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Duck Duck Gooze
The Lost Abbey
- From:
- The Lost Abbey
- California, United States
- Style:
- Gueuze
Ranked #1 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #47 - Avg:
- 4.62 | pDev: 6.93%
- Reviews:
- 308
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 07, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 13, 2009
- Wants:
- 3,405
- Gots:
- 366
In Belgian brewing there are fantastic wild ales brewed with naturally occurring yeast. These beers develop over time and are ready on their own terms. Duck Duck Gooze is our homage to these effervescent and wonderfully complex sparkling beers.
A blend of young and old barrel aged beers, this has been one of our most sought after beers year after year since it’s original release in 2009.
Alas, it is released in very small quantities only once every three years, so it’s extremely difficult to come by beyond the day we release it. It does, however, turn up on our Tasting Room’s Vintage List from time to time, so don’t despair.
A blend of young and old barrel aged beers, this has been one of our most sought after beers year after year since it’s original release in 2009.
Alas, it is released in very small quantities only once every three years, so it’s extremely difficult to come by beyond the day we release it. It does, however, turn up on our Tasting Room’s Vintage List from time to time, so don’t despair.
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Ratings by boatshoes:
Reviewed by boatshoes from Massachusetts
4.6/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.6/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Received two bottles of this in the mail courtesy of Papollo as a gift. Awesome and huge thanks again!
Appearance- Pours without exaggeration one of the best looking American wild ales that I've seen. A beautiful golden with a good deal of carbonation and about one finger of tight white head that sticks around for a bit and then dies back to a thin layer. The bottom of the bottle is a bit hazy as it pours out, and I add a little of the residual yeast to my glass, making it a nice cloudy golden.
Smell- Very lactic and tart up from. Very vinous and smells of white grapes, citrus, and apples. A fair amount of barnyard and actually the first time that I think I've smelled leather/horseblanket in a beer before as well. Always wondered about those, but here they are, and I've smelled horseblankets before, and it is surprisingly similar. Excellent and complex nose.
Taste- Very tart. Again, very vinous, almost like a white wine with grape being the predominant citrus flavor and also some apple. Funk is pretty strong, especially in my glass given that I added some yeast (tried a sip from a cup poured from the top of the bottle, which was definitely less funky). Barnyard shows up again a bit, but less strong than the nose. Very tart, delicious, and easy to drink.
Mouthfeel/Drinkability- Spot on carbonation and more body than I'm used to for the style. Excellent in my opinion, and the drinkability is great and makes it worth the price tag.
Overall, lives up to the hype machine. A great beer and though labeled an American wild ale, the closest American approximation to a Belgian gueuze that I've ever tasted I'd say. I have a second bottle that I'm going to age and give another try. We'll see how this one grows. Get a bottle if you can.
Sep 03, 2009Appearance- Pours without exaggeration one of the best looking American wild ales that I've seen. A beautiful golden with a good deal of carbonation and about one finger of tight white head that sticks around for a bit and then dies back to a thin layer. The bottom of the bottle is a bit hazy as it pours out, and I add a little of the residual yeast to my glass, making it a nice cloudy golden.
Smell- Very lactic and tart up from. Very vinous and smells of white grapes, citrus, and apples. A fair amount of barnyard and actually the first time that I think I've smelled leather/horseblanket in a beer before as well. Always wondered about those, but here they are, and I've smelled horseblankets before, and it is surprisingly similar. Excellent and complex nose.
Taste- Very tart. Again, very vinous, almost like a white wine with grape being the predominant citrus flavor and also some apple. Funk is pretty strong, especially in my glass given that I added some yeast (tried a sip from a cup poured from the top of the bottle, which was definitely less funky). Barnyard shows up again a bit, but less strong than the nose. Very tart, delicious, and easy to drink.
Mouthfeel/Drinkability- Spot on carbonation and more body than I'm used to for the style. Excellent in my opinion, and the drinkability is great and makes it worth the price tag.
