1987 bottle shared at the Kulminator. It pours red-amber with a minimal white bubbly head. The nose is boiled sweets, sweet raspberry, tanginess and fruit gums. The taste is tangy berry, sweet-sour aspect, light tartness, jam, sherbet and chalk with a dry, faintly chalky finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not a whole lot going on....but smooth, tangy and pretty drinkable.

1987 bottle shared at the Kulminator. It pours deep red with a small bubbly head and some small particles at the bottle of the glass. The nose is sour cherry, tangy, fruit syrup and cherry tunes (throat lozenges). The taste is tangy cherry, light earth, sherbet, sour green apple, boiled sweets and jam with a smooth finish. Medium body, low carbonation and sticky mouth-feel. There’s not much to it really....it’s smooth, tangy and fairly drinkable. Fun to try nonetheless.

Re-rate (8 June 2013): Vintage 1993, 30L barrel @ In de Verzekering.
Deep brown red colour, beige head. Aroma of cherry, caramel, confiture, apple sauce and raisins. Hint of porto. Sweet flavour, raisins, caramel, cherry syrup and candy sugar. Cherry finish, caramel and raisins.
Nice, much better than the 25cL bottled version. Possibly pasteurised: no artificial sweeteners in this one as far as I could tell.
(draught @ De Dag van de Kriek, Eizeringen)
8-4-7-3-15: 3.7

Initial rating (23 April 2013):
Caramel brown colour, slight white head. Aroma of confiture, caramel, molasses, light cherry and sweetener. Sweet flavour, caramel, syrup, light fruit and confiture. Well carbonated. Finish cherry and apple treacle (appelstroop)
(from 25cL bottle @ In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst - during the after-Tour de Geuze barbecue. Thanks for sharing, Geert!)
6-2-6-3-13: 3

Courtesey of and thx! to ClubGonzo (Stian).#50 Geuze rating. 1990 Vintage. 375 ml. Bottle sampled @ In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst during the Tour De Geuze. Darker amber orange appearance, head is slightly denser white bubbles around the edges of the glass only. Smell is musty, dusty cellar, old candy, clear oxidation notes – this has been pasturized & filter if I am not mistaken, some vintage notes or regular beers gone past their peak but light hear, cobwebs, cottage & strong oxidized & filtered etc. beer. Taste is musty, dust, cobwebs, herbal, light bitterness and candy in tack, lemon, clear signs of oxidation etc. mainly because this was tempered with, mellow candy sweetness, cardboard,… Flat and much better than the Framboos (s*cked) or Kriek and way better than it has any right to be.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Eylenbosch Kriek (by Mort Subite (Alken-Maes - Heineken)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

26/III/13 - 37.5cl bottle from Kulminator (Antwerpen) @ home - BB: not indicated, but must have been an early 80ies vintage (2013-271)

Clear dark amber to ruby red beer, no head. aroma: lots of cherry candy, surprisingly actually. A bit mouldy, sweet and sugary. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sweet and fruity, cherry candy, a bit aged. Aftertaste: lots of cherry candy, sweet, slightly lemony acidity, mouldy again. Probably not a "real" cherry beer, but with added syrup and pasteurised after bottling.

1980 Vintage bottle in Brugge, Belgium. An amber/red coloured pour with virtually no head on top. Stale, sour, vaguely fruity aroma. Tastes similar, sour, fruity, cardboard like, slightly boozy. Well past its best but it is 33 years old. Interesting nevertheless.

Clear amber colour, no head. Aroma of caramel, funk, hors blanket, attick, wood. Ligh sour flavour, light sweet touch. Some prominent funk. Very delicate. Finish light sour, light sweet, hint of cork.
Nice to taste this one. The raspberry isn’t noticeable anymore though.
(From 33cL bottle @ The Vintage Tasting during Brugs Bier Festival. 1980 vintage. As Gueuze Framboise des Ardennes. Courtesy of Filip. Thanks for sharing!)

Imported from my RateBeer account as Eylenbosch Framboise Cuvee Speciale (by Mort Subite (Alken-Maes - Heineken)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

Scores entered are for the second ratings.

3/II/13 - 37.5cl bottle as "Gueuze Framboisée des Ardennes" @ Vintage Tasting during Brugs Bierfestival 2013 - BB: n/a - +- 1990 vintage (2013-133)
Ar: 3, Ap: 2, T: 3, P: 2, O: 5, Total: 1.5

Clear amber to deep orange beer, small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of mold cork, basement, pretty bad. MF: no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: fruity touch, sourish, bit woody. Aftertaste: woody, vinegar sourness, lemony, mold cork. Will have to retry with the bottle of Eylenbosch Framboise I have at home.

26/III/13 - 37.5cl bottle from Kulminator (Antwerpen) @ home - BB: not indicated, but must have been an early 80ies vintage (2013-272)

Clear ruby red beer, no head. Aroma: sweet and fruity, raspberry yoghurt, cardboard, dusty, bit moldy, sourish. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet, sugary, candy, bit cheesy, cardboard. Aftertaste: sweet: strawberry / raspberry candy, little lemony. Meh.

Note: the rating below was from another Eylenbosch Framboise, but with the same alcohol. Pretty sure it used to be the same beer, and if not, there's no where else to put the rating, so there you go. This one was probably not properly stored, because the Kulminator version was waaay better.

Bottle at DHVL, year unknown.... It pours clear amber, with a quickly dissipating bubbly white head. The nose is wood, earth, farmyard, sour yoghurt, tangy, hard honey and sweet over-ripe fruit. The taste is sweet-sour, wood, pithy lemon, lots of apple, pear skin, some underlying sweetness, tanginess and a touch of vinegar, with long, lightly tart finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Not my favourite gueuze ever, but this one has aged gracefully.

Big thanks to tquest for that one! Bottle looks interesting. Not easy to open. Finally have the beer in the glass. Looks brownish, almost no head. Mild-sourish aroma. Starts mild, modest sourish, quite fruity like peaches and apricot. Finish less sourish, almost a bit sweet. Mild-sourish aftertaste, a bit moldy. Interesting!