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I mean, I already knew this in many ways. Saint Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition (2012) (A different tier AND WAY past its prime, with some medicinal off-flavours).Cantillon Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2018) (a bad rubbery mess of an off-bottle, sadly).Allagash Coolship Resurgam (2018) (Not really in the same discussion as the classics).

Girardin Gueuze 1882 Black Label (2014) (a bit honey-ish and past its prime).

Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait (2015) (tastes a touch sweet/malty when compared directly aside the others).

Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze Vieille (2015) (overly malty in both nose and taste, but quite dry in the finish with minimal linger).

Boon Oude Geuze à l'Ancienne (2017) (a bit muted/mild in mouth compared to others).

3 Fonteinen Oude Gueuze (Assemblage #28 2017) (I noted that both of the 3f had a milder nose when alongside others for comparisons sake).

Boon Oude Geuze Black Label #3 (2016) (smooth, has a slight fruitiness in taste).

3 Fonteinen Oude Gueuze Cuvee Armand & Gaston Assemblage 11 (2017/18) (I was shocked to note that the nose is a touch mild when directly compared to so many).

Oud Beersel Gueue Vandervelden 135 (2017) (slightly odd finish, but excellent funk and criminally underrated).

Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René (2015) (very strong in each category, if not tops in any).

Tilquin Oude Gueuze à l'Ancienne (2017) (brilliant, bright, funky, aromatic, perfect).In order of my personal ranking (based on BJCP scoring during the tasting) with just a few, ever-so-brief thoughts in parentheses:

Nonetheless, here is the kill shot, to be followed by my personal blind ranking, some notes on each, and some closing crucial observations. Nonetheless, I thought I'd get a nice idea of the standard lineup and I hoped to find that I had been fooled by name-recognition of the big 3 (not counting Bokke) of Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen, and Tilquin and discover that I somehow preferred cheaper, more easily procurable lambic. This potential diversity was exacerbated by the varied ages of the bottles I pulled from the cellar. Oude gueuze, a remarkably aging-tolerant blend of 1-year old, 2-year old, and 3-year old spontaneously fermented, unfruited lambic (from the Pajottenland region of Belgium), is a very durable beer style, but is also one with vast vintage differences, age development waves, and noticeable bottle and batch variation. For the uninitiated, that means we numbered these products and wrote out (or typed) our assessments of the 13 products all poured before us (into, yes, 52 glasses used at once) without awareness of which was which until they were revealed after our ratings had been completed.īlind tastings are wonderful for a few reasons: they confirm (or challenge) our palates and remind us of our strengths (and limitations) they beat down our preconceptions and challenge us to rethink them and they typically involve drinking a lot of really exciting beer.ĭrinking gueuze blind, however, is far less consistently reliable than blind tastings are for most other beer styles. Recently, I had the opportunity to drink far too many beers with Noah from Beerism, Matt from Vox & Hops, and Craig from BAOS, and we kicked things off with a little 13 gueuze (well, 12 and one spontaneous unfruited American wild that was added for what we may call 'good measure') blind tasting.