Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label)
Brouwerij Girardin

Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label)Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label)
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From:
Brouwerij Girardin
 
Belgium
Style:
Gueuze
Ranked #19
ABV:
5%
Score:
95
Ranked #1,391
Avg:
4.29 | pDev: 9.32%
Reviews:
581
Ratings:
1,260
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 07, 2024
Added:
Sep 28, 2002
Wants:
  237
Gots:
  164
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Rated: 4.41 by Duncian from Pennsylvania

Mar 07, 2024
 
Rated: 4.23 by not2quick from Missouri

Nov 18, 2023
 
Rated: 4.39 by DownyIsHungry from Minnesota

May 18, 2023
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Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany

4.36/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a slightly cloudy, deep, dark amber coloration with a small, fizzy head. Smells of slightly doughy, caramelly malt and estery fruits, with notes of red apple, apricot and gooseberry, as well as hints of hay, spice, funk and oak. Taste is a great balance of slightly doughy and caramelly malt and rich notes of estery fruit and lighter spice, with notes of red apple, apricot, gooseberry, clove and peppery spice, as well as some musty funk and slightly tannic oak. Finished with a medium tartness and some estery fruit and spice, as well as musty fubnk and oak lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbontion.

While this stands on its own very well, it certainly is by far the best value for money I ever encountered when it comes to Gueuze, although your mileage may vary. I paid 4€ for this 375ml bottle and honestly enjoyed it better than some more established and expensive examples of the style. It's a bit more malt-forward than your average Gueuze, which is not a bad thing at all in my book, while being quite funky, with a certain musty, leathery quality to it. The esters are coming through nicely as well, quite fruity, with hints of spice, while are also some tannic, oaky accents to this. Overall, this makes for a very nice, quite funky and estery Gueuze that feels rich and well-balanced.
Dec 11, 2022
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Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania

3.85/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
375ml bottle into a tulip. 2014 vintage.

Looks okay in the glass. Dull burnt orange body, on the hazy side. Brief bubbly head, but this quickly dies out, no lacing.

No getting anything on the nose, good or bad.

On tasting, all the elements are there, a little funk, sour, faintly tart, some bitterness, underlying fruit. However, the combination is a little bias towards bitter sour.

Mouth between medium and full, finish dry sour bitterness.

Overall, had hoped for better. There was some brownish goo around the cork, so perhaps something was off?
Jul 31, 2022
 
Rated: 4.3 by snowmageddon from Massachusetts

May 20, 2022
 
Rated: 4.23 by Eman17 from Illinois

Mar 05, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Feb 28, 2022
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.79/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Displaying beautiful gradients of foggy amber under a dense khaki head that slowly settles to a persistent blanket and unevenly curled collar, I can tell this pour at the renowned Avenue Pub of New Orleans is going to be a wonderful one.

Delicious qualities of toasted sesame seed and oaky funk meet the dichotomously attractive attributes of skunky aged hops. It's just super fluffy, just as the old lady described it, developing a sort of peach-grapefruit note as I dig in. Further on, as it warms, we also detect a touch of pepper and golden raisin.

The full, fluffy yet airy body delicately glides to a semi-dry finish.

I wish I had more time and room in my stomach for a few more of these.
Nov 17, 2021
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Reviewed by BEERMILER12 from Maine

4.34/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: Pours a golden orange copper color with 2 fingers of head that quickly fades down to a tight, thin cap that has remarkably good retention

S: A good bit of funk and tartness up front along with some fruity notes such as apple, pear, and white grape

T: Follows the nose. Starts off with a mix of funky tart notes, fruit, and wood. A bit of some earthy mineral qualities as well. Finishes with lingering funk, fruit, and earth

M: Medium bodied with moderate, tight carbonation

O: A classic gueuze that lives up to the name. Definitely not the most funky or tart that I’ve had, but it allows for the other qualities to shine a bit. Worth checking out if you’re into the style
Oct 06, 2021
 
Rated: 4.19 by LostHighway from Minnesota

Aug 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4.18 by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

Jul 17, 2021
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Reviewed by kevanb from Illinois

4.03/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
375ml bottle, 2020 on the cork, no discernible date on the label, poured into a Tilquin Gueze tumbler glass.

The beer pours a hazy copper color, amber hues with a few bubbles rising to the top of glass where a finger of off-white head rests, moderate retention with no significant lacing. The aroma is nice, pleasant funk, earthy, grassy, lightly floral with a nice berry fruit quality and some pale grain and mineral water. The flavors are nice, lots of earthy funk, grassy, floral, dry dead leaves, mild barnyard qualities, mineral water, cereal grains and a nice bright fruit quality, berries and tart pitted stone fruits. The mouthfeel is good, coating and very lively, crisp medium body that has a nice heft and a tart and dry finish.

Verdict: A nice Gueuze from Girardin. Lots of nice funk, pleasantly tart and offering a complex spectrum of flavors.
May 21, 2021
 
Rated: 3.75 by blackcloud from Alaska

Apr 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4.1 by smi69 from New York

Apr 04, 2021
 
Rated: 4.43 by kodt from Illinois

Mar 25, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by Argento from Rhode Island

Mar 20, 2021
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.85/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Rerate, 750 ml green "champagne" bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5%. Deep golden to orange colour, moderate white head. Sourer and even more complex flavour than noted upon first sample. Tart finish, some bitterness. Original rating: At Copenhagen Beer Festival. Hazy golden colour, sparkling. Decent aroma of brettanomyces (sour fruit, farmhouse, horse blanket), but not extreme. The medium sour flavour has also the typical brettanomyces character, but fairly well balanced and not too extreme. Should work well as a beginner’s gueuze.
Mar 19, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Feb 14, 2021
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Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota

4.32/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
When I popped the cork, there was a nice bit of smoke clinging around the neck of the bottle. It pours a nice apple color. Somewhat clear. 1 1/2 finger slightly off white head. The head retention is poor. The head dissipates to a nice ring around the edge of the glass, that rides up a bit on the edge. No lacing otherwise. There's some carbonation rising in the glass as I watch it.
The nose is a really wild, and complex funky aroma. There's a bit of apple here, more of an apple cider aroma. There's a farm aroma here - no not cow pies - like a straw/hay aroma. Some floral aromas here as well.
Taste - Very wild. Up front it seems more into the funky floral that I was getting on the nose. I also get some lemon flavor up front. The apple cider seems to be a back flavor that lingers.
The body reminds me of champagne - really bubbly, and crisp. Somewhat "dry". Crisp feeling.
I do not have much experience with this style, but I think this is a good representation for this style. I'm enjoying it.
Jan 03, 2021
Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label) from Brouwerij Girardin
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 1260 ratings