Oude Gueuze - Hanssens Artisanaal bvba

jtingue

New York

4.1/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a wine glass.

Appearance. Slightly hazy straw in color. Pours with a finger of head which quickly dissipates to a ring around the glass. Bubbles constantly rise from the bottom of the glass hinting at the carbonation.

Smell. Very powerful. A mix and combination between 3 different aromas. The first is lemon like tartness. The second is a sort of mustiness. The third is a sweet honey like aroma.

Taste. Starts out very sour, but a subdued maltiness emerges with a dry crisp cracker quality. Joining this is some lemongrass and delicate floral quality. The sourness cuts this again and leads into a more musty and funky quality, but not overly so. A sharpness reminiscent of cheese evolves from the funk. This is cut again by lemon sourness, which ushers in a long, bone dry, floral finish.

Mouthfeel. A creamy body is joined by a high, but not dense carbonation.

Enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

06-29-2012 22:43:20 | More by jtingue

Syracuse12

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-19-2013 00:34:48 | More by Syracuse12

yeti123

Connecticut

5/5  rDev +17.9%

05-17-2013 02:26:43 | More by yeti123

JamesShoemaker

New York

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-16-2013 16:21:37 | More by JamesShoemaker

Axnjxn

North Carolina

4.33/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

350 ML bottle poured into a snifter. 11/2012 bottling date.

Pours a dark golden color with a moderate/heavy white, fizzy head that dissipates quickly. a massive amount of bubbles shoot up from the bottom towards the top. smell is extremely strong and sour. vinegar and sour apples. taste is quite intense. extremely sour flavor with a very apparent green apple taste that lingers on the back of tongue. LOVE the taste of this one. possibly too intense for novices of the style but for me, it's incredible. high carbonation with a medium body, very drinkable.

Overall one of the best sours I've ever had. I slightly prefer drie fonteinen but this one is right up there.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2013 02:13:21 | More by Axnjxn

illy0sis

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-14-2013 22:06:25 | More by illy0sis

ThePorterSorter

New York

4.08/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

The beer pours a clear golden color with a white head that fades quickly without lacing. The nose is a tad skunky at first, but mellows out and becomes a slightly sweet, funky, tartly gueuzey. The taste is quite potent with great grain, yeast, bacteria, and a touch of sweetness. Is definitely a gueuze that packs it in flavor and exceeds expectations. The mouthfeel is sweet and sour upfront with a lingering dryness that's slowly washed away by my quickly responding saliva (I wouldn't want tooth decay with all this acidity). This is a great beer with excellent price and availability.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 03:01:55 | More by ThePorterSorter

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-10-2013 22:19:40 | More by mikeburd1128

ThreeFishes

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-10-2013 13:09:03 | More by ThreeFishes

smonice

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

04-28-2013 23:44:01 | More by smonice

JohnK17

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -5.7%

04-24-2013 14:32:16 | More by JohnK17

tuckerlikesbeer

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

04-23-2013 03:27:46 | More by tuckerlikesbeer

Oxymoron

Colorado

4.4/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 2.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 5

Pours a very cloudy straw colored yellow. A fizzy pour that lasted a bit but not through the tasting. No lacing really to speak of.

Sour as it should be. Takes awhile to pick out the undertones but once you get really in there you start to pick out the other notes. Some white wine vinegar and tart green apples. A light lemon or apricot. A noticeable funk with a minor horsey note. Some minor buytric as well.

The taste has a nice tartness but they yeast comes out more vs the nose. A light lactic note with more buytric undertones. The fruity notes come out with tart apple and light mango apricot note. Some lighter rose peddles and minor meiangue-esk character. A bit yeasty in to the finish.

The body is bone dry allowing the sourness to come out. Some yeast into the finish cuts the finish. Some off yeast notes linger into the finish. Would have liked a bit more carbonation. Overall a pretty good beer. Love the big sour notes.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2013 04:51:30 | More by Oxymoron

millelacsmark

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

04-19-2013 18:41:13 | More by millelacsmark

tobelerone

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -5.7%

04-13-2013 01:33:19 | More by tobelerone

YobroitsJoe

Maryland

5/5  rDev +17.9%

04-09-2013 20:16:23 | More by YobroitsJoe

MarvinSnyder

West Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

04-09-2013 20:15:18 | More by MarvinSnyder

Michigan

Michigan

4/5  rDev -5.7%

04-09-2013 04:39:57 | More by Michigan

Beerandboards

New Mexico

4.01/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Cork and cage bottle not sure on vintage

A - pours a rosey apple cider color. Pour produces a good 2.5 inches of loose white foam, dissipates pretty quickly. Little to no lacing.

S - sour, apple cider vinegar, with some funkiness, white wine champagne notes.

T - pretty good punch of sour. Sour apple and dark berry up front, rich citrus, oily lemon, then just a little funkiness on the edge at the end.

M - effervescent carbonation, crisp, with just a little bit a syrupy-ness after a while, but not off putting.

O - I like it. A little more apple cider than I really like, but certainly enjoyable. Tasty sour.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2013 03:16:26 | More by Beerandboards

jchlan109

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +12%

04-08-2013 20:15:29 | More by jchlan109

UWBadgerFan4Life

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

04-05-2013 01:42:44 | More by UWBadgerFan4Life

BryanK

New York

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

04-02-2013 14:14:26 | More by BryanK

CTJman

Connecticut

5/5  rDev +17.9%

03-30-2013 17:18:58 | More by CTJman

dogfishandi

New York

4.2/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Split with BryanK.

12.7 oz caged and corked green bottle a little above fridge temp poured into a tulip. Bottled June 2012 (almost 1 year of age)

Pours a nice golden color with a light cloudiness, a spotty white head that lasts maybe 1/2 the glass, no lacing.

That nice classic gueze smell, some horsey Brett, a bit of lactic funk, rotted wood, musty basement, some slight cheese funk as it warms and just a hint of citrus comes through. Doesn't smell quite as sour as it is, but still not really sour as most.

Really coats the mouth with sour lemon citrus and lactic funk. Complexities of horsey Brett, rotted wood. Changes as it warms bringing forth maybe some old cheese?

Kind of a lighter carbonation for the style, coats the mouth, sour for sure.

A solid gueze, maybe not as good as 3fon or cantillion but pretty close. Buy this if you can.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 02:00:46 | More by dogfishandi

BillHilly

Washington

4.75/5  rDev +12%

03-27-2013 02:30:07 | More by BillHilly