Lou Pepe Gueuze

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

Lambic Style - Gueuze Winter

Score

8.09

ABV: 5.5%

IBU: 30

Ticks: 204

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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Werckmeister (8153) reviewed

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2003 Sticker, Bottled 2005) from Brasserie Cantillon

6 years ago

8.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9

(Vintage 2003) 0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 2006. dark yellow clear color, small white head. smells herbal, grassy, berry notes, light sweetness, elder flowers, lovely smell. medium body, soft carbonation. tastes earthy, grassy, bit flowery, elder flowers, citric, hay, wood, hints of some herbs, spices. finishes dry and lightly sour with notes of hay, elder flowers and some spicy notes. very very nice one, great balance, so smooth to drink, superb 9, 4, 9, 4, 18

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2019 at 20:35

Martin Lindström (24359) ticked

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

7 years ago

8/10

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

Martin Lindström (24359) ticked

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2002) from Brasserie Cantillon

7 years ago

10/10

Tack Lennart S.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2019 at 22:07

Vignale (8447) reviewed

Lou Pepe Gueuze from Brasserie Cantillon

7 years ago

9.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5

Flaska drucken på Moeder Lambic Orginal, 2011 vintage. En riktigt snygg, torr, krispig och komplex Gueuze med medelstorsyra, en hel del funk och en fin fruktighet med äpplen, kvitten och aprikoser. Mycket mycket gott drucken i en miljö som gjorde den rättvisa.

Tried on 12 Oct 2018 at 07:47

mart (27261) reviewed

Lou Pepe Gueuze from Brasserie Cantillon

7 years ago

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle at hawidere, 2013 vintage. Pours orange. Aroma is funky, fruits, vinegar. Flavor is sour, bitter, funk, mustiness, vinegar, dry, slight cognac like dryness and hint of grapes. Finish is sour and dry. Overall: very good

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2018 at 15:48

Werckmeister (8153) reviewed

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2013 Sticker, Bottled 2015 ) from Brasserie Cantillon

7 years ago

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

30.09.2018: 0,75l from bottle at Hawidere, Vienna. dark yellow hazy color, small white head. smells citric, grassy, earthy, spices, blue cheese, peppery, bit funky, some wood. decent smell, has a bit of a vin jaune quality to it. nice smell. medium body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes citric, earthy, spices, peppery, light funk, wood, bit vinegary. finishes dry and medium sour with notes of citrus, grass and spicy notes. decent but also expected a bit more. 8, 4, 8, 3, 16: 3.9

18.08.2021: 0,75l from bottle at Sanders, shared by me. Vintage 2013.
Bottled 27.04.2015. Amber hazy color, small white head. Smells grassy, earthy, cantillon Funk, peppery, spices, some oak. Very nice smell. Medium body, soft carbonation. Tastes citric, grassy, earthy, subtle funk, spices, peppery, light stone fruits, hay, tobacco. Finishes dry and lightly sour with notes of stone fruits, tobacco and grassy notes. Very nice one, very subtle balance, very good to drink

8, 4, 8, 4, 17

23.03.2025: 0,75l bottle at home during Charity Tasting. Yellow hazy color, small white head. Smells funky, oak, nutty, peppery. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes oak, funky, peppery, bit cheesy. Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of pepper, funky and cheesy notes. Very nice one

9, 8, 8, 8, 8

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2018 at 22:00