8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

20 June 2025. “Iets voor den Erwin” @ Dracuna. Cheers to the whole GBV crew!

2017 version? Overripe mandarin, nectarine, ureum, thyme. Sour nectarine, plum & grapes, funky hay. Tart, mouth-puckering finish, stone fruit pit. Moussy texture. Intense.

8.8

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Boon / Mikkeller Oude Geuze Boon, Bone Dry Mikkeller Selection. 7% ABV, not 6,4%. This is NOT black label edition, but is Yellow label Mikkeller dry hopped version. It was diffrent version than black label. I don't understand why ratebeer pairing that two version to one? mocno chmielny lambick, wytrawny bardzo, lekko cierpki, musujacy, spore nagazowanie, piana napowietrzona jakby. skromnie z metnoscia, poteznie wytrawne i kwaskowo-cytrusowe. mimo to wole klasyczne gueuze Boon'a niz eksperymenty Mikkellera w tym stylu.

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled when fresh. The beer was later merged with 'black label' since there was proof of it being the same as 1 of the bottelings of B1. B1 had 2 bottelings in 2 days, of which the first day, this label was also bottled. Apparently, the same barcode was used, the acize entry was the same ( 1 beer, not 2) , and one of the employees also testified it being the same. B1, botteling 2 (no way to tell which is which up front) tasted differently, and was indeed a different beer . This all to the best of my current knowledge. A big hysteria occured on the site (ratebeer) after which Belgium lost both their admins. The angry mob for them doing their job, was not to be considered fun. Which is exactly the reason I won't merge them here, even though everything points towards them being the same. Frank and Karel Boon have Always kept true to their saying these 2 beers are completely different ( 3 tanks, 1 of them became this beer, the other 2 became black label 1). Anyway, since I lost my Original rating trough the merge, i'm re-trying this one now, 5 years in the bottle. When fresh, this beer was very overcarbonated, but not bad at all.

Sampled 2020, bottled 2015 . The bottle still opens with a strong pop, and pours with a lót of foam. When pouring the first glass, the bottle still overfoams. The foamstability is rather low. Scent is strong, woody, sharp acidic, showing minor age, but not over it's peak just yet to me. Mild cheesyness. Taste is still very overcarbonated. Woody, dry (more dry than it used to be, but the overcarbonation makes clear why that is) Mineral, stronger tartness than i'm used to in Boon. The woodyness makes it very nice, and creates anticipations for this bottle to age well. The minerality makes the middle of the taste experience a bit too wattery, but it ends nicely, refined, citric, woody. Not the greatest lambic, by far, but given it's high carbonation and strong woody tone, it might be a bottle that ages very well in the long term. By a few dozen years, when most of the carbonation tends to dissapear, this one might have big extra value due to - by that point - still being decently carbonated. The sourness also seems strong enough here (including very minor acetic acid), so it will probably age more gracefully than what we're used to in Boon.

Currently - 2020 - still not very reccomended to drink, age a bit further, perhaps let's try it again in 2030 or later ?

8

Yesterday

8

Cork blew off. Very high carbo. Mild wild nose with fruit hints. Very dry. Funky. Dry.

7

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