Category Archives: Lambic – Gueuze

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Den Herberg, Lambic - Gueuze

Den Herberg Oude Geuze Devillé à l’ancienne

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Brewery: Den Herberg
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.7%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze

Brewer Description: (from bottle in Dutch) Vroeger gebruikten lambiekbrouwers witte of rode kalk om hun bier te herkennen. De flessen warden op lange rijen gestapeld en vervolgens gemarkeerd met een kalkstreep. Geuze, Champagne van het Pajottenland, kreeg een witte streep. Smaakevolutie door hergisting op fles, ongefilterd. Blend van eigen gebrouwen lambiek, spontane gisting, gerijpt in eikenhouten vaten.

(translated to English) In the past, lambic brewers used white or red chalk to identify their beer. The bottles were stacked in long rows and then marked with a chalk stripe. Geuze, Champagne from the Pajottenland, was given a white stripe. Flavor evolution through refermentation in the bottle, unfiltered. Blend of home-brewed lambic, spontaneous fermentation, matured in oak barrels.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.12

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a notched best before date of July 2043. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen gueuze glass.
Appearance: A very nice clear golden orange colour, with a two finger fluffy white head that had good retention, eventually settling to a nice cap, while leaving good lacing.
Aroma: Musty, funky, dusty, chalky, crisp green apple, oak, lemon zest.
Taste: Sour, lime zest, lemon, funk, musty, dusty, damp wood, with green apple and white grape notes.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Light and refreshing with good fruity and funky notes in both the aroma and flavour.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V., Lambic - Gueuze

Timmermans Oude Geuze Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2024 (25 Jaar)

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Brewery: Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V.
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.7%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze
Other Notes: Lambikstoemper 25th Anniversary

Brewer Description: (from bottle in Dutch) Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2024 is een Oude Geuze, een door de EU beschermde benaming, samengesteld bij Brouwerij Timmermans (Itterbeek) door De Lambikstoempers vzw, naar aanleiding van het 25-jarig bestaan van de bierproeversvereniging uit het Pajottenland en de Zennevallei, lid van HORAL vzw en van Zythos vzw.

Deze Oude Geuze is een blend van 40% lambiek uit foeder 4 (brouwsel 10/05/2023), 22,5% uit pijp 214 (brouwsel 26/03/2020), 24,2% uit foeder 20 (brouwsel 11/11/2019) en 13,3% uit een Pinot Gris vat (brouwsel 24/03/2022), samengesteld door het Lambikstoempers beheer op 21/09/2023, afgevuld op fles in december 2023, spontaan hergist op fles in de Lambikstoemperskelder en feestelijk gelanceerd in 2024.

(translated to English) Cuvée Lambikstoemper 2024 is an Oude Geuze, a designation protected by the EU, composed at Brouwerij Timmermans (Itterbeek) by De Lambikstoempers vzw, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the beer tasting association from the Pajottenland and the Zenne valley, member of HORAL vzw and Zythos vzw.

This Oude Geuze is a blend of 40% lambic from foeder 4 (brewed 10/05/2023), 22.5% from pipe 214 (brewed 26/03/2020), 24.2% from foeder 20 (brewed 11/11/2019) and 13.3% from a Pinot Gris barrel (brewed 24/03/2022), composed by the Lambikstoempers management on 21/09/2023, bottled in December 2023, spontaneously refermented in the bottle in the Lambikstoempers cellar and festively launched in 2024.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.31

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, 2024 vintage, with a best before date of 31st December 2044. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen gueuze glass.
Appearance: A very nice clear golden orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention, and eventually settled to a nice fluffy cap, while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Funky, musty, fresh cut green apple, wood, hay, with notes of lemon zest and pear.
Taste: Green apple, lightly sour, lemon, lemon zest, wood, funky, with hints of gooseberry.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Light and refreshing with interesting aroma and flavours. Definitely on the young side, and glad to have several more bottles on hand to see how they turn out in the future.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Gueuze

3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera Season 20/21 Blend 66 – 1/2/3 Sherry Barrel Aged Lambik Blend

