Geuze Mariage Parfait
Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait has an alcohol content of 8%. It consists of 95% mild lambic, aged at least three years and specially reserved for this purpose, and 5% young lambic. The latter provides the fermentable sugars and wild yeasts. After mixing in a vessel of 25,000 litres, the wort (unfermented mixture) is filtered and chilled. If we are bottling, we bring it back to fermentation temperature. The bottles are placed in a climate-controlled space for the secondary fermentation. This is followed by maturing at low temperature for at least 6 months. Want to know the bottling date? Simply subtract 20 years from the “best before” date!
The soft, mildly sour berry taste, harmonises with the oak barrels’ aromas in which Geuze Mariage Parfait has ripen. The body speaks of vanilla followed by a bitter aftertaste of cloves that becomes increasingly intense. Sublime.
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Mariage Parfait es mucho mas compleja de lo que aparenta. Estamos ante una cerveza turbia, con bastantes burbujas y con una fina espuma blanca. Para alguien que tiene por primera vez una Gueuze en las manos a primera vista parece champán, y sabe y huele como la sidra. En aroma destacan toques a manzana y fresas, con un punto a ahumado aportado por la barrica así como alguna nota ácida y de levadura propias del estilo. Al probarla vuelve a predominar la levadura, estando muy presente la manzana, las fresas, el trigo crudo y en menor medida a limón y naranja y con ese sutil toque a ahumado. Todo ello consigue hacer a esta cerveza ácida y muy refrescante.
Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vandervelden 135 years
Vandervelden 135 Oude Geuze is a blend of 1-year-old lambic aged on foeders that were previously used for mainly red Brunello di Montalchino Tuscany wine and of 3-year-old lambic on an old Oud Beersel foeder.