Reed Gueuze Muscat
Brasserie Cantillon

Reed Gueuze MuscatReed Gueuze Muscat
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From:
Brasserie Cantillon
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
ABV:
7.4%
Score:
94
Avg:
4.37 | pDev: 8.47%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
22
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 08, 2016
Added:
Jun 09, 2008
Wants:
  63
Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

4.47/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I'm beyond grateful for the opportunity to try this. Thanks Clark!

Decanted. Light orange with a broken bubble head. Aromas of funk, mint, earth, basement, mineral, floral notes. Intensely tart grape character. Light acetic finish complex and lovely. Green grapes, mint, herbal notes. What a treat.
Oct 08, 2016
 
Rated: 4.82 by blisscent from Rhode Island

Aug 20, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by Quackus from New York

Feb 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.76 by POTABLE83 from New York

Dec 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 05, 2014
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Reviewed by Sean9689 from Illinois

4.38/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
The "F**k Yo Passport" Tasting. 750ml bottle into Cantillon taster.

Pours hazy orange, white thin head, wisps here and there. Funky with a nice vinous and citrus quality, berries. Flavor is also outstanding...lots of grape notes, straw, lemon rind. Light body, good carbonation, dry finish.

The Reed’s far exceeded my expectations and this beer is truly a gem.
Sep 23, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by jbuddle from New York

Sep 23, 2013
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Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York

4.39/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Thanks for the legwork Mike! Another in one of the bottles-I-ever-thought-I'd-ever-see series. 750ml screen printed capped and corked bottle into a Cantillon sherry glass. Reviewed at a tasting from notes.

Just like Goldackerl Gueuze but a bit darker. Pours peach-orange. Light white head dissipates quickly. No lace and light legs. Decent but nothing special.

Nose is grape, mint, cheese, funk, hay and wet wood. Real clean and fantastically aromatic.

Opens sweet tart grape. Very acidic. Hay and light cheesiness in the back. Hair-raisingly sour. Grape skin, lemon spritz and cobwebs and funk in the end. Finishes dry with a juicy, sweet and tart aftertaste. Pretty delicious!

Light bodied with ample carbonation. Prickly and foamy in the mouth and goes down prickly and dry. Dry finish with a puckering, filmy, juicy aftertaste. Spot on!

Certainly one of the more unique lambics I've had. Nose and taste are excellent and the feel ties things together nicely. I'm grateful to have gotten the opportunity to try this one.
Sep 22, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by BucketBoy from Pennsylvania

Sep 21, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by adrienne from Illinois

Sep 09, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Anonymous1 from Illinois

Jun 01, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by spycow from Illinois

Jan 10, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by pperez38 from California

Dec 18, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by readbaron from Illinois

Dec 12, 2012
 
Rated: 4.5 by gn0sis from Massachusetts

Aug 31, 2012
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Reviewed by spdyfire83 from Ireland

4.42/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
216th Review
75cl bottle shared at Akkurat with a great crew
Poured in a stemmed glass
Enjoyed on 9 May 2012

Vintage: 2005 - the only one to my knowledge

Enjoyed next to the Reed Gueuze Pinot Noir.

A: Bright sunshine yellow. Quarter (white head) on medium pour.

S: Sharp aged cheese, white grape, oak, dust, funk, cobwebs, and touch of citrus fruit. Smells intense.

T: Tons of fruit here - sour apple, white grape, clementine, lemon, and apricot. Finishes with punch of oak, touch of funk, and soft floral notes. The sourness here is pronounced (almost unbalanced), but I like that it is pushing the limits; thus, I found it to be very enjoyable.

M: Light body with gentle carbonation.

O: Having compared this one directly to its sibling (Reed Gueuze Pinot Noir), I enjoyed this one way more than the other. This beer is very sharp, bold, and in-your-face. I think it drinks wonderfully smooth and oh so nice.
May 20, 2012
 
Rated: 5 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Mar 29, 2012
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Reviewed by cpetrone84 from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
pours a slightly hazed pale yellow with a tight gentle pure white head. The nose is very nice balance of lambic. fruit and barrel, dry oak up front with some earthy mushroom notes, musky, and tart white grapes. The taste is similar, lots of dry oak and tart vinous white wine characteristics. More funky earthy cobweb flavors than traditional cantillons. Tartness is strong, bright white grapes, light acetic acid in the back burns a little but not from alcohol heat. Medium to light body, very soft on the palate, great carbonation and very dry finish. Acetic acid is starting to impede on an otherwise very tasty beer.
Jan 03, 2012
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Reviewed by callmemickey from Pennsylvania

4.32/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle shared with my wife on my birthday, August 17 2010 at Akkurat.

A: Orangish-wheat colored body. Smallish off-white colored head. Spotty lacing after the head slowly receded.

S: Notes of stonefruits like peach as well as some lemon-citric notes. Light oakyness. Not profoundly funky, but there is an undercurrent of barnyard aromas.

T: Like the nose there is a healthy dose of lemon, apricots, and peach. A sour grape component really starts to come through here, despite not being present in the nose. Nice tartness and a fresh oak. Some bready wheat.

M: A little on the thin side and just a tad undercarbed. Otherwise, quite nice.

D: A nice, somewhat unique brew... could use a bit more substance to the body as well as more effervescence.
Aug 20, 2010
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Reviewed by alfrantzell from California

4.1/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottled in 2005.

Orange colored, orange flavored. Apricots primarily, but also tangerines, grapefruit, nectarines, cloudberries, and oranges. And lemons, but that was a given. Not especially vinous. There is a pervasive bread flavor, maybe rye.

This is like a bolder, more complicated version of Vigneronne, or Drie Fonteinen's 2005 Special Vintage Oude Geuze, which had its share of stone fruit. It's lightly carbed and easily ingested. The bread quality gets strange, though.

Next to Reed Gueuze Pinot Noir this was my preference. I would have liked more funk, but you can't have everythng.
Apr 25, 2010
Reed Gueuze Muscat from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 22 ratings