A new beer that has recently appeared on the shelves with little fanfare is Mort Subite's Oude Gueuze a l'ancienne, which in essence means it is a traditional gueuze made with a portion of aged lambic. What makes this significant is not the quality of the beer itself, which is average as far as gueuzes go, rather its the fact that it is the first new authentic lambic to be marketed in Belgium since 2003 with the introduction of De Cam. This beer has been available exclusively at the Mort Subite cafe in Brussels where it is served in 75cl bottles as "Gueuze sur Lie".

Oude Gueuze is available at a variety of everyday grocers in Brussels along with their diluted and sweetened gueuze, frambois, kriek and peche. Though not as bad as the Belle Vue brand, these fruit lambics are not for the connoisseur.

My own tasting notes indicate an accomplished gueuze on the dry side, with good acidity but lacking in depth and complexity. The beer doesn't stay on the palate very long like the better gueuzes do. It is worth a try, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.