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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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Hazy amber brown color. Barnyard, plums, cobwebs in nose. The mouth is intensely sour, with lots of plums, cobwebs, very intensely sour. Love the intensity. Lingering plum sourness that just goes on forever. Very interesting stuff.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2013
at 00:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 750ml @ Haakonm Pours cloudy orange with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, tart, plums and barnyard. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium sour with a long dry, sour and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2013
at 11:24
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottled, BB 29/01/2023, so 2013 batch, large sample. Hazy amber color, short lasting off-white head. Aroma has typical gueuze features, barnyard, tartness, etc. Some soft plums are present, but I wouldn’t have guessed that without knowing. It does give the lambic that little bit of extra and the wonderful balance does the rest. In flavor there is a bit more of fruit present, besides the sourness. Again, superb balance between citric and lactic notes. Wow, truly great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2013
at 13:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled at Kristiansand Ølfestival. Cloudy pinkish orange body with a moderate sized white head. Strong acidic and funky aroma, fruity but difficult to pick out anything special. Flavor is pretty sour and acidic with the same fruitiness as found in aroma, fine body with a tart and acidic aftertaste. A bit unfear to rate this delicate lambic at a festival with one glass in each hand. Will definitively re-rate later, but still had a fine experience with this beer.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2013
at 13:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 37.5 cl green bottle corked and capped poured into a tulip. Pours tranlucent orange with small white head. Aroma is tart, medium body, medium carbonation, and thin small bubble lacing. Taste is tart and some plums. Better as it warms, but expected more flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2013
at 18:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2013 bottle. Hazy rose gold with an off white head that quickly fades to a coat. Wheaty lemon aroma with plums, rhubarb and a strange but not unpleasant note of (um) graphite. Carbonation is quite low, just slippery texture. Really juicy plums of the yellow-fleshed sort that go from sour rocks to rankly sweet mush in half a day unless you catch them at the right time. They’re lovely and they dominate, with wheaty tartness supporting and cleaning up the palate. Some almonds and apricots. Very good, but a bit well-mannered - this is all very smooth, and maybe wants for a little unhinged ramshackle intensity. Or maybe drunk just a little soon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2013
at 08:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle - 375ml, 2013 vintage. Pours cloudy pink amber with a small beige creamy head that slowly dissipates with good lacing. Tons of fairly large floaties, or more correctly sinkies since they mostly settle out after a few minutes. Aroma is funk, lemon, fruity (I assume plums), yeast. Flavor is the same, lightly funky, medium tart and fairly fruity overall, but in a nondescript way. Medium body, good champagnelike carbonation. A good lambic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2013
at 17:39