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FUNK YEAH SANTA ROSA PLUM if you want a fruit-forward gueuze with real plum character,
Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René if you want classic funky restraint.
The Beachwood is slightly hotter at 6.5% ABV and lets the stone fruit dominate—you taste plum first, funk second. Lindemans is the traditional play: drier, more cerebral, all vinegar and wild yeast complexity with barely a whisper of fruit underneath.
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FUNK YEAH SANTA ROSA PLUM
Beachwood's plum punch hits immediately—it's almost jammy on the front end, but the sourness cuts through fast and keeps it from cloying. There's this wine-like earthiness in the mid-palate where you realize they're not masking the gueuze nature, just layering fruit on top of it. The finish is clean and slightly tart, with plum skin tannins lingering. It's a gueuze that introduces itself with fruit but doesn't forget its funky roots.
Lindemans Oude Gueuze Cuvée René
This one's a purist's pour. It's bone-dry with that characteristic musty-cellar complexity—leather, aged wood, a hint of rhubarb tartness. The fruit is there but muted, almost suspicious, like it knows it shouldn't upstage the microbes. There's a peppery, funky spice that builds on the finish. It tastes like it was bottled in 1987 and just got better. It's intellectual beer.
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