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

Pours clear, medium dark blonde. Medium size stable white head. Scent is sharp, clean tartness, some oak. Citrussy. Taste is sharp, more acetic and acidic than expected. Quite dry, persistent woody bite, medium citrus. Very decent Geuze, but not a true standout.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Slow gushing to disappearing fluffy off-white head. Fully hazy orange beer. Horseblanket, rhubarb, gooseberry - all the boxes ticked. Sweetish-sour, again rhubarb, yoghurt, horseblanket & farmyard. Fruity notes as well, as pineapple, citrus, unripe kiwi. Sharp-ish, acidburn and -thinning. Very good carbonation. Really good gueuze - the more as it is the first try. And again, the gueuze craze spreads out. Txs to Stef!

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Cork came out with a loud bang. Gusher. Color: Hazy orangish golden, white head. Nice lacing. Aroma: Stable-like funk, fruity citrus, oak wood. Taste: Over moderate tart, rural and horse-stable funk, oak wood, fruity citrus, lemon-like notes. Hints of minerals and hay. Still young, some sweetness. Very tasty. Nice first Geuze from this new blender. I will definitely follow their progress in the future.

Sharp, acidic, battery acid, yeasty, nutty

Hapu, happeline, nisune, funky, pärmine, sidrun. Ok, liiga happeline.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

0.75 l bottle from 'Huis van de Geuze', bottled in 2023, I guess. Hazy, orange with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Slightly sweetish, sourish, rather fruity and gently funky aroma of overripe lemon, white pepper, horse blanket, oak and some apple. A little sweet, gently sour, quite dry, rather fruity and gently funky taste of overripe lemon, oak, white pepper, gooseberry, grapefruit, apple and some horse blanket, followed by a medium long, gently tart, rather woody-dry finish. Medium body, smooth, gently astringent and rather effervescent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Fantastic Geuze, massively refreshing and smooth, great balance and very fruity. Very Boon-like, exactly how I like it.

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

Geuze blended with lambic from Lindemans, Herberg and De Troch, the first product from a brand new lambic blender in Buizingen near Halle. Four befriended geuze lovers bought an old, abandoned tavern there and refurbished it into a blendery, including more than a hundred wooden barrels, quite a daring investment today (though of course interest in traditional lambic beers remains many times higher than before the beer hype happened); the opening event, which I briefly attended, was a few weeks ago and at that time, only this geuze was available. A special edition geuze and a kriek are said to arrive soon. Gushes upon opening, but it must be said that the bottle had been shaken a bit and had endured some temperature contrasts in the hours preceding; oddly, the spouting stopped after a few seconds, as abruptly as it had began. Huge, foamy, rocky, yellowish-tinged pale beige, busily cobweb-lacing, very firm, irregular head over a hazy peach blonde robe with beige-ish tinge. Aroma of freshly cut nettles, green plums, lemon rind and lemon juice, unripe nectarine, wet oak wood (even a whiff of vanillin), grapefruit zest, raw rhubarb, dusty attic, redcurrant, dry hay, bitter garden weeds, mugwort leaf, ‘horseblanket’ or goat stable. Crisp, juicy onset, lemony acidity with notes of lime, redcurrant, green plum and rhubarb, minerally effervescence, supple and lean body; drying lactic tartness cuts through a somewhat vinous, smooth bready core buried under lambic esters and acids, with especially this rhubarb- and nettle-like ‘rural’ effect continuing, reminding me of the weeds and plants in my grandmother’s garden, a very rustic feeling accentuated by late earthiness and a late, deep, almost vaguely grapefruity hop bitter element, past funky elements (damp haystack-like Brett) and woody tannins. Lemony crispness persists all the way through, keeping everything fresh and bright. A ‘basic’ new geuze, but for me a very solid start: not overly lactic, not overly sour, sufficiently ‘stuffed’ with breadiness, earthiness and woodiness and with this refreshing, ‘crystalline’ lemony streak throughout; very classic, rustic example of the style, not the most overwhelming one and certainly not the cleanest one, but ticking all the boxes in a well-organised manner. I enjoyed it quite a lot and have instant sympathy for this project, which clearly understands the patience and ‘humility’ the creation of a geuze needs. I hope to revisit them when the special geuze and kriek will be ready for pick-up.