7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

When the first Zenne y Frontera was created by the late Armand Debelder and released in 2012 (still one of 3 Fonteinen's most coveted bottlings to this day), who could have guessed that it would spawn such a complicated, intricate tree of variants - this one coming from magnum bottles only, consisting of a major portion of oloroso barrel aged young lambic 'sparked' with added lambic before bottling... I am simply glad I could identify this particular variant here and will not bother comparing it with all those other ZyF shapes and forms, so let me just say this: big cheers to Martijn for generously sharing this impressive bottle during dinner time on Proevertjesdag! Snow white, thin and open, loose ring for a head (not much of a head expected anyway), misty warm peachy orange blonde robe. Aroma of dry oak wood and a lot of it, dry peanuts and peanut skin, green plum, very dry sherry indeed but not very strongly so, dandelion, green apple slices, dried mushroom somewhere, saddle soap, old cracked leather, bergamot oil, minerals. Crisp onset, green plum and gooseberry elements but not 'wildly' estery, very light fried mushroom umami touch, medium carb with full, rounded, supple body; bready core under the evident lactic tartness, dry and a bit astringent here, with this unripe stonefruitiness lingering about. The typical sherry nuttiness one finds in most of the ZyF variants remains rather subdued here; woody tannins are strongly present, adding to the general dryness, while a lemon rind bitter-sourness remains, along with hints of dandelion and Bretty old leather. Complex, streamlined, utterly well-crafted lambic of course - I was not expecting anything less than that - but somehow a bit less sherry-forward than I was expecting (and hoping).

9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Old rating from notes. Horseblanket, moderately sour, orange color. The sherry gives some fruit flavor in addition to wide. Great. --- Beer merged from original tick of Zenne y Frontera Single Barrel Oloroso Geuze (season 19|20) Blend No. 66 Magnum on 10 Dec 2022 at 15:42 - Score: 9

8

From Backlog. Taster, from Bottle, at Mikkeller Færgekroen, Tivoli, Copenhagen. Cloudy Golden/ orange with white head. Fruity, sherry, sour, nutty, funky.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Magnum, 1500 ml, shared for my Grande. Cloudy orange with white head. Sherry, moderate funk, musty, some grapes, low carbonation, medium sourness.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750mL bottle, pours a murky dark orange with a tiny head. Aroma has gentle funk, some sherry, and a touch of acidity. Flavour is complex, with sherry barrels, moderate acidity, a touch of funk, and some leather. Low carb, with lots of sherry and acidity on the finish. Very good but I continue to be underwhelmed by ZyF.

8

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

Poured from 750mL bottle (no 57 - 20/21 season) @ Black Xmas. Hazed orange gold with small white head. Funk, tart, decent addition of the olorosa.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

750ml (thx, Phill for bringing and Matt for pointing out, hehe!) @ Black Christmas 2023 at Heritage Hall. Appearance: hazy pale copper with a weak white head. Aroma: very nice funk and barrel, fruity notes. Taste: along the same lines, quite good, but it's not sharp and intense enough, I believe. Too smooth. Overall: good one, though.

8

Botella @El Cabanón, Avilés. 18/05/2023. Color amarillo dorado, aromas madera, dulce, ácida.

8

Hapukas, tammine, nats magus, funky, puuviljane, väike äädikas taustal. Viisakas.