Beach Tasting: Bosteels DeuS

I’m not going to do a traditional tasting post for this one because I drank this last night with a few people and didn’t have time to make notes on each item at the time. I will do my best to recall everything.

First off I must say that I am thoroughly disappointed with how this turned out. It started ok with a champagne style cork popping that went across the room with lots of power. My first inkling that something was wrong was during the pouring. The notes from the Michael Jackson book “Great Beers of Belgium” 6th edition, indicated the head was thick, almost meringue like. This head was more champagne like with large bubbles that quickly dissipated.

The smell was about the same as the taste. I’m not really sure how to describe it but I know I have tasted it before. There must be a name for the flavor because it is very distinct. The best I can do is describe it as rotten buttery apples. I did not get any crisp flavors or any other fruits, just a really weird middle flavor that must have been wrong.

I shared this with two others and at first we thought we liked it but after many drinks it just did not sit very well. The taste was not enjoyable in my opinion. So much so that I poured out my second glass despite my insistence on drinking it all because of what I paid for it.

I almost think that maybe I got a bad batch or bottle because there are very few drinks I don’t like or cannot drink. Sure, I used to think Big Foot was the grosses thing ever, but that was more than 2 years ago and my tastes have greatly changed. I have tried and enjoyed at least 100+ base and hybrid styles of beer and well over 600 unique beers I’m sure, but I didn’t not like this at all. I enjoy just about ever lambic, sour, brett beer that I try so I don’t understand why I could not drink this.

Overall this beer just sucked for me for some reason. Not work the $1 let alone the hefty $30-35. For sake of my wallet I will presume there was something wrong with this batch or bottle.