Marriage parfait Oude gueze

Picked one up in Paris a few months ago and wondered the same. Reviews seem to be quite Positive.

 

I've had a 3-year old bottle and it was fantastic. It says it can go for 20 years on the back of the label, so I'm sure it'll be fantastic. However, the fruit characteristic might drop off at a certain point.

 

Just drank an 04. Full bodied, lemon sourness, funk, wet hay, a bit of apple and some grassyness. Pretty carbonated too, blew the cork out of the bottle after being uncaged and twisted slightly. I really enjoyed it. Too bad I spilled and completely lost my second glass on my girlfriends brand new rug. Thankfully I have 3 more in the cellar.

 

I've had the '04 and have a couple more in the cellar, I really like this beer. If you consider the price and how well the abv is hidden, it is outstanding! If I have to choose between a 8 year old bottle of this for 8$ and a 20$ bottle of fresh 3F gueuze, I'll take the Boon every time.

 

The first two or three years the beer will become slightly more sour funky and drier as the brett and pedio do their work on the younger lambic and priming additions. After that The beer will soften a bit, with the acidity not being so harsh And the funk and fruity Esters mellowing and incorporating over time. The Brett and low Ph will help to prevent many sweet oxidized flavors from becoming very noticeable, but they can show ever so slightly over time.

So over time it will become a softer more elegant beer, therefore if you drink gueuze for the more "in your face"flavors I would not age, other wise it is very worthwhile.