Bouteille 750ml (2005). de couleur dorée et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées acides et légèrement sûres (pomme vertes aux notes cidreuses, léger de citron, traces d’ananas et d’abricots) avec des notes de de blé sûr ainsi que des traces d’alcool et d’épices (poivre). Rondeur mince-moyenne en bouche et très peu pétillante avec une très légère texture aqueuse. Goût de levures fruitées légèrement sûres et acides (léger de citron, traces de cerises sûres et d’abricots) avec de faibles traces boisées (bois humide) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût d’un goût fruité légèrement plus sucré et moins sûr (pommes vertes aux notes cidreuses, notes d’ananas) puis finalement l’on retrouve des traces de beurre et de blé avec des notes d’alcool très doux. Post-goût moyen, légèrement sûr et acide de levures fruitées avec des traces d’alcool.

Bouteille 750ml, 2006. Couleur orangée un peu trouble, absence de mousse, anneau minime sur les parois du verre. Arôme vineux, levure sauvage, pêche?, un peu boisé, vinaigre. Goût de vin blanc, grande acidité, légère astringence. Carbonation très faible, corps moyen, un peu huileuse. Manque de complexité.

Brown bottle, 750 ml, savoured January 1 2012; eye: golden, slightly hazy, no effervescence, white head that disappears completely, no lacing; nose: sourness, freshness, horse, wild yeast, light woody, light citrus; mouth: sourness, acidity, horse, wild yeast, light woody, light citrus, sour finale with presence of wild yeast, medium body, average carbonation, rather acidic and sour, a bit thin; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, savourée le 1er janvier 2012; œil : dorée, très légèrement voilée, pas d’effervescence, mousse qui disparaît presque instantanément, pas de dentelle; nez : aigreur, fraîcheur, cheval, levure sauvage, léger boisé, léger citron; bouche : aigreur, acidité, cheval, levure sauvage, léger boisé, léger citron, finale aigre avec présence de levure sauvage, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt acide et aigre, texture un peu mince; en résumé : bien

I guess i got a good batch, like Hogtownharry. Hazy golden gueuze with a thin white head. Light chalky horseblanket aroma, a bit lactic, but overall pleasant. In mouth, a sweetish malt with light acidic points, a bit thin and simple, with some cherry notes. Not the real thing, but coming from Schoune, this is not a drainpour. Pleasing. Tasted with Capflu and Dumdum.

2005 750mL capped bottle from the generous Montreal crew, brought to me by Muzzlehatch. Sampled and then poured out on 2/18/06.
Pretty sad appearance. If there was a true refermentation through blending, as the bottle says, it certainly didn’t carbonate the beer. Dull, flat, peachy gold beer, with some light sediment on the bottom. The nose is heavily buttery, with light burnt pop corn dryness, rather sickening, with rotten cheese and a strong, bland, lightly sour wheat. Seems very heavily wheaty from the aroma, with musty yeast notes that are drowned out in butter and spoiled peaches. Flavor is fruity, yes, but it’s very unauthentic and laced with butter, cheese-flavored pop corn and a watery, oily, flat, loose body. Heavily oxidized. I do see some of the tropical fruits that David mentions, but they are oily and when combined with all of the butter and rotting cheese flavors, it just confuses things. Where is the brett, maybe there is some very light pediococcus giving some minor oily sourness? Probably just imagining things. Hell, they couldnt even get the lactobacillus in to this thing, seemingly, and that’s got to be more difficult to keep out of the beer than in. Didnt find any alcohol, on the positive side....It’s too bad, ma petite was, although not a gueuze, a well-made Belgian wit-like beer. The Torontoans ranking this beer near or on par with Cantillon and Drie Fonteinen is very frightening, even in better condition than this bottle, I can’t ever envision this beer being good. 3/1/2/1/3

2006 bottle shared by Adam C on 7/24/15, thanks!
Well, well, we meet again, La Spontanee.....I can’t say I’ve pined away the days waiting to try you again, but the nine years gone by have not been too bad to you. You’ve made peace with your diacetyl demons, which was your biggest problem and now drift on as a lightly carbonated, vaguely lambic-y, vaguely oude bruin-ish sour ale. Oxidation kept in check quite well, with no particular flaws or overly sweet/insipid flavors. Alcohol pretty well in-check and all-in-all, a very pleasant, drinkable beer, if very uneventful/unexciting. Rating is for this sample (I’ll pretend the fresh 2005 bottle never existed)....