Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label) - Brouwerij Girardin

davey101

Connecticut

3.73/5  rDev -13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

F - 2011 vintage. 375ml corked and caged bottle poured into a palm tulip at fridge temperature. Allowed to warm up for a half hour.

A - Cloudy golden color. Nice fluffy head that dies down to one finger.

S - Sour apples, lemon, and musky brett. Funky and dry.

T - Really dominant sour apples, lemons and malt. Finish is tart and sour. Crisp and bubbly mouth feel. Not as dry as I would have liked. Still well balanced and pretty tasty.

O - Not the best gueze I've had. This is a fresh bottle so I may grab another bottle to sit on for a year or so.

Serving type: bottle

07-03-2011 02:43:53 | More by davey101

DStoked

Ohio

5/5  rDev +16%

05-16-2013 17:12:45 | More by DStoked

Texasfan549

Texas

4.25/5  rDev -1.4%

05-15-2013 22:55:50 | More by Texasfan549

kjkinsey

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +4.4%

05-15-2013 22:47:27 | More by kjkinsey

hatfulofhollow

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +4.4%

05-13-2013 16:11:20 | More by hatfulofhollow

MCImes

Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +10.2%

05-12-2013 19:06:00 | More by MCImes

geedub11

United Kingdom (England)

4.25/5  rDev -1.4%

05-12-2013 08:54:07 | More by geedub11

Danny1217

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +4.4%

05-12-2013 08:47:50 | More by Danny1217

thebouch01

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev -1.4%

05-12-2013 03:38:40 | More by thebouch01

YobroitsJoe

Maryland

4.75/5  rDev +10.2%

05-11-2013 06:32:32 | More by YobroitsJoe

SStein

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +4.4%

05-09-2013 09:49:51 | More by SStein

beernads

Florida

4/5  rDev -7.2%

05-08-2013 07:48:07 | More by beernads

ObeMaltKinobee

California

3.75/5  rDev -13%

05-08-2013 07:30:44 | More by ObeMaltKinobee

cadaugherty

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +4.4%

05-07-2013 23:53:21 | More by cadaugherty

StPaulSuds

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev -1.4%

05-07-2013 16:35:32 | More by StPaulSuds

cnbrown313

Illinois

4/5  rDev -7.2%

05-07-2013 14:09:16 | More by cnbrown313

chippo33

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev -18.8%

05-06-2013 19:07:40 | More by chippo33

Maxwell

Massachusetts

3.98/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

The beer pours a dark and hazy copper color with golden yellow highlights. The beer pours with a quarter-of-a-finger’s-width, creamy white head of tiny compact bubbles, and is replenished by a steady stream of bubbles coming from throughout the glass. The beer’s body is a cloudy haze of proteins and such, and the other side of the glass can only just barely be seen. On the nose, the beer smells properly barn-yardy, with touches of cherry fruit leather and salt. The funk is nice and dominant in the nose, and provides a nice spiced feeling to the nose, perhaps briefly suggesting peppers. Beneath the salty funk lies a nice citric smell, somewhere between lemons and grapefruits with a touch of pineapple thrown in. On the tongue, the beer tastes sweet up front, and then quickly dries into bitter and savory flavors with a medium strength acidity washing through the mouth. In flavor, the beer begins as salty fruity, almost like a pineapple. The fruit flavors grow in the mouth and introduce barnyard, cherry fruit leather, and some nice herbal grassy flavors in the finish and aftertaste. The finish moves towards a funky lemon flavor and has a nice long length. The lemon lasts into the aftertaste, blending with the grassy herbal flavors to leave a pleasant taste in the mouth. In the mouth, the beer feels on the light side of medium in body and crisp with a nice snappy and rough carbonation that scrubs the tongue free of any of the more cloying funk flavors. The mouth is left clean except for a nice pool of acid neutralizing saliva. Overall, this is a great gueuze with proper depth and complexity. If anything, I would call it a bit subdued in flavor though. It has all of the right components, but is too muted. The grassy bitters are also a little too strong and hold back some of the other flavors in the beer. This beer is a nice solid gueuze overall, though, and definitely worthy of a try.

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2013 17:24:16 | More by Maxwell

FliryVorru

Alabama

4.75/5  rDev +10.2%

05-02-2013 20:14:48 | More by FliryVorru

SPRichard

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev -1.4%

04-26-2013 20:31:18 | More by SPRichard

ystazi

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +10.2%

04-25-2013 22:47:13 | More by ystazi

Immortale25

Florida

3.98/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a Saint Somewhere wine-style glass. Cork says Ref By 2013.

A- Pours an orangeish amber color with a 1/4 inch off-white head that doesn't retain long before slipping down to a thin ring around the edge of the glass a small sliver of surface foam on the side.

S- This is gonna be a sour baby for sure. Notes of peach, granny smith apple and lemon with some sharp acididic undertones. Fumey,

T- Starts off tame on the palate with not much sourness but begins to transform slowly going from oaky to vinegar-like to funky all the while making the tongue salivate. Strange but admittedly complex. There's a very acidic aftertaste but it doesn't dry out the tongue like most gueuzes seem to do. The strangely medicinal aftertaste starts to catch up and make things even weirder.

M- A surprisingly slick mouthfeel to go with the tartness. Sharp, almost stinging from the acidity. Low carbonation with a lightish body.

O- I wanted to rate this one higher, but the lack of carbonation made me take points off the mouthfeel although I felt it was otherwise nicely balanced. And the flavor was also complex and well-balanced but the aftertaste kind of ruined it. I had to eat a slice of havarti cheese to tone down the intensity which I highly recommend because it was a nice pairing.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2013 00:19:42 | More by Immortale25

gueuzedreg

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev -1.4%

04-20-2013 18:33:38 | More by gueuzedreg

BillHilly

Washington

4.5/5  rDev +4.4%

04-20-2013 00:31:37 | More by BillHilly

bmur112

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +4.4%

04-13-2013 02:46:29 | More by bmur112