GUEUZE

Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René

Brouwerij Lindemans • Flemish Brabant Belgium

Spontaneous Bottle Conditioned● 5.5% ABV

The Lindemans most drinkers never meet. Where the family is known abroad for sweetened fruit lambics, Cuvée René is the traditional side of the house: a blend of young and old lambic matured in oak and refermented in the bottle, bone dry and properly sour. Named World's Best Gueuze at the 2017 World Beer Awards.

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FLAVOR PROFILE
LemonOakHayTartDry

Sharp, sparkling and complex, with notes of lemon, oak, hay, 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
Lemon, Oak, Hay
Taste
Dry, medium-bodied, lemon, oak, hay, 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

"A classic with moules frites or a plate of oysters; the acidity does the work a squeeze of lemon would."

Seafood

Seafood

Mussels, oysters

Frites

Frites

Frites, croquettes

Cook this: paling in 't groen (eel in green herbs), or frites with andalouse, or cheese croquettes (kaaskroketten).

AVAILABILITY

Rare, limited distribution

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PRICE GUIDE
$$$$

Special Occasion

Rare or strong, worth the hunt.

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Flavor & Aroma

IOn the nose
  • Lemon
IIOn the palate
  • Lemon
  • Oak
  • Hay
IIIThe finish
  • Tart
  • Dry

The Lindemans most drinkers never meet. Where the family is known abroad for sweetened fruit lambics, Cuvée René is the traditional side of the house: a blend of young and old lambic matured in oak and refermented in the bottle, bone dry and properly sour. Named World's Best Gueuze at the 2017 World Beer Awards.

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Story & Heritage

ABOUT THIS BEER

The Lindemans most drinkers never meet. Where the family is known abroad for sweetened fruit lambics, Cuvée René is the traditional side of the house: a blend of young and old lambic matured in oak and refermented in the bottle, bone dry and properly sour. Named World's Best Gueuze at the 2017 World Beer Awards.

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.

Explore the Gueuze guide Source: BeerAdvocate
BREWERY

Brouwerij Lindemans

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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