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.5%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze
Other Notes: Blend°66, Season 20/21

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This Zenne y Frontera is a special blend of sherry lambikken that have aged for one, two and three years on Oloroso, Fino and Amontillado barrels. By doing so, the average weighted aged of the blend is 32 months on the moment of bottling. One of the barrels that we used has some slightly peated characteristics next to the typical sherry notes. The lambikken were sourced from five different brews, of which more than half of the volume was brewed by us.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.5

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°66, season 20/21, bottled on 27th July 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen Zenne stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden orange colour, with a very nice one finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Sherry, dry wood, oak, grape, lemon zest, funk, leather, peat.
Taste: Lightly sour, slightly sweet, apple, grape, lemon zest, sherry, oak, leather, with some peaty notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: The peat just hangs around in the background and is not overpowering. It adds an interesting and enjoyable element to this Zenne that works for me.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Geuzestekerij De Cam, Lambic - Gueuze

De Cam Oude Geuze

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Brewery: Geuzestekerij De Cam
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze
Other Notes: 2015 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle in Dutch) In grote eiken tonnen van meer dan honderd jaar, rijpt jarenlang lambiek, uit de 4 windstreken van het Pajottenland. Speciaal voor U werd lambiek van 1, 2 en 3 jaar oud zorgvuldig uitgeproefd gemengd en gebotteld.

(translated to English) In large oak barrels of more than a hundred years, lambic matures for years, from the 4 corners of the Pajottenland. Especially for you, lambic of 1, 2 and 3 years old was carefully tasted mixed and bottled.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.44

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, 2015 vintage. Poured into a The Lambic Basket gueuze glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden dark orange colour with a fluffy almost two finger white head that had good retention, eventually settling to a nice cap, while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, funky, musty, barnyard, damp wood, fruity, apricot, apple, lemon.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, overripe apple, apricot, almost jammy but not really, funky, barnyard, oak, with a super lemon candy finish (sour and a touch sweet).
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Good enjoyable complex aroma and flavours.

5 - Excellent (must buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Gueuze

3 Fonteinen Geuze (x De Cam)

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.3%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze
Other Notes: Season 22/23

Brewer Description: (from bottle back label) This special Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with Karel Goddeau from Geuzestekerij De Cam. This geuze was bottled on Armand’s birth date. All lambikken were brewed together with Karel, and fermented and matured in our barrel rooms in Lot and Gooik. A large part consists of four-year old lambikken, brewed exactly twenty years after Armand’s first batch in 1998. The weighted average age of the blend is 23 months at bottling.

(from bottle inside label) This bottle celebrates the long friendship, the beautiful moments and memories, the wonderful craft, the mutual respect and the steadfast values that Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen and Geuzestekerij De Cam share. Central on the label is the word “Geuze” – once written by Armand – as a connecting factor.

At the end of the 1990s, the paths of Armand of Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen and Karel of Geuzestekerij De Cam crossed each other thanks to their love for the finest of beer styles. Since then, that passion has been continued shoulder to shoulder.

On December 16, 2018, twenty years to the day after the very first 3 Fonteinen lambik brew ever, Armand and Karel brewed together again for a long time. The lambics from that day and from the joint brewing moments in the following years were divided over the barrels in Lot and Gooik. Four years later, Karel Goddeau and Michaël Blancquaert selected ten fine lambics from the joint brews from both barrel rooms and bottled a quintessential gueuze – only bottled! – on October 26, 2022, Armand’s birth date.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.53

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, season 22/23, bottled on 26th October 2022. Opened to the loudest pop that I’ve heard in a while. Poured into The Lambic Basket gueuze glass.
Appearance: A very nice slightly hazy golden orange colour with a big two finger fluffy white head that had good retention and eventually settled to a nice cap, while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Orange peel, mandarin, unripe yellow stone fruit, musty, damp wood, funk, with some crisp red apple notes.
Taste: Orange peel, grapefruit, apricot, green apple, hay, wet wood, funk, with a light leathery touch.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, medium bodied, with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Wonderful and easy drinking. Smooth, enjoyable, with some good complexity. Would love to see how this ages.