Schoune Gueuze La Spontanée 2005

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Thanks to Chopz for sharing this oldie! (2005). Pours a fairly thin foamy head and has a slightly cloudy golden/light amber appearance. Not really any lacing. Strong aromas of yeast, coriander and oranges. Flavours are of oranges, malts, yeast and some light spices. Very tangy. Quite fizzy mouthfeel with a tingling sensation. Held up very well after all these years. Quite surprising actually.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Forgot this bottle in the dark. Yep, this is the 2005 edition, opened in 2013. Well, quite surprised (as I remember Schoune beers being infected in the past), but this one is quite good. Did the time make this one better ? I think so. Cloudy (hazy by the last pour) amber colour with a soapy head, average retention and minimal lace. Sour nose with lots of fruits (apples, lemons, gooseberries). Sour taste, but not as strong (as this is where time did it's job) balanced by some nice sweetness. Lots of apples, reminding me of natural cider without the spices. Mild tartiness lingering with some yeast. I am very surprised how good this is, for so many years sitting. Wish I would of cellared more.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Bottle: Poured a pale yellow color beer with a very small bubbly white head with no retention. Aroma of slightly sour with some farmhouse funkiness buried in the back. Taste is quite awful with a strong watery feel and some sourness but clearly not enough to call this a real gueuze. Carbonation is so low that I had to go back and convince myself that it was actually a gueuze. Body is also defiantly too thin for the style. The only reason I am not rating this beer any lower is that I can feel some (thought not enough) farmhouse funkyness, which make me think that there is something to do with this beer if the brewer has enough ability and willingness.