Oude Quetsche à l'Ancienne
(has 10 batches)
Gueuzerie Tilquin in Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
7.83
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The Quetsche Tilquin à l’ancienne is a spontaneous fermentation beer obtained from the fermentation of destoned fresh purple plums (Quetsche véritable d’Alsace, close to the Damson) in a blend of 1 and 2 years old lambics for a period of 4 months. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, it is re-fermented in the bottle for a minimum period of 3 months. The lambics used were fermented and matured in our own oak barrels at the blendery. They are made from worts brewed by Boon, Lindemans, Girardin and Cantillon.
The taste is slightly tart but also fruity and round which makes this Quetsche à l’ancienne may be more accessible for non-experts or less sophisticated palates. It also has a slight dryness from the skin of the plums. The nose perceives a plum brandy perfume.
The taste is slightly tart but also fruity and round which makes this Quetsche à l’ancienne may be more accessible for non-experts or less sophisticated palates. It also has a slight dryness from the skin of the plums. The nose perceives a plum brandy perfume.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska på Beer Ditch. Smak och doft av plommon, röda bär, peppar, jäst med toner av citrus. Vinös, torr, viss syrlighet. Frisk med fin beska.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2014
at 07:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, thanks SirLimpsalot. Hazy dark golden with a minimal head. Tart with apples, hay, funk and fruit. Nicely sour and refreshing. A tasty one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2014
at 01:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375 ml bottle. Pours a murky, pale reddish amber colour with a very small off-white head. Pungent aroma has notes of horse blanket, brettanomyces, sour grapefruit and alcohol. Sweet flavour of fruit with notes of grapefruit, lemon, yeast and a dry, sour, acidic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2014
at 20:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Saurer Antrunk mit angenehmen Fruchtnoten. Intensiv, die Säure nimmt mit der Zeit leicht ab. Runde Fruchtnoten, vergleichsweise mild, gut! 12/12/12/12/10/12
Tried
on 20 Aug 2014
at 13:07
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from 2013. Pours deep cloudy orange with a quickly dissipating white head, leaving a lid on the surface. Aroma of immature apples, berries, barnyard, vinegar. Taste is very tart fruity, later even more tartness out of citrus and vinegar, a woody hint before a dry finish. Medium to full body, medium carbo, slight oily texture. A nice display of the tart side of fruit lambics, nicely done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2014
at 17:14
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle @ Armin’s apartment. Thanks to Luke for sending! Pours a cloudy, slightly dark orange appearance with a bubbly white head that dissipates pretty quickly. Funky, cobweby, bright fruity nose. The plums are super nice in the nose. Hay loft, dusty, cheesy aroma. Good carbonation. Kind of spritzy. Moderate lactic acid in the mouth. Complex, barnyard funky, juicy flavor. Some cheesy notes. Not much acid burn on the finish. The fruit is really nice in the background and not too dominate. Dry herbal, grassy finish. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2014
at 17:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a cloudy light brown/reddish color lambic with a large foamy head with good carbonation. Aroma consists of tart a funky noes with some very subtle notes of plums. Taste is dominated by tart notes with subtle notes of plums with a light barnyard finish. Acidity level is well balanced with some oak notes easily distinguishable. Body is quite full with limited filtration and good carbonation. Enjoyable but I would have thought the plum notes would have been more pronounced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2014
at 13:53
9/10
Tried
on 03 Jul 2014
at 13:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
375mL bottle from batch 3, dated 06/02/2014. Aroma is fairly fruity with a nice plum quality, but all the typical gueuze notes are present as well. Medium light citrus and faint acetic notes with moderately strong barnyard funk and some light oak qualities. Pours a very cloudy, murky, orange-brown with some light red highlights and a small, thin, slightly off-white head that exhibits poor retention. No lacing and faint legs. Flavor is moderately fruity with a bit of plum character. Moderately strong acidity with a lot of lemon and citrus and a lighter acetic character. Medium light oak notes with moderately strong barnyard funk with a touch of an herbal quality. Light plum notes in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty nice fruited lambic with an interesting fruit character. Nice barnyard complexity, but it could use more carbonation. Really nice acid complexity too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2014
at 18:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Corked bottle from 16th Street Liquor, West Vancouver
vintage 2012-2013, bb 29/01/2023
The color is murky, with orange-pinkish hue, well carbonated, with a medium sized persistent head. The carbonation brings too much yeast sediment to the top of the bottle, once open.
The aroma is pungent, very citrusy, with scent of old cellar, horseblanket and some fruit vein (7+).
The mouthfeel is very dry, excessively carbonated; the acidity level is very high, not the strongest; the flavor profile is simpler than expected, the fruit is mildly present, luckily it has a moderate, pleasant astringency; also quite lemony; and with traces of yeast (7-). The final is sour but weak and without emotions.
Still better than the foreign attempts, but not the best inside the Belgian panorama.
vintage 2012-2013, bb 29/01/2023
The color is murky, with orange-pinkish hue, well carbonated, with a medium sized persistent head. The carbonation brings too much yeast sediment to the top of the bottle, once open.
The aroma is pungent, very citrusy, with scent of old cellar, horseblanket and some fruit vein (7+).
The mouthfeel is very dry, excessively carbonated; the acidity level is very high, not the strongest; the flavor profile is simpler than expected, the fruit is mildly present, luckily it has a moderate, pleasant astringency; also quite lemony; and with traces of yeast (7-). The final is sour but weak and without emotions.
Still better than the foreign attempts, but not the best inside the Belgian panorama.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2014
at 02:07