't Parlement Halle
(Batch of Geuze Mariage Parfait)
Brouwerij F. Boon in Lembeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.41
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Op 6 april 2022 gebotteld naar aanleiding van het 10-jarig bestaan van 't Parlement (Halle). Al 10 jaar is 't Parlement een 'Mariage Parfait' in combinatie van bier, passie en vriendschap. Het is een plek waar kwaliteit en authenticiteit centraal staan. Waar je ten volle kan en mag genieten. Waar klanten vrienden zijn geworden. Deze Oude Geuze staat dan weer voor een liefdevolle verbinding tussen de fijnste lambiekbieren. Het bier is een assemblage van lambiek uit foeders n°26, 32, 77, 103 en 124 van Brouwerij Boon, in een oplage van 3.000 flessen. Voor elke fles werd 1 euro geschonken aan Brothers of Solidarity, een organisatie die garant staat voor het bieden van hulp aan minderbedeelden en mensen in nood.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle shared at the ‘t Parlement Halle with Travis.
Minerally, funky, horse blanket, some fruity character. Quite bitter with some citrusy notes like a grapefruit. Intense and interesting one.
8☆4☆8☆4☆15》39
Minerally, funky, horse blanket, some fruity character. Quite bitter with some citrusy notes like a grapefruit. Intense and interesting one.
8☆4☆8☆4☆15》39
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2025
at 21:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Color: Clear.golden, white head. Aroma: Tartness, fruity gooseberry and citrus, oak wood. Taste: Smooth, still some sweetness, combined with light to moderate tartness and light old hop bitterness. Fruity apple, some grapefruit (zest), hints of lemon. Bit moldy. Subtle leathery funk, oak and tannins. Hints of hay. Medium body, below average carbonation. Very likeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2024
at 15:35
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Exactly a year before writing this review, a pub called ‘t Parlement in Halle celebrated its tenth anniversary and had a traditional geuze blended by nearby Boon especially for the occasion. The result is explicitly referred to as a ‘Mariage Parfait’ but comes specifically from the ‘foeders’ numbered 26, 32, 77, 103 and 124; due to the different proportions of lambic, I think it is justified to grant this one its own separate entry rather than alias it to the actual Mariage Parfait – it does not even taste quite the same anyway, but this will always be a difficult issue with lambic blends, I suppose. Anyway: 75 cl bottle with cork and muselet from Dranken De Moor, one of only 3000 made. Egg-white, medium thick, opening, relatively large-bubbled but well-retaining head on an initially clear, warm pale orange-tinged ‘old golden’ robe with steady, disparate sparkling, turning misty and eventually ‘clouded’ with protein flakes further on. Aroma of old dry wood, raw rhubarb, Granny Smith apple, dried old grapefruit peel, rusk, unripe pear, cracked leather, old and oxidized ‘brut’ champagne, hints of green olive, pecorino rind and vague chlorine (typically Boon). Spritzy onset, lots of green apple, sorrel and hard nectarine with a lemony edge but still remaining relatively ‘mals’; pungent, active effervescence does accentuate the sourness, though. This champenoise effect continues through a bread-crusty, cereally but full core, with a lovely fruity lactic tart stream underneath, drying but still keeping things lively and juicy. Green fruit persists when light umami notes come in (bitter green olive), followed by tannic woodiness, some leathery Brettanomyces (horse saddle) and a mild, deep and brief old hop bitter note; remains juicy and green-fruity, while this minor element of green olive also lingers in the very end. Seems more crisp, juicy and vividly green-fruity than the regular Mariage Parfait, so a different blend indeed. Delicious on a warm and sunny spring afternoon.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2023
at 12:58