Oranje

Tommie Sjef Wild Ales in Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Farmhouse - Sour Saison Regular

Score

7.30

ABV: 7.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 13

Oranje is a bière de coupage with a touch of bitter oranges and rosemary. It’s a blend of a few of our older wild ales (aged 3 years in oak barrels) and a rustic saison to bring freshness and structure to the beer. We macerated a small amount of bitter orange peel and rosemary with the beer — just enough to add a gentle citrus aroma and subtle herbal notes, without overpowering the base.

Taste description
On the nose I get orange zest, lemon peel, dry oak, soft funk, and a hint of vanilla. There are also notes of white pepper, apple skin, nutmeg, and a slight Sea breeze character. In taste I find earthy citrus, a pleasant bitterness from the orange, and a soft, rounded acidity. The rosemary is delicate but present, and the funk from the older barrels is well-integrated. The saison helps tie everything together, bringing freshness and balance. Its gentle acidity, light bitterness, and herbal-citrus profile make it an ideal beer to start the evening with — perfect as an aperitif.

Ageing characteristics
Oranje is well suited for aging. One to three years of cellaring will allow the flavours to round out and deepen, while preserving the bright aromatics of the orange and rosemary. Longer aging is certainly possible, and will gradually bring more softness, complexity, and a fuller expression of the base beer itself.

Serving and storing
Store our beers upright or lying down in a cool, dark place. Our beers are best enjoyed between 12 and 14 degrees Celsius.

Ingredients
water, malted barley, wheat, hops, bitter orange, rosemary, wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria.

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Werckmeister (8037) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 4 weeks ago

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

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 16.12.2024. cork coming out of its own, but no gushing or anything. amber clear color, rather big white head. smells funk, hay, flowery notes, some citrus, bit peppery, very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes stone fruits, citric, herbal, peppery, rosemary, lightly lactic, flowery, oranges, spices. finishes dry, with some bitterness and light to medium sour with notes of rosemary, citrus and some more herbs. very nice one, a tad overcarbonation (I guess this should mellow out after a while), lacks a tad the malt backbone to backup the citric / bitter herbal notes. Overall very good one though. Has a lot of aging potential.

8, 8, 8, 8, 8

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2025 at 18:58

gave a cheers!

7.1

beerhunter111 (50413) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Slightly hazy golden beer, no head. Aroma of sour grapes, peach, brett. Taste of herbal fruits, brett, tea, wood.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2025 at 18:35

7.3

Koelschtrinker (42161) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Sehr süffiger, spritzig limonadiger Beginn. Milde Süße, erhöhte Karbonisierung, langer, hell malziger Abgang. Gut. 10/11/11/11//11

Tried from Draft on 19 Sep 2025 at 14:52

6.3

Harrisoni (26137) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Borefts 2025. