6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pours a turbid light yellow. No real head. Scent is very raw, rough, phenolic. Not great at all. Has an almost 'rotten' quality to it.
Taste is tart, balanced ( pleasant surprise) with indeed elderflower (here too, balanced). Far less repelling than the aroma. Rather sharp and fast fading, mild lingering acidity and yeasty notes. Not great, but far from bad tastewise, even for someone like me who's not into elderflower. But the aroma needs some fixing... The color isn't to inviting, and a clear glass bottle is just.... Ugh

75cl bottle @ Belgian Beer Geeks Winter Gathering. Thanks Maakun for this! Pours a cloudy gold. Aroma brings a floral wild air with mild grape hints Quite a confident wild character with a massive acetic hit, and a lip-smacking tart natural wine feel, which makes sense now that I see its been aged on wine lees. Really enjoyed this, though was a bit savage for others. One of my beers of the evening.

5.1

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 3.5

Sonic brew - Raisin Sauvage

Bottle shared at Brewver Belgian Winter Gathering. Hazy pale yellow color, no head. Smell and taste are sourish, rhubarb-ish. Oh well. A small glass is drinkable but more than that, no. 5-6-6-5-3,5

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

1/III/25 - 75cl bottle @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (2025 Winter/Spring edition), BB: n/a, bottled: 13/VIII/22, lot SB2022 (2025-182) Thanks to Maakun for sharing the bottle!

Pretty cloudy light yellow beer, small creamy to aery light yellow head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: funky, earthy, dry impression, woody notes, a little fruity, peaches and some apricots. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very acidic, lemony, earthy, dry, super sour, bitter touch. Aftertaste: acidic, lemony, some tannins, very sour, vinegar notes.

5.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Bouteille 75cl @ Belgian Winter gathering 01 March 2025 – Tim’s place, thanks Maarten.
Bottled 13/08/2022.
Dorée/pale, col blanc effervescent pas tenace.
Bouquet moyen-faiblard centré sur un nez oscillant vers le vinaigre/acétique surfant avec l’infection – pas certain que cela soit voulu voire recherché dans ce qui se veut comme un lambic ? Peu d’impact du côté résiduel des raisins et de l’apport de la lie.
Bière qui d’emblée est marqué par un caractère acétique/vinaigre prononcé – cela vient rappeler le côté Hanssens d’antan. Cela se vaut comme lambic mais pour moi, le simple usage de ‘sour’ serait plus adapté. Touche un peu pâtissière avec un caractère fruité délicat de la lie – probablement utilisée pour redémarrer une fermentation ? Pour moi, ceci n'est pas une gueuze, et ne devrait même pas être sur l'étiquette.

6.4

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Pours unclear blonde, from a clear glass bottle that looked like unfiltered applejuice. No head. Scent is funky, intensely tart , like wine can be sour - so not nessesarily the best tartness... Mild acetic. Sharp. Taste is intensely tart and dry, acetic, medium high to high carbonation. Lacks the complexity of a lambic, and grape most makes it... #notgeuze . However, still a fun one to find, just had hoped for it being a bit more balance. To acetic and straight forward tart and dry.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared, thanks to Lucas for the gift! Clear golden. Funk, sour grains, lemon juice, sour cherries, light zesty hops, yoghurt, quite fruity with pear and quince with the apple. Very sour, light sweet. Medium bodied. It's tasty and interesting, but too sour.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared, thanks. Hazy golden. Strong funk, lemon, wheat, Basque cider, glue, vinegar, oak, wheat, apricot. Medium sweet and solid sour. Medium bodied. Quite rough but decent stuff.