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A traditional Belgian '''Gueuze''', also written geuze, is a blend of young and old [[Lambic|Lambics]] (traditionally 1 year old, which 2 year old and 3 year old). Geuzes are then typically highly carbonated from refermentation in the bottle after blending, then aged for 2-3 years due to produce either the unfermented carbohydrates present in components of the blend or from the addition of priming sugar (or a dryer, fruitier and more intense style combination of Lambicboth). There Because gueuze is no hop characterproduced from lambic, some are filtered it is a 100% sponteneously fermented product and force carbonated if does not pasteurized as well. Some say that this is receive the more harsh lambic as the sourness is pretty intenseaddition of pitched yeasts and bacteria.

Some gueuzes are filtered and force carbonated if not pasteurized as well. There is some legal protection in the EU to differentiate sweetened gueuze from the traditional version, but not all producers follow this nomenclature. According to EU law, the term "Gueuze" denotes a blend of spontaneously fermented lambic which is inoculated by ambient air during cooling. Gueuze must meet certain OG, color, pH and bitterness standards and the oldest component of the blend must be aged in oak for at least 3 years <ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/registeredName.html?denominationId=382 EU law protecting Lambic and Gueuze]</ref>. The terms Oude and Vieille are associated with a more traditional product, although not all traditional g(u)euzes follow this nomenclature (for example, Cantillon and Girardin). "Oude" or "Vieille" Gueuze must additionally be a blend of lambics which are on average of more than one year old, undergo a secondary fermentation on the sediment in bottles, have a minimum volatile acidity and a minimum total acidity <ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/registeredName.html?denominationId=739 EU law protecting the terms Oude and Vielle]</ref>. Some examples of traditional gueuze exist without being labeled as "oude" or "vieille" however sweetened, pasteurized and/or filtered examples will not be called "oude" geuze. Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 45.0-67.0% ==See Also=====Additional Articles on MTF Wiki===* [[Spontaneous Fermentation]]* [[Lambic]]* [[Gueuze and Lambic Character]]* [[Cantillon]]* [[3 Fonteinen]]* [[De Cam]] ===External Resources===* [http://www.lambic.info lambic.info]* [http://www.latisimports.com/assets/uploads/2012/06/FlemishRedBrownbeersCBC3.pdf "Flemish Red Brown Beers", Presentation by Rudi Ghequire at CBC 2012.] (Contains differences with Lambic)* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jNgc5Nu46Q Dan's youtube video on calling non-Belgian beers lambic and gueuze]* [http://horscategoriebrewing.blogspot.de/2015/10/gueuzerie-tilquin-visits.html Dave Janssen's blog post about Tilquin, see the section on lambic blending]