GUEUZE

De Troch Oude Gueuze Cuvée

Brouwerij De Troch • Flemish Brabant Belgium

Spontaneous Bottle Conditioned● 5.5% ABV

From a farm brewery at Wambeek whose brewing records run back to roughly 1795, which makes De Troch a strong claimant to the title of oldest lambic brewery still working. The Cuvée is its traditional unsweetened gueuze, a world away from the Chapeau fruit lambics the brewery is better known for abroad.

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FLAVOR PROFILE
CitrusHayMustyTartDry

Sharp, sparkling and complex, with notes of citrus, hay, musty, finishing crisp and dry.

SERVING

Serve at 6-8°C in a lambic glass to maintain a generous head and let the aromas bloom.

6-8°C

CHARACTER
DryDrySweet
LightLightFull
SoftSoftBitter

Style-based profile from ABV, style & tasting notes.

TASTING NOTES
Appearance
Golden, champagne-bright, with a fleeting white head
Aroma
Citrus
Taste
Dry, medium-bodied, citrus, hay, musty, tart
Finish
Dry.
BEER DETAILS
Style:
Gueuze
ABV:
5.5%
IBU:
0-10
Origin:
Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Glassware:
Lambic Glass
CELLAR5 to 10+ years

Ages for years. Oak-aged and acidic, it deepens and mellows over a decade or more.

PERFECT PAIRING

"Good with a simple roast chicken or a young goat cheese; the dryness resets the palate between bites."

Soft Cheese

Soft Cheese

Brie, chèvre, fresh curd

Aged Cheese

Aged Cheese

Gouda, Trappist, Bruges

Poultry

Poultry

Roast chicken, duck

Cook this: creamy brie or fresh chevre on toast, a wedge of aged abbey cheese (Chimay, Orval), or vol-au-vent (chicken in puff pastry).

AVAILABILITY

Rare, limited distribution

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PRICE GUIDE
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Special Occasion

Rare or strong, worth the hunt.

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Flavor & Aroma

IOn the nose
  • Citrus
IIOn the palate
  • Hay
  • Musty
IIIThe finish
  • Tart
  • Dry

From a farm brewery at Wambeek whose brewing records run back to roughly 1795, which makes De Troch a strong claimant to the title of oldest lambic brewery still working. The Cuvée is its traditional unsweetened gueuze, a world away from the Chapeau fruit lambics the brewery is better known for abroad.

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Story & Heritage

ABOUT THIS BEER

From a farm brewery at Wambeek whose brewing records run back to roughly 1795, which makes De Troch a strong claimant to the title of oldest lambic brewery still working. The Cuvée is its traditional unsweetened gueuze, a world away from the Chapeau fruit lambics the brewery is better known for abroad.

On the Gueuze style, The "Champagne of Brussels". A blend of young and old lambics, bottle-conditioned. Intensely dry, sour, cider-like, and highly carbonated.

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BREWERY

Brouwerij De Troch

COUNTRY

Belgium

REGION

Flemish Brabant

STYLE

Gueuze

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Glassware & Ritual

The Lambic Glass
THE LAMBIC GLASS

For wild & sour ales

A slender, tapered glass that shows off the bright effervescence and tart, funky bouquet of spontaneously-fermented lambics, gueuze and fruit ales.

01

Serve well-chilled

Cool tempers the sharp acidity

02

Pour gently

Preserve the champagne-like bead

03

Keep a lacy collar

A thin head carries the funk

04

Sip slowly

Let the sourness unfold on the palate

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THE MONK'S NOTE

Pour it into a lambic glass, served around 6-8°C, and let its aromatics open before the first sip. Patience rewards this one: a few years in the cellar will round it into something deeper.

Brother Anselm, cellarmaster

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