0,375l bottle at home. yellow lightly hazy color, small white head. smells funky, cheesy, oak, subtle walnuts, lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes funky, earthy, rather peppery, oak, cheesy, buttery. finishes lightly dry and light to medium sour with notes of funky, oak and cheesy notes. rather nice one, taste has a bit of a buttery note. very good one.

8, 8.5, 8, 8, 8

Fast gone off-white head over fully hazy orangey ochre beer. Grapes, horseblanket, lime, clay, marigolds, dry black tea, lactic. Wood, milkchocolate, horseblanket, very mild lactic acid, mals . Bit bready, fresh white bread. Finish is lime/lemon. Acidthinning and -burn, lipsmacking acidity, wheatslickness. Excellent, superb gueuze!

No head but small rim; finely carbonated cognac-coloured beer. Sweet vinous nose, as in vin doux , Sauternes, hint at amandine, green wood, very aromatic. More wine than beer, the lambic definitely giving in to the wine. Grapes, certain herbs, passion fruit bavarois. Some sweetness directly linked to the winealcohol, as from old barreled white wine. Absolutely Champenoise pearling. Despite ABV rather light body, spritzy. Impressive beverage, but as said, close to sparkling sweet wine, rather than to any beer.

Special geuze variation by Den Herberg blended with wine barrel aged lambics and commemorating local painter Louis Thevenet, a painting of whom graces the front label - a tribute reminiscent of what 3 Fonteinen has done with Felix De Boeck's oeuvre. Dense and regular, fizzing, egg-white, very moussey, thick and stable head on a hazy peach blonde robe with golden hue and a dense 'storm' of champagne-like sparkling filling the glass and sustaining the head - truly the kind of sight one seeks to behold when pouring a high level geuze, though at the bottom of the glass, a greyish 'grit' of proteins accumulates a bit. Lively aroma of yellow plum, sour white grapes, fermenting apple juice to even ripe red apple, old wood (even slight oaky vanillin), 'brut' champagne somewhere, peach kernels, gooseberries, unripe mandarin, redcurrant, mild haystack and horse barn funk in the background, freshly cut stinging nettles, young dandelion leaves, boxwood, oxidized rosé wine, stewed rhubarb, pear blossoms. Spritzy onset, utterly fruity and estery with the wine effect from the barrels piercing through the classic gooseberry, green apple and unripe nectarine in the form of a sweet, ripe blue grape-like vinosity and softness, adding to a general 'malse' character in spite of the 'champenoise' - yet very tiny-bubbled - effervescence; these sour-sweetish fruit effects persist all the way through, past a soft bready core with drying but elegantly fruity lactic acidity, tannic yet mild woodiness and retronasal notes of lightly leathery Brett funkiness. The sourness builds up a bit towards the finish, ending with more green apple and pronounced rhubarb impressions, but also lots of sweet-sour 'grapeyness', as if biting in a ripe grape; wine is still palpable and adds a creamy vinosity, a bright fruitiness and a playful colour palette. Old hops pop up briefly in the end to provide a softly bitter counterbalance but blend in well. Generally more grape- or wine-forward than I was expecting, with this effect softening the lambic acids and amplifying the overall fruitiness and brightness of this geuze. A stunningly beautiful addition to the Herberg range and to traditional geuze in general; I have seen this brewery evolve from rather predictable but very well-measured classic Belgian ales over a remarkably successful first try at lambic to a mature geuze (Devillé) - a rising trend in ever-improving quality and solidity, now culminating in this glorious masterpiece of a geuze. Unlike some other lambic producers, Den Herberg does not churn out one fruit or other flavoured variant after another to generate buzz and Untappd ticks: instead, they build slowly but securely on a road they mapped out for themselves, with each product being very carefully developed into perfection. This Thevenet geuze is a wonderful example of this increasing curve and uncompromising search for top quality - I cannot wait to see what comes out next, but I happily give them all the time they need to perfect it, whatever it may become...

Bottle. Color: Lightly hazy golden, thin white head. Aroma: Tart, fruity, vinuous, minerals. Taste: Moderate to over moderate tart, vinegar hints, fruity grape and citrus, vinuous notes, subtle leathery funk, minerals, oak wood, light vanilla sweetness. Medium body, quite lively carbonation for a Geuze. Nice complexity.

Bottle. Batch 4, lot MEUZ20. Color: Clear pale golden, very thin white head. A lot of tiny carbonation bubbles keep coming up in the glass. Aroma: Champagne-like, fruity, funky hints. Taste: Champagne, brut, some Lambic-like tartness proves the presence of the Old Lambic. Hints of oak wood, wild yeast funk and old hop. Fruity grape and lemon. Light to moderate sweet and tart. Just below medium body, average carbonation. Nice mix.