48/100) Oud Beersel or the lesson of the Green Glass

I have set myself the goal to review three beers or ciders every week for 100 weeks. I will be learning about beer and ciders more as I do this, and if I am successful in this venture, I will have tried about 300 unique drinks. If you're curious how I'm doing, the number in the post's title tells you which week I am in now.

Oude Gueze, Oude Kriek, Framboise

I have been getting into a Belgian beer kick of late. Krieks, gueze, and lambics in general have caught my interest. These three however, disappointed me, and I should have seen it coming.

I forgot the rule of green glass.

Beer has multiple enemies in this world. The most annoying one is sunlight. Brown glass protects beer from its effects, but green and clear glass do next to nothing. Only a few minutes of UV exposure can skunk a beer, or just a couple of days if you're talking the lighter UV of fluorescent lights. These three beers must have had their fair share of exposure because they were all pretty skunked, and that despite two of them having a Best By 2034 date.

Oude Gueze) tasted liked popcorn kernals that had been sitting too long in the bottom of a microwavable bag. Hidden behind that wall of ugh flavor, a touch of tartness and a dry finish was all that remained. ☆

Oude Kriek) This one came the closest to surviving of the three. The skunking, which again manifested as the aforementioned popcorn kernal taste, intruded only lightly. The color of the pour was a deep magenta, and the late mid had decent tartness to it. Enjoyable, but my guess is that it wasn't supposed to taste like it did. ☆☆☆

Framboise) Raspberry and popcorn kernals. I can't say much more about this one. It's just sad. I suspect if I had it in Europe, where it probably didn't have as far to travel, it would be quite good. ☆☆