Third time... lucky?

Gueze is hard to resist. That's why I've come back to Lambiek Fabriek, even though I don't think their beers are as good as those of their more established competitors. But they're available here now, and faced with a bottle of an unfamiliar one in Molloy's I was compelled to buy it. Maybe this will be the breakthrough.

Natur-Elle's signature feature is that it's organic. That doesn't mean it'll automatically be brilliant, but hey: it works for Cantillon. The beer had been in the bottle for almost a year and had developed quite a lot of gunky sediment, necessitating very careful pouring. The aroma is decent but unspectacular with an understated level of gunpowder spicing. The flavour carries that along well, but is plagued by the same issue as the flagship Brett-Elle: a thin vinegary sharpness in place of the richer and smoother sour quality of good geuze. 6.2% ABV is a significant strength so I feel I have every right to expect something more rounded as a result, but this is all pointy angles with not enough of what makes geuze enjoyable.

So they're not there yet. And perhaps they never will be. Will I eventually be buying a fourth bottle to test this further? Bank on it.