Category Archives: Belgium

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Gueuzerie Tilquin, Lambic - non-Lambic Blends

Tilquin Rullquin au café du Rwanda

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.6%
Style: Lambic – non-Lambic Blends
Other Notes: 2022-2023

Brewer Description: (from bottle) The Rullquin au café du Rwanda is the result of a collaboration with Rich Sorano and Parlor Coffee Roasters. Beer of mixed fermentation, it is obtained from a blend of 7/8 of Rulles Brune and 1/8 of 1 year old lambics, which has matured for 8 months on oak barrels. Ground coffee from Rwanda was infused into the blend for 24 hours before bottling. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented and matured in the bottle for 1 year.

My rating: 3+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.88

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a neck label of 2022-2023, and a best before date of 6th July 2033. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A nice dark brown colour with a near one finger beige tanned head, that had good retention, and left nice lacing, much like coffee crema.
Aroma: Light coffee roast, chocolate shavings, with a hint of tartness, plum, and maybe redcurrants.
Taste: Tart, green apple, plums, light roast, coffee. But nothing really lasts, it just stops abruptly.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with high to moderate carbonation, maybe too much.
Overall: The flavours were enjoyable, but I think the high carbonation ended it a bit abruptly, which meant that it wasn’t as good as I felt it could have been. I preferred the Ethiopia version over this.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Gueuzerie Tilquin, Lambic - non-Lambic Blends

Tilquin Rullquin au café d’Éthiopie

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.6%
Style: Lambic – non-Lambic Blends
Other Notes: 2022-2023

Brewer Description: (from bottle) The Rullquin au café d’Éthiopie is the result of a collaboration with Rich Sorano and Parlor Coffee Roasters. Beer of mixed fermentation, it is obtained from a blend of 7/8 of Rulles Brune and 1/8 of 1 year old lambics, which has matured for 8 months on oak barrels. Ground coffee from Ethiopia was infused into the blend for 24 hours before bottling. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented and matured in the bottle for 1 year.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.06

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a neck label of 2022-2023, and a best before date of 7th July 2033. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very nice dark brown in colour with a one finger beige tanned head, that had good retention and left nice lacing, much like very nice coffee crema.
Aroma: Light coffee roast, a light tartness, red berries, raspberry, redcurrants, dark chocolate, and a slight nutty finish.
Taste: Tart, green apple, redcurrant, plums, light roast, coffee, chocolate, with a slight bitterness on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Would have loved for an even stronger coffee influence, perhaps it has faded a bit, given a year or two, but still an interesting blend that was enjoyable to drink. Preferred this over the Rwanda version.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij Alvinne, Wild Ale

Alvinne Cuvée Sofie Kweepeer-Quince

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Brewery: Brouwerij Alvinne
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8%
Style: Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) Phi aged on red wine barrels (Margaux, Pomerol or St-Emilion), macerated on Quince. Fermented with our own wild house yeast strain ‘Morpheus’.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml bottle, poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy copper amber orange colour, with an almost one finger white head that had pretty good retention, and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Dried cherry, pear, pear skin, wood, with notes of apple.
Taste: Sweet and sour, tart, cherry, pear, apple, apple cider vinegar.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: The sweet, sour and acidity balance each other out well, and it drinks nicely.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Bofkont, Lambic - Fruit

Bofkont Kutfruit

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Brewery: Bofkont
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) 1, 2 and 3 years old lambic with Mirabelle de Nancy from France. How did the beer get its name? After sorting out for days at the ideal ripeness of the mirabelles in 2020. Let’s just say it took a while before I feld in love with the mirabelles.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.35

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2023 vintage, bottled on 5th November 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy apricot orange colour, with a one finger white head that had pretty good retention, and eventually settled to a nice thin but fluffy cap, while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy, tart, plums, orange, oak, with some light funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, juicy, plum, citrus, orange, grapefruit zesty, with light notes of oak and funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Refreshing with good aroma and flavours. Lots of plum but also a citrus bomb with a good amount of orange and grapefruit zest.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, DUST Blending, Lambic - Fruit

DUST Terwaar III

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Brewery: DUST Blending
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.4%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: #2023/003

Brewer Description: (from bottle) #2023/003 Barrel aged Lambiek + Lijsternest pomace: rondo, muscat blue, solaris, bronner.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.79

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle. Bottled in March 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy pinkish orange colour with a half finger white head that had dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Vinous, red berries, apple peel, tart, funky.
Taste: Sour, tart, red berry fruits, apple peel, lightly vinous, lemon zest, viney.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, moderate to low carbonation, with moderate to high acidity.
Overall: On the edge of being too acidic, and while being fruity, it wasn’t as vinous or grapey than expected.