Pours a clear, darker copper. Medium white head. Scent is very funky, barnyard brett, wood ( very strong) quite intense. Creamy impression. Taste is intense, very brett and funk forward. Citric acid, very woody, bready, very toasty maltyness for a lambic. The lightest touch of smokyness as well. Not as creamy as expected. But certainly a nice geuze. New, yet immediatly recognizable. Respect !!

It seems the lambic revival, a specific side effect of the global craft beer revolution, has prompted some of the small – and often somewhat sleepy – ale brewers in the Pajottenland to experiment with their own lambics and geuzes even if they have no further experience in this very peculiar segment of beer production, and 4 Pajot apparently got inspired as well; it remains, however, very unclear to me how 4 Pajot did it – maybe they did brew their own lambic and named it after Gaasbeek (a village less than two miles down the road from where the brewery is located), but my guess is that if this is the case, it was at least combined with other lambic from one or more established lambic producers. From a 37,5 cl bottle. Thin and open, snow white, quickly dissolving head on an initially clear, warm orangey-golden robe, misty with sediment. Aroma of lemon juice, old oak wood, Parmigiano, green plum, old cheese rind, green olives, peach kernels, light barnyard, ferrous spring water, touch of raw horse steak. Tart onset, lemony in a crisp, spritzy way, green gooseberry and green apple impressions, lively carbonation (about right for a geuze), smooth and somewhat vinous mouthfeel; bread-crusty malts under green-fruity esters and fruity lactic acidity, everything remaining supple and elegant. More zestiness and woody tannins in the finish along with cheese-, green olive- and barnyard-like touches of Bretty funk and slight umami, persisting in a drying, woody, sour-fruity finish. This is, in all, quite a good geuze indeed – feels a bit Lindemans-like in its elegance and souplesse and considering the Lindemans brewery is not far away, I am left wondering if this could be the ‘established’ lambic that went in here… And if 4 Pajot actually did do the brewing themselves, then I can only recommend them to continue on this path.