750 c&c from Tavour. Loud cork pop. Pours slightly translucent gold with a huge foamy white head. Aroma has that slightly sour aroma as expected. Med body. Dry and slightly sour. Mixed bacteria. None stands out. Might be a bit lactic. I have no idea how to describe the flavor, except to say it is delicious geuze. It is certainly funky, sour and a bit barnyard, but all in a very smooth tasty way. Excellent ale. Quite approachable.

Flaska från Etre Gourmet. Som vanligt en gueuze som jag tycker ligger någonstans mellan Boons och Oud Berseels. Småbubblig och skummig munkänsla, lätt funkig, snäll syra, tydlig fatkaraktär och generösa fruktiga smaker av äpplen och citrus. Mycket gott

This year's treat from HORAL with the biennial Toer de Geuze in mind, a geuze blended from lambic by Boon, Timmermans, De Cam, De Troch, Herberg, Lindemans, Tilquin, Mort Subite, Oud Beersel and newcomers Lambiek Fabriek and Kestemont - indeed a 'mega' collaboration again and interestingly so, since 3 Fonteinen and Girardin opted out of HORAL membership some years ago. Cream white, very thick and foamy, irregular, frothy head on an initially clear, deep yellow-golden robe with a whirlwind of sparkling, turning misty with sediment. Aroma of dusty attic, old dried lemon peel, dried green apple, raw cucumber, strong old oak wood, unripe orange, wood sorrel, kefir, unripe nectarine, redcurrant, green plum, dandelion leaf, horse stable, bitter garden weeds (De Troch piercing through - but not overwhelmingly so). Crisp, tart onset, very fruity-estery with notes of gooseberry, strong unripe plum, Granny Smith apple and lime, lively carbonated with pronounced minerally effects; smooth, supple body, lovely yoghurty lactic sourness in a 'malse' way through a bready backbone, carrying onwards that green fruitiness and a lemon peel-like bitterness, which becomes a bit more 'weedy' in the end. Lots of tannic woodiness in the finish, but a bright green fruitiness remains dominant, with echoes of green apples and plums even almost drowning out all that wood. Mild Bretty horsestable effects set in retronasally while a thin lemony streak keeps everything refreshing and supple. A beautifully balanced, perfectly finetuned textbook 'oude geuze', ticking all the boxes in this genre, classical as it may be. Absolutely loved it - my mouth begins to water just reminiscing about it.

Towering, very dense white head, stable, fed by lively carbonated veiled orange beer. Farmyard nose, old wet wood, saddlesoap, horses, leather, lemonrind, lactic acid. Lemony, lactic acid, leather, buttermilk, unripe exotic fruit and unripe strawberries. Light body due to acidthinning, mild acidburn, very well carbonated. Excellent malse gueuze, impressive blending.