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

Tilquin Oude Gueuze À l’ancienne – Cuvée Marie-Catherine

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze
Other Notes: 2021-2022

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Old Gueuze Tilquin – Cuvée Marie-Catherine was blended in honor of Marie-Catherine Tilquin-Rousseaux with 40% 1-year old lambics, 30% 2-year old lambics and 30% 3-year old lambics, all matured in oak barrels. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented and matured in the bottle for 1 year.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.32
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a neck label of 2021-2022, and a best before date of 15th February 2032. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour, with a half finger white head that had good retention and eventually settled to a ring around the glass, while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Funky, dry hay, wet wood, green apple, citrus zest, and leather notes.
Taste: Tart, fruity, plum, green apple, grapefruit zest, wood, and funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Balanced and enjoyable aroma and flavours. The first of the Tilquin Family Tree Project for me, and can’t wait to try the others.

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

Tilquin Oude Airelle Sauvage À l’ancienne

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2021-2022

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Old Airelle Sauvage Tilquin is made from the fermentation of 125g of lingonberries by liter of lambic. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented in the bottle.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.38
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, with a neck label of 2021-2022, and a best before date of 17th June 2032. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy orangey-red colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, musty, dusty, funky, mixed red berries, oak, with notes of green apple.
Taste: Tart, mixed red berries, lemon juice, oak, green apple, and funk.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: I’m not familiar with lingonberries, but there is balanced fruity red berry aroma and flavours with good funky notes, and a great mouthfeel.

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

Cantillon Racine

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7%
Style: Lambic – Fruit

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A collaboration between Radikon & Cantillon. A blend with the pomace of Chardonnay, Tokay, Sauvignon Blanc grapes and 2 year old lambic.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.13
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2022 vintage, bottled on 7th February 2022. Poured into a Cantillon ballon glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden straw yellow colour, with a thin half finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, tart, grape skin, rose apple, pear, lemon zest, with funky notes.
Taste: Sour, tart, fruity, grape skin, rose apple, pear, lemon zest, with light mineral notes and funk.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Definitely some interesting flavours coming through, but I think not one of my favourites among the Cantillon grape lambics.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Fruit

3 Fonteinen Frambozenlambik

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.7%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°22, Season 19/20

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this small batch Frambozenlambik, we used raspberries from Ferme Framboos, located in beautiful Huldenberg, Flanders. These raspberries, hand-picked in the summer of 2019, macerated for three months on stainless steel. While macerating, we only used lambik originating from one brew and from one barrel; no lambik was added prior to bottling. The final fruit intensity is still 371 grams of raspberries per litre of Frambozenlambik.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.2
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°22, season 19/20, bottled on 14th January 2020. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy pinkish orange colour with a thin white head that disappeared quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Jammy raspberry, strawberry, oak, lemon zest, and a touch tart.
Taste: Sour, tart, raspberry, lemon juice, lemon zest, oak, with light funky notes.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Good enjoyable aroma and flavours with just the lack of carbonation limiting it a bit.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Fruit

3 Fonteinen Cassis

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.7%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°26, Season 21/22

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this first ever Cassis, we macerated freshly harvested cassis berries on an ex-Bordeaux barrel for a good four months. The lambics used for macerating and blending were all two years old, and originating from two different barrels and eight different brews. The weighted average age of this blend clocks at 26 months. The final fruit proportion is 313 grams of cassis berries used per litre of finished fruit lambik. The berries were manually picked at Purfruit, a small community supported orchard in West-Flanders, Belgium.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.29
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°26, season 21/22, bottled on 3rd February 2022. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A deep purple red colour, with a one finger pinkish head that had decent retention, and eventually settled to a thin cap, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Blackcurrant, damp wood, lemon zest, green vines, a touch funky.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, blackcurrant, lemon juice, citrus zest, rhubarb, oak, green vines (“raw”), with some light funky notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: The blackcurrant aroma and flavours works for me, but there is some rhubarb-y, “green” and “raw” notes that detract from it a bit in this blend.