Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René

Product - Lindeman's Gueuze Cuvee Rene
Brewed By: 
Lindemans
Self-Defined Style: 
Gueuze Lambic
Specifications
Strength (ABV): 
3.8% ABV

Possibly the oldest beer, Gueuze (Geuzza) is unseasoned, wild-fermented wheat beer. It is highly coveted by gourmands in Belgium who lay it in their cellars like wine. Golden color, cidery, winey palate; reminiscent, perhaps, of bubbly dry vermouth with a more complex and natural flavor.

Best With: 
As an aperitif in place of dry sherry, with carbonnade a la beouf, mussels in white wine or Gueuze, flavorful cheeses; traditionally served in tall, thick tumbler with cubes of sugar to sweeten to taste.
Special Attributes: 
Aperitif
Special Attributes: 
Spontaneously Fermented Beer
Availability
Seasonal Availability: 
Limited Release
Cases: 
12pk/25.4 oz. (750 ml) Corked Bottles

Comments

My first Gueze

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Appearance: Pours a slightly hazy orange and gold with a nice sudsy head that quickly dissipates to just a small ring of white along the top.

Aroma:Smells of a barn with old fruits that exude a slight sweetness, but in a very refreshing way.

Flavor:Obviously sour, tart, lot's of hay flavors, yeastiness, white wine, peach, acidic, very lingering

Mouthfeel:Very acidic, forces a near pucker, savory, leaves the cheeks soft.

Overall Impression: This is my first gueze (not first lambic), and I like it much better that the sweetened lambics, for the sheer fact, that it really feels like you are drinking a product right out of the barrel. It's a little tough to drink on it's own, but I think that paired nicely with some cheeses, or perhaps as an after dinner beer (to wash palate with acidity), it would be great.

Comments: I can't necessarily judge it based on any other gueze's or lambics, but I'd have to give it something like an 87 or so.