6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Erfrischender Kirschantrunk, das Bier ist zwar gesüßt, aber äußerst geschickt, eine leicht saure Note sorgt doch noch dafür, dass das Kriek nicht künstlich wirkt. Der Mittelteil ist ebenfalls kirschig und erfrischend, die säuerliche Note hingegen ist verschwunden, leider rutscht hier kein hintergründiges Aroma nach und eine leichte Wässrigkeit macht sich breit. Süßer werdender Nachgeschmack, etwas klebrig. Angenehm leichtes Lambic. Test vom 6.12.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 6,11,11,11,6,11 - 10,25
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2007
at 23:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Tap: Bloody red with a pink Head. Very sweet fruity(syrup), cherry. Hardly any sour. Medium body & sticky palate. Not a true lambic, still a nice one ("in the fake" category) Could drink my 25 cl!
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2007
at 09:53
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is light malty, toasted. Flavor is light to moderate sweet with a short duration. Body is light, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. (011007)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2007
at 11:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ 9th Belgian Beer Weekend, Brussels. Clear medium red color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, pink head. Aroma is cherry, sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. (020907)
Tried
on 04 Oct 2007
at 01:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled (BB 10/2007)
Dark ruby red, small steady beige head, some lace. Aroma of sour cherries, vinegar and metal. Tart flavor of cherries, rasberries and balsamico. Also notes of iron. Flavors vanish quite quickly in the aftertaste, latter part of the palate is almost watery. Taste is good, but lacks consistency. "My first flemish sour ale" - if you haven’t had one before: easy, but you can see what style is about.
Dark ruby red, small steady beige head, some lace. Aroma of sour cherries, vinegar and metal. Tart flavor of cherries, rasberries and balsamico. Also notes of iron. Flavors vanish quite quickly in the aftertaste, latter part of the palate is almost watery. Taste is good, but lacks consistency. "My first flemish sour ale" - if you haven’t had one before: easy, but you can see what style is about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2007
at 13:34
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle in Brussels, Belgium. Brownish beer with a light head. The aroma is lightly fruity, and the flavour is very sweet and only lightly sour. Overall a poorish beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2007
at 16:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
I have a keen suspicion this beer was once known as Bockor Export and has been aptly renamed, nè? Very fine head with textbook lace over metallic golden beer. Dry-grainy nose; dusty, warm grainharvest. Very grainy pils (sorry, export), with some pale malt tones and a discreet just-not-bitter hoppy reference. A bit metallic, but excellently balanced. More than light bodied, if little slickness. Superb Pilsener for a session beer, drinks extremely light & well, without any lack of taste.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2007
at 00:54
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Carried home from Belgium. A lager-like aroma with just a hint of barnyard. Just a little sour. As a beer it isn’t terrible, but as a gueuze it is pretty bad with no interesting flavors or aromas and no sourness at all. Flavor is like a faro blended with a pale lager.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2007
at 16:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from Beers of Europe at the end of April. Pours light amber barely any head at all just a few tiny bubbles. Aroma nowhere near as sharp as other gueuze’s with an almost champagne like aroma (not that I drink that stuff much) Sweeter than other gueuze, nice sourness, woody flavours, this would be a great introduction to gueuze, I’m going against the grain with the other raters here but I really liked this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2007
at 01:27
2.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1
250mL bottle from Jacob L, shared with Cquiroga on 3/25/07. I believe it was over it’s BB date by about 8 months or so, but as everyone knows, a properly kept lambic has almost unlimited possibilities for aging.
Of course, that assumes that this is a lambic, which is an incorrect assumption. This is just a Belgian ale, with a microfraction of "lambic" added. Well, nonetheless, even a Belgian ale should be able to be cellared for a long time and still be drinkable (see Orval). Anyways, what I’m getting at, is that I’m not cutting these mockeries of lambic any slack just because they decided to add a BB date on their bottle.
Well, not surprisingly, this was god-awful and nothing like a lambic. I would have guessed cider, if this was blindly put in front of me. I won’t bore you with the details, go see my review for St. Louis Gueuze or Belle-vue Gueuze. Same thing here. Insipidly sugary, vegetal to the extreme, oxidized, metallic, undrinkable.
I think it’s a real testament to the quality of a beer when two people can’t sit down and finish a 250mL bottle.
But the good news....I’ve done it! I’m through the gauntlet of all of the world’s crappy gueuzes (well, I’m not sure what to expect with St. Louis Fond Tradition, but it can’t be this bad, right?). Now I can devote my attention to solely gathering the rest of the best!
Of course, that assumes that this is a lambic, which is an incorrect assumption. This is just a Belgian ale, with a microfraction of "lambic" added. Well, nonetheless, even a Belgian ale should be able to be cellared for a long time and still be drinkable (see Orval). Anyways, what I’m getting at, is that I’m not cutting these mockeries of lambic any slack just because they decided to add a BB date on their bottle.
Well, not surprisingly, this was god-awful and nothing like a lambic. I would have guessed cider, if this was blindly put in front of me. I won’t bore you with the details, go see my review for St. Louis Gueuze or Belle-vue Gueuze. Same thing here. Insipidly sugary, vegetal to the extreme, oxidized, metallic, undrinkable.
I think it’s a real testament to the quality of a beer when two people can’t sit down and finish a 250mL bottle.
But the good news....I’ve done it! I’m through the gauntlet of all of the world’s crappy gueuzes (well, I’m not sure what to expect with St. Louis Fond Tradition, but it can’t be this bad, right?). Now I can devote my attention to solely gathering the rest of the best!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2007
at 16:26