Lindemans Gueuze Cuvee Rene

A Not-So-Sour Split

The final day of a great visit is never easy. But a special beer can help soften the blow. 

So before I left Wisconsin, my host and I shared an almost champagne-split-sized bottle of an almost-champagne-tasting beer – Lindemans Gueuze Cuvee Rene.

A gueuze is a type of lambic beer where they blend old and young lambics. Expect to feel your lips pucker, because these ales tend to be dry and sour.

The Cuvee Rene is actually a touch fruitier and sweeter than most of the other gueuze I’ve had.

No pucker, but a nice combination of funky sours and champagne fruits, like apple and citrus. And all very bubbly.

Yep, a great tart beer was just the ticket to making the final day of my visit not so sour.

The Beer Details Brewer: Brouwerij Lindemans (St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium) Style: Gueuze ABV: 5% Cost: ~$6/ 375 mL bottle Goes with: mussels (from Brussels)

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Want this beer? This Belgian brew has fairly wide distribution throughout the US. Check your local bottle specialty shop. 

Erin Malone is a Thursday Happy Hour contributing editor, providing the what's-up of beer all over on Fridays. Do you drink gueuze? What do you think of it? Let me know in the comments below. Or chat with me on Facebook.