Oude Abricot à l'Ancienne
Gueuzerie Tilquin in Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
7.60
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Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Oude Abricot Tilquin à l'Ancienne is made from the fermentation of 230 g of organic apricots by liter of lambic. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented in the bottle.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Dranken Vandewoude and drunk at home. Clear gold colour lasting cream head. Apricot lambic aroma. Good acidity throughout. Good Apricot flavours. Still quite sour though. Yes the fruit kicks in and gives it some sweetness. Good apricots. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2025
at 17:03
7/10
Not the usual Tilquin funk but plenty of apricot
Tried
on 31 May 2025
at 19:37
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2025
at 04:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle, pours an opaque bright golden orange with a medium white head. Nose has plenty of bright apricots, moderate funk, and gentle citric acidity. Flavour is much the same, with plenty of tart apricot, moderate funk, moderate acidity, and citrus. Nice incorporation of the apricot. Very good as usual from the master blender.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Gueuzerie Tilquin
on 10 May 2025
at 17:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Crystal golden with a fizzy white head. Funky fruit tones, Brett, apricot, stone fruit, farmyard, old wood. Finish is long and full of tart acidic fruit notes. Medium, fizzy body. A joy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2025
at 15:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle in Ambasada. Cloudy golden with white head. Touch of acidic bite in finish, funk, apricot, nice one. Medium sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Ambasada.
on 17 Apr 2025
at 22:00
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
15 September 2024. At 16de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Kevin & Jerre!
Fermenting plum, apricot, gooseberry. Very sour apricot, plum, citrus zest. Tart, funky finish, stone fruit pits, bit woody. Intense, very nice.
Fermenting plum, apricot, gooseberry. Very sour apricot, plum, citrus zest. Tart, funky finish, stone fruit pits, bit woody. Intense, very nice.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2025
at 14:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml c&c bottle. Vintage 2023, Best by 14-12-2033. Pours a murky yellow color with a small fizzy white head that slowly recedes to a fine surface scum. The aroma is strong and distinct with sour apricots. The taste is sour fruits, mostly apricots, but I also detect some sour grape and perhaps sour cherry notes. The key word here is 'sour', this is over the top in sour sensations. The palate is medium with medium acidity and the carbonation is lively. Finished long and sour. Overall: Decent, but lacked finesse. Perhaps time will mellow this out a bit if I throw a bottle in the cellar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2025
at 17:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle (vintage 23/24) from Het Huis van de Geuze webshop.
F: thin, white, quick gone.
C: shiny gold, hazy.
A: sour yellow stone fruits, apricot, gooseberries, woody, brett, bit lactic.
T: sour apricot, yellow stone fruits, gooseberries, brett, woody, yoghurt, sour juicy fruity, bit lemon, bit too sour all together even for the style yet nice balanced still, fully enjoyed.
F: thin, white, quick gone.
C: shiny gold, hazy.
A: sour yellow stone fruits, apricot, gooseberries, woody, brett, bit lactic.
T: sour apricot, yellow stone fruits, gooseberries, brett, woody, yoghurt, sour juicy fruity, bit lemon, bit too sour all together even for the style yet nice balanced still, fully enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
from Het Huis van de Geuze
on 12 Jan 2025
at 19:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Funky, tart and juicy with apricot notes, some sourness, hints of peaches and farmyardy vibes. Refreshing, pretty complex
Tried
on 06 Jan 2025
at 15:26