Overall, lives up to the hype machine. A great beer and though labeled an American wild ale, the closest American approximation to a Belgian gueuze that I've ever tasted I'd say. I have a second bottle that I'm going to age and give another try. We'll see how this one grows. Get a bottle if you can.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey
4.66/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.66/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
(750 ml corked caged bottle, dusty, 2022 vintage, 'ale aged in red wine barrels'; purchased off shelf at The Sanctuary in San Marcos two days ago... decanted into a stemless wine glass)
L: clear, yellow-gold liquid: fizzy, yellow-tinged foam on the pour, threatening to spill over but quickly settling into a thin, fuzzy cap... the foam eventually cracks, but I did get some thick splotches of lace... gets a little cloudier the more it's poured out
S: lemon meringue pie, key lime pie crust, the bready and doughiness of which takes a moment to blossom, but then matches the potency of the funk, while nutty yeast and barrel wood eventually accents the edges... fairly textbook aromas, but certainly an overtone of citrus-kissed floral honey
T: pop of bright, perky tartness upon initial contact swiftly trailed by crackery, grainy malt; just pummels the palate from the outset... settles into a cocktail of these dominant flavors, taking on a Bee's Knees vibe... aftertaste is a dry, tart lemon-honey cough drop thing
F: pinging, puckering bite up front, quickly followed by silky, slow, near slimy malt nectar... the legs and residual drag in the finish never abates, start to finish
O: while it arguably lacks a unique, exotice signature, it's overall pretty damn superb: blending and especially intensity... damn 'fresh' for a gueuze... bit of a hefty price tag, but two sips in I knew I was paying for high quality (2274)
Mar 07, 2024L: clear, yellow-gold liquid: fizzy, yellow-tinged foam on the pour, threatening to spill over but quickly settling into a thin, fuzzy cap... the foam eventually cracks, but I did get some thick splotches of lace... gets a little cloudier the more it's poured out
S: lemon meringue pie, key lime pie crust, the bready and doughiness of which takes a moment to blossom, but then matches the potency of the funk, while nutty yeast and barrel wood eventually accents the edges... fairly textbook aromas, but certainly an overtone of citrus-kissed floral honey
T: pop of bright, perky tartness upon initial contact swiftly trailed by crackery, grainy malt; just pummels the palate from the outset... settles into a cocktail of these dominant flavors, taking on a Bee's Knees vibe... aftertaste is a dry, tart lemon-honey cough drop thing
F: pinging, puckering bite up front, quickly followed by silky, slow, near slimy malt nectar... the legs and residual drag in the finish never abates, start to finish
O: while it arguably lacks a unique, exotice signature, it's overall pretty damn superb: blending and especially intensity... damn 'fresh' for a gueuze... bit of a hefty price tag, but two sips in I knew I was paying for high quality (2274)
Rated by stortore from Illinois
4.1/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
fobab 2022.
Mar 14, 2023Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.55/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2019 vintage
Appearance: Pours a cloudy apricot with a one finger head that leaves some streaky lacing as it reduces to a film
Smell: Tart lemon, green apple, white wine grape and oak, layered with some barnyard funk
Taste: Tart lemon forward with white wine grape and green apple rounding out the lactic parade; oak and barnyard funk, through the middle, with a sour yogurt finish
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation; puckery
Overall: Long time want and glad to finally get a chance to taste this; lives up to its billing
Nov 26, 2022Appearance: Pours a cloudy apricot with a one finger head that leaves some streaky lacing as it reduces to a film
Smell: Tart lemon, green apple, white wine grape and oak, layered with some barnyard funk
Taste: Tart lemon forward with white wine grape and green apple rounding out the lactic parade; oak and barnyard funk, through the middle, with a sour yogurt finish
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation; puckery
Overall: Long time want and glad to finally get a chance to taste this; lives up to its billing
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.55/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
At long last! It was always scandalous to me that the top rated gueuze on this site was from outside belgium, and while I still feel this is not the best gueuze I have ever had, I can now see why it is in that echelon of the style. Cloudy yellow pour, finger of sudsy white foam, good mix of spotted and splotchy lacing. Lemon, sliced tart apple, lacto, barnyard funk, white grape, flowers, hay and earthy oak in the potent nose. Taste is just as potent, but not as complex as the sour notes lead more than the barnyard funk, oak backs the sour fruits well, slight earth, yogurt funk, and decent hay round out. A more sunny disposition for the style, leans sour more than funky but both present in spades, but the body is light and nuanced despite the potency. I would love to age a bottle of this as I think it would age really nicely!
Nov 10, 2022Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama
4.65/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.65/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2022 Vintage. Side-by-side with Mother of All Gooze Anniversary Blend.
Hazy golden yellow coloration. Gusher on the pop, frothy white carb.
Nose is sweet, tart, funky. Notes of underripe peach, lemon zest, and bright, musty funk.
Palate tart and full of stone fruit flavors. Medium acid and a touch of minerality. You can tell the youth on this, whereas on MOAG you really can tell the age on the blend.
Oct 10, 2022Hazy golden yellow coloration. Gusher on the pop, frothy white carb.
Nose is sweet, tart, funky. Notes of underripe peach, lemon zest, and bright, musty funk.
Palate tart and full of stone fruit flavors. Medium acid and a touch of minerality. You can tell the youth on this, whereas on MOAG you really can tell the age on the blend.
Duck Duck Gooze from The Lost Abbey
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100 with
1994 ratings
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