Brouwerij Timmermans Oude Gueuze

The base beer is fermented spontaneously and aged in old oak barriques. The Gueuze is blended from older and younger batches, the oldest batches being up to 3 years old. By blending some young, partially unfermented lambic, the beer continues to ferment in the bottle, resulting in the beer becoming naturally carbonated. After blending and bottling, the beer is left to age for 4 months for refermentation before release. Lot 14 10 11, brewed in 2011, bottled in 2014 and …

Brewed in 2011, bottled in 2014. 5,5% alcohol. Clear, grainy yellow color with a moderately big, foamy and rather short-lived head. The funky nose feels very classically lambic with dirty aromas of ammonia and outhouse, some dry hay, a little bit of bretty leather, light grainy malt tones, a hint of cheesiness and a sharp touch of lemon. The beer is noticeably sour, bretty and dirty on the palate with medium body and intensely funky flavors of leather, stable floor, …