Style and Colour: Lambic Gueuze.
Taste: Its taste is sour and dry with hints of grapefruit and apple.
Alcohol: 6 % ABV
Drinking Temperature: 12° C
Fermentation: Beer of spontaneous fermentation resulting from the assembly of different lambics. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, it is refermented in the bottle for a minimum of 6 months. The lambics used are fermented and matured in oak barrels.
The Brewery: The brewery was founded in 1882 by Henri Vandervelden in Beersel, southwest of Brussels.
Origin: Lambic is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels. Brewed in Lembeek, the village that gave Lambic its name. It is fermented through exposure to wild yeasts and bacteria. Oude Gueuze’ label was accorded legal protection by the European Union. Brewers are now only allowed to call their product Oude Gueuze if the older lambic used in the process has been aged for three years, has matured in oak barrels and is free of any artificial sweeteners.
Food: Pairs wonderfully with mussels, crab, asparagus, duck, eggs and waffles.
World Beer Awards: Best Gueuze lambic in 2007 and 2009
