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.
