This young bottle pours hazy gold and gives a pronounced funk on the nose. The funk note is really satisfyingly foregrounded in the taste. Classic green apple and prune don't show up as strong, which gives an interesting lactic tart in combination with the funk. Super effervescent and mineral feel.

Smells heavily of acetone, pours a hazy orange-brown. Very little pucker, taste follows the nose with intense green apple and raisin. Barely any minerality on the finish. A tremendously well aged beer, and one that's made me consider what I enjoy about the style a bit more. Not my platonic guezue, but one that rivals the best I've had from Cantillon and 3F.

Pours a translucent golden. Minimal head, but strong effervescence and nice lacing. Smells a little bretty. Taste is tart white wine and some delicate spice up front with pronounced oak and a tinge of leather on the back end. I drank this once when I was younger and recalled a much stronger Chardonnay impression. This bottle erred further back into beeriness, giving a more developed wild ale flavor that I'd be inclined to return to more often. Probably me that's changed, not the beer!

Pours a rich, but still translucent brown. Silky mouthfeel with just a hint of carbonation left. This bottle didn't have the pronounced brown sugar finish of the last one, it's sweetness being mostly of the fruit variety. The malt shines through, reminiscent of raisin and fig and, what's this, a bit of toffee? Lovely barleywine for those inclined towards the sweeter stuff. Almost a dessert wine sort of sip.

Nicely mellowed, smooth mouthfeel with a lovely brown sugar aftertaste. This held up really well for being 25 years old.

Shared at labor day bbq. Rave reviews even from the non-regular lambic drinkers.

Nose is classic green apple, raisin, and funk. Pours a deep, cloudy orange, like a late summer sunset. Taste has a little more bitterness than other gueuzes but just a touch of pucker. Nice and dry, but doesn't have the minerality I find addictive in Cantillon and 3F's gueuzes. Cork dissolved a little bit, but not much sediment and no huge impact on the beer.

Might have screwed with the aging a bit by storing without climate control for a few months before I bought the wine fridge. Still a really pleasant drink- low acidity and a nice dry finish. I get a bit of pear and kiwi on the palette with the promised custard on the end. Excellent summer sipper.

Cellared at Bottleworks. Came along really well.

Pours a rich, but still translucent brown. Silky mouthfeel with just a hint of carbonation left. This bottle didn't have the pronounced brown sugar finish of the last one, it's sweetness being mostly of the fruit variety. The malt shines through, reminiscent of raisin and fig and, what's this, a bit of toffee? Lovely barleywine for those inclined towards the sweeter stuff. Almost a dessert wine sort of sip.

Nicely mellowed, smooth mouthfeel with a lovely brown sugar aftertaste. This held up really well for being 25 years old.

Tart up top with nice spelt aftertaste.

Drank at the end of FOTR weekender at CDX.