Gueuze night in

Reviews

On Friday night I had 6 Belgian Gueuzes that I'd been saving for the time when myself & 2 sour-head friends were available.   We poured them all out at once into pint glasses and tried them a sip at a time in succession.   Blimey!   By the time we'd finished we were all soured out & needed the strongest home brew IPAi to wash them down with.   When it comes to sour beer you can quite easily get too much of a good thing.

Cantillon (5%) - perhaps the most famous one for us & cetainly the most available.   Very sour with a smell that once you think of urine you can't shift from your head.

DM scored it 2nd place, MN scored it 1st place & AB scored it 1st place.   Overall = 1st place.

Giradin (5%) - another fairly recognisable beer, relatively easy to find.   A very sour, lemony acidic beer with a little wheat-like character.

DM scored it 1st place, MN scored it 2nd & AB scored it 2nd.   Overall = 2nd place.

Fonteinen (6%) - moderate sourness

DM scored it 4th place, MN scored it 3rd place & AB scored it 3rd place.   Overall = 3th place.

Hannsens (6%) - big acidic sourness, lemony.

DM scored it 3rd place, MN scored it 4th place & AB scored it 5th place.   Overall = 4th place.

Mariage Parfait (8%) - a new one to me.   Moderate sourness, some maltiness.

DM scored it 5th best, MN scored it 5th best & AB scored it 4th best.   Overall = 5th place.

Oul Beersel (6%) - not very sour - certainly in comparison to the other 5 - wheaty, some sweetness & a little cardboardy.

DM scored it 6rd place, MN scored it 6th place & AB scored it 6th place.   Overall = 6th place.

A previous taste test was carried out on lambic beers here.