour, flat creaminess, nice fruitiness, nice mustiness too, horse blanket! Taste is lovely. Bit of citrus, creamy, bit herbal, touch of grapefruit, gooseberry maybe. Initial sourness, then the creaminess, then musty and bit sour finish. Really nice. Perfect for my Xmas day treat. Can't really beat it. --- Beer merged from original tick of Lou Pepe Gueuze on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9. Original review text: Bottle at home, 2006 version. Clear golden colour with very little bubbly head. Aroma is sour, flat creaminess, nice fruitiness, nice mustiness too, horse blanket! Taste is lovely. Bit of citrus, creamy, bit herbal, touch of grapefruit, gooseberry maybe. Initial sourness, then the creaminess, then musty and bit sour finish. Really nice. Perfect for my Xmas day treat. Can't really beat it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
9.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Finally I got hold of this beer. Vintage 2000. Aroma has oak, grapes, some hops and grapefruit, The flavor is stronger and even more complex. A good deal of sourness, but not overwhelming. Even a hint of sweetness present. I found so many flavors. Honey, oak, grapefruit, grape juice, banana liquor, pineapple. A magnificent and immensely complex beer in all aspects. Less assertive as the "normal"Cantillon geuze, but makes that up in finesse. A worthy # 1400!
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07