Cantillon, Brasserie
Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio
Gueuze
Belgium
5.0%
25.4oz, Single
$18.79
The head crests near two fingers of dense off-white to light tan color, nice retention, keeps a thick surface layer. Deeply bronzed liquid, sunset orange, fully opaque, there's quite a bit of active bubbles yet they are not always easily visible. The nose punches real hard and drives into the nostrils, smells mainly of yeast, pulped oranges and tangerines, cardamom, sage to white pepper with touches of pineapple, kumquat and star fruit, warming up does little to smooth it out. Medium-bodied, the carbonation lends strong prickle which even further accentuates the formidable sourness. Cavalcade of tart grapefruit, orange, lemon citrus, so stinging that the flavors become hard to separate. Yeast, wheat germ, barley easy to peg, the fruit flavors here too muddled by the sourness, mostly pineapple, nectarine, green apple with a few red cherry notes. Monolithic in scale and assured in the message it wants to send.
4 out of 5