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

Tilquin Oude Rhubarbe À l’ancienne

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.3%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2021-2022

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Old Rhubarbe Tilquin is made from the fermentation of 240g of rhubarb by liter of lambic. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented in the bottle.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a neck label of 2021-2022, and a best before date of 4th November 2031. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with an almost two finger white head that had pretty good retention and eventually settled to a nice thin cap while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Funky, barnyard, earthy, rhubarb, lime, leafy, oak.
Taste: Lightly sour, green, earthy, rhubarb, lemon, with light woody notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: While the aroma was okay, I enjoyed the taste which was nicely balanced.

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

Tilquin Oude Groseille à Maquereau Verte à l’Ancienne

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2019-2020

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Old Groseille à Maquereau Verte Tilquin is made from the fermentation of 260 gr of green gooseberries by liter of lambic. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented in the bottle.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.92
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a neck label of 2019-2020, and a best before date of 24th January 2030. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy golden orange colour with an almost two finger white head that had decent retention, and eventually settled to a thin fluffy cap, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Funky, leather, green pepper, green apple, gooseberries, leafy, with a light tartness.
Taste: Light to moderate sour and tartness, funky, leather, green apple, green pepper, gooseberries, oak, green vines, leafy.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Interesting aroma and flavours that were a bit more vegetal and leafy than expected, and while I prefer a lot of other fruited lambic from Tilquin, it was still quite enjoyable.

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

Tilquin Oude (Gueuze Tilquin)² À l’ancienne

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.6%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Gueuze)
Other Notes: Oude (Gueuze Tilquin)2 is the result of a batch of regular Oude Gueuze Tilquin overcarbonating in the bottle. Those bottles were poured back into oak barrels for further maturation before being rebottled a second time

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Oude (Gueuze Tilquin)2 is made from the blending of 1, 2 and 3 year old lambics aged on oak barrels. Due to oversaturation in the bottle, this beer was put again in oak barrels, and then bottled for a second time. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented in the bottle.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.57
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 375ml bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas with a neck label of 2011-2013 and a best before date of 29th January 2024. It was poured into a traditional Tilquin gueuze glass.
Appearance: It poured a slightly hazy golden orange colour with a half finger white head that dissipated almost immediately and left no lacing.
Aroma: Lemon zest, fresh lemons, tart, sour, passionfruit and funkiness.
Taste: Sour, tart, mango, passionfruit and funk.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate to high spritzy carbonation.
Overall: A very nice and refreshing gueuze with great spritzy carbonation and funk.

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