Oude Geuze is a fantastic beer. It is complex and tart but not puckering. The taste is difficult to describe. I taste lemons and oranges and wheat.
BeerAdvocate rating = Excellent, 300th best beer overall and 6th best Belgian Gueuze.
Rating = 6 glasses.
"Oude Geuze Boon Black Label is an oude geuze first released by Boon in November 2015 to commemorate the brewery's 40th anniversary. A subsequent second batch was released in 2016 and a third batch was released in 2017. It is bottled in 750ml bottles and labeled as 7% ABV" (https://www.lambic.info/Oude_Geuze_Boon_Black_Label).
Geuze Boon Black Label No. 3 is a wonderful beer but my recollection is fuzzy. I think the flavor features apple and hay with only hints of tartness.
Beer Advocate rating = 4.08 but the beer lacks enough review to be rated.
Rating = 5 glasses.
Big Papi is a juicy New England style IPA with plenty of grapefruit and orange zest flavor.
Rating = 3 glasses.
This review is from 2018.
Yeti Barrel-Aged Chocolate Stout is smooth and easy drinking imperial stout. Oak and chocolate are subdued and create a more mellow version of Yeti.
I think "Chocolate" is in the name and that the beer was a special release to celebrate an anniversary.
Notes from Great Divide on Yeti Barrel-Aged Stout : This unique version of our monstrous Yeti Imperial Stout is aged for at least 12 months in whiskey barrels. The spirited aging process produces a hugely complex but mellowed Yeti, with its signature roasted flavors, hints of vanilla and oak, and a whiskeyed finish. Who says you can’t tame a beast?
Rating = 6 glasses.
Note: this is a review from 2018.
Kriek Mariage Parfait is complex and totally quaffable. I drank one bottled in 2014 tonight. Low carbonation dissipated quickly and left ring of bubbles on the glass as I drank. Color was plum. The dark color surprised me because I think of Kriek as being pale pink. Perhaps Mariage Parfait uses different cherries or masticates/smashes them before letting the beer sit on them. Taste leads with almost sweet cherries, something like cherry juice with most sugar removed. It reminded me of wine that was definitively not dry but not really sweet either. Good to sip or to gulp, the beer blurs the line between beer and wine. The finish contains some faint tastes of tartness and vinegar. I want more.
Rating = 5 glasses. I thought about 6 glasses but want another to confirm.
