Farmhouse Gueuze - Lagunitas Brewing Company

CAMRAhardliner

Ontario (Canada)

4.05/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Tried this at the brewpub in Petaluma. From notes.

Pours a cloudy hay colored with a wispy white head. A bit of lace sticks to the glass. The aroma is tart and very lightly funky. Some biscuity sweetness shows in the nose as well. The taste is lemony and moderately sour with some earthy bitterness and a little bit of brett funk. Field berries also add to the mix. The mouthfeel is pretty full bodied with an active carbonation. Sourness in the finish lasts a short while.

This is a nice America Wild Ale imo. Sour but well balanced with malt sweetness. The funk could be stronger. Still great, and I'm sure age will be awesome for it.

Serving type: on-tap

10-08-2012 07:12:29 | More by CAMRAhardliner

leprakhan

California

4/5  rDev -2.9%

02-27-2013 09:49:15 | More by leprakhan

popery

California

3.75/5  rDev -9%

01-24-2013 07:27:11 | More by popery

mick303

Ontario (Canada)

3.68/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at the brewpub.

A- yellow gold, slightly hazy, has decent lacing and a good appearance.

S- fresh banana yeastiness, straw yeast, some malt in the background but mostly light with some floral character.

T- slight bitterness, subtle yeatiness, could be more flavour forward. Pretty respectable though.

M- pleasant, slight carbonation, refreshing and has a solid crisp finish.

Nice drinking saison, but far from the most interesting one I've tried, pleasant but not inspiring.

Serving type: on-tap

01-03-2013 19:28:50 | More by mick303

jgluck

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

12-19-2012 03:48:58 | More by jgluck

tbeq00

California

3.75/5  rDev -9%

10-21-2012 19:34:48 | More by tbeq00

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.53/5  rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

What a weird beer. Never had anything like it. Pours a cloudy yellow, with thin white head. Solid lacing though. Aroma, some might call it convuluted, some might call it complex, I tend to lean towards the 'all over the place' descriptor. You get farmhouse, a perfumy kind of fruit, and brett moreso than specific gueuze lambic like sourness or fruit notes. Lots of white wine type grape and oak qualities in it as well. Seems like belgian yeast phenols at the same time as well.

Taste, sourness is much lighter than most gueuzes, again, this doesn't really seem to be a gueuze, but nonetheless, you call it that, its gonna be compared with all other gueuezes. The perfumy flowery funk isn't offensive, its like being in a garden.

I dunno, its kind of like its really good for a saison, underwhelming for a gueuze.

Serving type: on-tap

10-15-2012 01:01:29 | More by Beerandraiderfan

ObeMaltKinobee

California

3.75/5  rDev -9%

09-18-2012 05:06:11 | More by ObeMaltKinobee

UCLABrewN84

California

3.83/5  rDev -7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

On tap for the 2012 Peter Reeves Memorial Sourfest at Churchill’s Pub & Grille in San Marcos, CA.

Pours a clear orange with a foamy bone colored head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is malt, grain, yeast, and Brett. Taste is much the same with a slightly medicinal and funky finish. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer that is tasty but not very sour.

Serving type: on-tap

09-18-2012 01:30:51 | More by UCLABrewN84

BdubleEdubleRUN

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

09-17-2012 14:30:34 | More by BdubleEdubleRUN

Pinche_Oso

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

09-12-2012 15:16:47 | More by Pinche_Oso

wethorseblanket

California

4.1/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at the source.

A: Pours a slightly hazy amberish orange with a trace white head which quickly fades to the rim leaving clumpy lace behind.

N: Sharp tannins, cheesy funky must and dust. There is a lovely "old" smell that is difficult to describe.

T: Fruity (cherries), oak tannin bite with moderate acidity.

M: Semi-moderate body and carbonation. Tart finish.

O: Not expecting this and was pleased to find it so good. Nice work.

Serving type: on-tap

08-31-2012 23:02:00 | More by wethorseblanket

ThePorterSorter

New York

4/5  rDev -2.9%

08-05-2012 20:30:47 | More by ThePorterSorter

MFauver35

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev -9%

07-05-2012 20:46:46 | More by MFauver35

KDawg

Illinois

3.95/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from tap into a tulip. Pours a nice dark orange/gold color with a very frothy head.

Very good aromas of spices, funk, navel oranges and a good amount of citrus notes as well. Good depth, not as funky as I would expect given its called a gueuze.

Medium bodies with a nice feel, but lacking on the mid a slight bit. It does have a very nice dry finish to it with a lot of flavors of spice, citrus, and funky notes.

It's not really a gueuze. It's the little sumpin wild aged in wine barrels. As a gueuze it doesn't fully hit, but it is a very good wild ale.

Serving type: on-tap

06-29-2012 01:52:02 | More by KDawg

s1ckboy

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +9.2%

06-11-2012 14:23:02 | More by s1ckboy

thewimperoo

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -33.3%

06-10-2012 19:04:47 | More by thewimperoo

Yabev15

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

06-05-2012 02:50:44 | More by Yabev15

Zuidman

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +9.2%

06-04-2012 02:58:21 | More by Zuidman

Bike2work

3.75/5  rDev -9%

05-29-2012 15:30:29 | More by Bike2work

KBennall

California

4.5/5  rDev +9.2%

05-25-2012 16:26:29 | More by KBennall

TotallyHosed

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -15%

05-23-2012 18:27:39 | More by TotallyHosed

MasterSki

Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at Map Room. Served in a tulip.

A - White foam settles to a creamy cap, solid collar, leaving plenty of lace. Very dark brown-orange body with a hint of transparency.

S - Smell is interesting, and not totally what I was expecting. Lots of earthy and farmy brett, with oak, spicy and estery Belgian yeast, and some surprising citrus hop presence. Is the base for this beer A Little Sumpin' Wild?

T - Taste is also very earthy and farmy, but with a balancing sweet and sugary malt backdrop. Some unexpected lemony hop bitterness in the finish mingles with a bit of phenolic, medicinal, Belgian yeast and dry oak. Strangely refreshing.

M - Super dry, but with some residual hop resins from the base beer. Medium, juicy body. Pleasant moderate carbonation.

D - Very odd, and not particularly gueuze-like, but strangely enjoyable. Think wine barrel-aged Belgian IPA with brett and your expectations will be more than satisfied. A bit more in the way of sour/tart notes and a bit less hop presence would help - perhaps this needs to age longer.

Serving type: on-tap

05-23-2012 16:34:07 | More by MasterSki

theempire

California

4.5/5  rDev +9.2%

05-17-2012 02:12:17 | More by theempire

ehammond1

California

4.3/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On Tap

Churchill's Pub & Grille
San Marcos, CA

Slightly hazed light yellow with a small white head that doesn't leave much cling down the glass.

A big, expressive aroma of barnyard funk, bright citrus and white fruit (lemon and tart green apples), along with some oak, and white wine. Complex, interesting, and delightful.

The funk is very bold and expressive and is this beer's signature, with lots of lemon, apple, and oak flavors complementing things nicely. This is great stuff.

Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

They probably do themselves a disservice by labeling this a gueuze, because it in no way at all resembles one. I can't understand the name here at all. That being said, this is a fantastic, funky, mildly sour, interesting, complex wild ale. Kudos to Lagunitas on this first, incredibly successful attempt.

This was probably my favorite, and certainly the most interesting, beer at the Lagunitas beer-pairing dinner.

Serving type: on-tap

05-10-2012 22:24:16 | More by ehammond1