Mort Subite Oude Gueuze
Brouwerij Mort Subite

Copenhagen 29/1 2019. 37,5 cl bottle from Ølhandleren in Give (webshop). Drawing of what I suppose is the brewery, some barrels and happy guy with a horn on a horse. They even manage to brag about a Best Sour Beer Award from 2014.

Pours hazy, golden yellow with a medium-sized white head. Settles as small chunks of foam clinging to the side of the glass. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is sharp and citric. Vinegar, citrus, green apples with very light funky hints. Acidic.

Light but prickly carbonation. Soft yet tingling texture.

Flavor is medium sweet followed by a strong sourness. Aftertaste is siur citric and linger for a bit. Finish is dry. Solid Lambic. Crisp, sour and dry. With only a moderate hint of funk

Fair enough they got an award for this sour fellow.

Shared bottle at local tasting. Deep golden colour, low white head. Lovely and beguiling aroma of brettanomyces lambicus, white wine vinegar and farmhouse. Sour and acidic flavour, clean, lemony and vinegary - but (in a perverted sense): GOOD!

Amber solid color with a thick beige head with great retention and leaving laces.
Aroma with notes of the friendliest sourness with faint funky notes. Hints of caramel malt and stone fruit marmalade.
Flavor with notes of sulfuryl water, spices, lemon, oak, faint barnyard and white grapes. Dry aftertaste with a decent attenuation and sour, though not aggressive finish.
Light body with appropriate carbonation. No way you can tell this is 7% abv.
Very balanced Gueuze with fair and equal shares of funkiness, malt, spices and lemony sourness.

 

It is good but a bit bland, not as full flavored and tart as I expect a Geuze to be.

Look: golden slightly orange with a thick white head

Aroma: wheat, lemon, apple, pear

Flavor: There's some grains/wheat, it's sweet, slightly tart, a little bit of lemon, apple, pear.

Body/Overall: light to medium body

 

 

BBD: 16.02.2027

Pours a bright amber gold, rising streams of bubbles, and an ample head of foam. Long lasting coverage and arcs of spotty lacing around the glass.

Aroma is soft, light mineral and clover honey, lightly malty. Tiny bit of acidity.

Tart lemon citrus, soft oak in the background, effervescent round feel. Slightly creamy texture, barest hint of lambic funk. Tangy lemon rind, light minerality. Not outright sour, making it ideal for the novice lambic drinkers.

Overall this is better than I remember years ago, it seems to be fully traditional without any additives. Not a bad one, wouldn’t turn it down, but there are more complex gueuzes out there.

Picked up a bottle at a carrefour express for 1 euro or so. Orange, decent head. aroma and flavor are malty, sweet, bad. I knew it was going to be bad going in but I thought it would be decent train gueuze. Nope.

 

 

 

 

1988 bottle at Grote Dorst

White head. Dark burnt orange colorS

Lots of apple cider notes. Sour. Vinegar. Malty, sweet, and tart. Lemon citrus. Very funky.

This was fun to try, but not something I wanted to drink a lot of.

06/26/2017, in Bruges, Belgium.

 

Sampled at THT June tasting. Pale, hazy orange with a thin white head. Vinegar, citrus, sodium bicarbonate. Medium dryness with a low to medium sourness. Not bad.

 

Bottled with cork and cage
Golden body wit huge foaming white head
Funky white wine vinegar aroma
Slightly sweet sight grape and tart sour sherbert notes

Consumed at Pub Da Aldo
From notes, drank early April 2016
375mL into a tulip
Bottle number: 11/2016


A: Dark golden Amber, small white head, decent retention and good amount of lacing. 4.25

S: A bit funky, fairly sweet, very subtle lactic tartness. 3.75

T: Very sweet, somewhat dry, no real sours/tart characters, sweet wheat. Not what i expect in a Gueuze but it's pretty good. 4

M/D: Medium body, carbonation moderate, a bit syrupy, drinkability is good. 3.75

O: Interesting beer, worth a try. 3.75