Mort Subite Gueuze - Brouwerij Mort Subite

dirtyskunk

Colorado

3.2/5  rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

No freshness date on the bottle. Poured a dark amber gold into a tulip. Beautiful looking beer, nice two finger head that settles into a substantial frothy cap and leaves beautiful rings of lacing all down the glass.

Smells herbal, grassy and sweet with some hints of citrus fruit and just the faintest suggestion of a little out-doorsy musk.

Very sweet with not much tartness. I get some syrupy kind of fruit flavors like canned peaches and a little bit of pineapple brett flavor. Even as it warms there's not much funk or tartness, just a little more cellar and wood as it opensup. Kind of a let down.

Mouthfeel is good. Smooth and full but not viscous or oily as one would expect from the syrupy sweetness.

My experience with the style is still limited, but this was a disappointing beer that gets an "above average" because it looked pretty and followed the style guidelines.

Serving type: bottle

12-09-2011 15:10:03 | More by dirtyskunk

JamFuel

Sweden

3/5  rDev -13.8%

05-14-2013 11:01:48 | More by JamFuel

Noyt

Quebec (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%

04-14-2013 01:20:28 | More by Noyt

GRUUMSH

Belgium

2.25/5  rDev -35.3%

04-06-2013 07:12:53 | More by GRUUMSH

deebo

Minnesota

2.39/5  rDev -31.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25

An old bottle brought home from first trip to Belgium in 2010. I believe it is stamped with a BB date of July 2, 2012.

Poured into a chalice this gueuze is clear light amber, little head with nice lacing. Aromas of weak wild microbial funk, white wine ish with apple fruitiness. Taste is very mild, more like a juice than a sour funky gueuze. Easy drinking but not very exciting, low to medium carbonation, weak bodied. Overall a cheapy.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2013 03:08:59 | More by deebo

eric5bellies

Australia

3.11/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Drank from my Cantillon Geuze glass

A - Pours a darkish golden colour with a white head that reduces to a film.

S - Bits of funk and cut grass.

T - Sweet up front and through the entire taste. It draws into a slightly sour finish but sugars are still dominant. Bits of oak, white wine and apple present

M - Light to medium body with medium carbonation.

O - Never had a geuze like this before. Reminds me of a Faro for its sweetness. I prefer the sour varieties of this type of beer

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2013 14:49:49 | More by eric5bellies

Dinkel

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

02-07-2013 03:51:24 | More by Dinkel

gwydno

Spain

4/5  rDev +14.9%

02-06-2013 18:56:22 | More by gwydno

rale

Quebec (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

01-26-2013 00:11:56 | More by rale

sirsteve42

New York

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%

01-12-2013 05:09:55 | More by sirsteve42

bkaj21

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

01-04-2013 18:26:31 | More by bkaj21

MTNboy

Missouri

3.45/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I picked this up in a grocery store in Waterloo. I believe the name was Carfour. They had a great selection and the prices were amazing and with most of Europe they let you break single out of the pack. It poured amber with a red orange hue. The aroma was earthy and farm like. It had a pasture like taste with a pleasant sourness. The mouthfeel was average and had nothing to really speak of.

Serving type: bottle

12-11-2012 04:41:05 | More by MTNboy

wesbray

Alberta (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

11-09-2012 02:19:49 | More by wesbray

jandadeboer

Texas

5/5  rDev +43.7%

10-09-2012 18:27:07 | More by jandadeboer

Tone

Missouri

4.15/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours a cloudy, orange/tan color. 1/3 inch head of a white color. Good retention and decent lacing. Smells of slight alcohol, tartness, grapes, and slight sourness. Fits the style of a gueuze. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp, with an average carbonation level. Strong tartness and sourness as well. Tastes of grapes, hint of sweet malt, hint of pale malt, and strong tartness and sour flavor. Overall, good appearance, aroma, feel, and body.

Serving type: cask

10-06-2012 13:19:42 | More by Tone

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev +14.9%

09-02-2012 15:35:52 | More by t0rin0

warpedrevolution

Washington

4/5  rDev +14.9%

08-26-2012 14:41:04 | More by warpedrevolution

BelgiumBob

4.75/5  rDev +36.5%

08-12-2012 09:27:26 | More by BelgiumBob

JAHMUR

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +7.8%

07-02-2012 14:42:57 | More by JAHMUR

bsuedekum

Missouri

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%

06-25-2012 16:27:18 | More by bsuedekum

allforbetterbeer

Colorado

3.13/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured into a glass at a hostel-bar in Brussels. Smells like processed lambic. Very bubbly. Things were going well until I took a sip and found it to be very sweet. I am sure that my expectations made this more shocking than it had to be, but since the packaging was so traditional with a heavy glass bottle and a Belgian style cork and cage I figured it would be real gueuze. It is not however, and though I try not to hold that fact against it, I am disappointed by the lifeless sweetened fizz in my glass. I wouldn't buy this again, but if you like sweetened pasteurized gueuze by all means give it a shot! A little cheesy bread and earth in the flavor, but have to search it out amongst all that sugar.

Serving type: bottle

06-23-2012 08:29:53 | More by allforbetterbeer

VierBier

Netherlands

2/5  rDev -42.5%

06-22-2012 21:57:50 | More by VierBier

PhillyStyle

Georgia

4/5  rDev +14.9%

06-04-2012 11:34:40 | More by PhillyStyle

ant1

France

4/5  rDev +14.9%

06-03-2012 20:47:19 | More by ant1

Anacross

Washington

2.75/5  rDev -21%

06-01-2012 18:48:08 | More by Anacross