Boon Geuze - Brouwerij Boon

Brenden

Ohio

4.05/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is an active beer, with lots of carbonation working all the while it sits. it's a hazy dark yellow-amber in color,and it develops a clean-looking, absolutely white head that remains very tight and soapy, rising to just over a finger. It retains its form very well and leaves good patchy lacing as the beer falls.
The aroma offers a lot of tartness, seemingly foregoing some of the funk for added sourness. It's not that there isn't some funk, which there is, giving off a smell of wet hay. There's a whiff of vinegar and some green grape skin in the slightly sweet aspect of the sourness. Nice and complex; just a bit more strength puts this over the top.
While malts are very light, this Gueze certainly isn't light on the tart and sour flavors. It's like an extreme version of a Kolsch (for comparison) in its dryness and the champagne-like vinous quality. A bit of grains runs underneath and there's some citrus zest (the sourness can only make one think of lemons) going into the finish.
The body is light, which works well for this one, with as constant a crispness as the carbonation would lead one to expect. It's also as dry as one might expect.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2013 13:20:24 | More by Brenden

DStoked

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

05-17-2013 18:26:33 | More by DStoked

tectactoe

Michigan

3.85/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75

Boon Geuze, ahh.... the Boone's Farm of gueuze, right? Just kidding. Picked up at Discount Drinks for about six dollars. It pours a golden color with some light amber hints - nearly translucent, but it end up being basically opaque. Volatile and foamy with an eggshell color head that lasts for days and leaves a small touch of lacing on the glass.

Up front, the aroma is pretty tart and definitely gets the saliva glands pumping right away. Tart green apples, white grapes, and a moderate amount of funk in the form of musty cork, wet wood, and a damp cellar. I can't decide from the aroma whether this one will be more funky or more tart, but my money is on the funk side..

The flavor profile begins with an initial burst of tart apples that's met immediately with a mild, astringent bitterness that peaks during the height of the carbonation snap to provide a nice shock to the senses, both taste and smell. Lots of dry funk enters in the middle; cork, must, old cellar, very dry with some funky wood in the finish that couples with a fading, dying tartness. Wood, funk, and spent apples are left on the palate. Light bodied, effervescent with lots of carbonation.

Definitely a nice gueuze considering the availability. Don't expect the quality and taste of Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, or even Russian River, but this is certainly a decent gueuze given the fact that it's readily available at your local beer store for 6-7$. Better than Lindenman's Cuvee Rene in my opinion. A good "beginner" gueuze to get your friends into funky beers.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 02:31:22 | More by tectactoe

saiconotto

Maine

4/5  rDev +1.5%

05-09-2013 21:33:05 | More by saiconotto

Kit

Maine

3.78/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

I am a sour beer fan and don't have much to add to the previous reviews, which seem pretty apt in my experience. I opened the bottle one evening when I was craving a sour at home, and had a glass, then corked the bottle with a wine cork. Had another glass a day or so later, and then killed the bottle this evening--at least three or so days later. I expected it to have gone flat, but it still had a lovely head, and tasted just as intriguingly funky-lemony-tart as it had the first time I tried it.

A-It's pleasantly cloudy (I like that in a beer!) with a nice dense white head that hangs in there.

S-tart, funky/yeasty, like a sour!

T- lemon-citrus tart, that really hits the back sides of the tongue. Every time I've had this, I think, "This is not really my favorite beer!" but then I taste it again and go back for more! It is VERY dry, funky, tart, in a refreshing way--looking forward to drinking this on a hot summer day with some shellfish, or after farm chores!

M-Tart, with an underlying sweetness that's sour characteristic.

O-While I say this is not my favorite sour beer, my local grocery store carries it at a VERY reasonable price, so I can imagine it being a default summer drink at home beer, and it is definitely growing on me!

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 01:58:35 | More by Kit

JellyJacket

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

04-25-2013 02:33:53 | More by JellyJacket

Zaphog

Michigan

4/5  rDev +1.5%

03-24-2013 02:32:04 | More by Zaphog

nzerbe

New York

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

03-03-2013 13:16:06 | More by nzerbe

brbrocc

New York

4/5  rDev +1.5%

03-02-2013 19:32:56 | More by brbrocc

DerekMorgan

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

03-02-2013 18:55:03 | More by DerekMorgan

xacidx

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +1.5%

02-08-2013 03:01:13 | More by xacidx

mitlinks

Switzerland

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

02-03-2013 14:57:54 | More by mitlinks

Brew33

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -17.5%

01-22-2013 21:29:24 | More by Brew33

leedorham

Washington

4/5  rDev +1.5%

01-21-2013 18:34:17 | More by leedorham

AleWatcher

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -17.5%

01-13-2013 01:45:00 | More by AleWatcher

sirsteve42

New York

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

01-12-2013 05:08:53 | More by sirsteve42

PerHops

California

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

01-08-2013 14:11:53 | More by PerHops

BeerThursdays

Delaware

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

01-07-2013 00:48:29 | More by BeerThursdays

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

01-05-2013 13:59:08 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

Wolfpack2005

North Carolina

3.93/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

First Gueuze or lambic style beer.

A-Poured a cloudy golden yellow with 3 finger head the recedes and leaves a nice 1/2 finger cap.

S-Sour green apples and slight yeast funk.

T-An odd funk that is a bit unfamiliar, but not unwelcome. After the the tartness takes center stage and holds on longer after the beer is down. Tart green apples, sour lemon rind and green grapes. Very faint malt presence with no discernible hop flavor.

M-Light body, high carbonation. Dry Finish.

O-This is an interesting beer that seems to be a cross between a light ale and champagne. A style that I would like to explore a little bit more.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2013 01:28:59 | More by Wolfpack2005

GrumpyOldTroll

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +1.5%

12-07-2012 01:01:43 | More by GrumpyOldTroll

siddhartha

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

11-26-2012 05:37:31 | More by siddhartha

KimberlyO

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

11-14-2012 11:52:02 | More by KimberlyO

Beeradelphia

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +1.5%

09-28-2012 10:12:45 | More by Beeradelphia

muskiesman

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

09-16-2012 23:57:39 | More by muskiesman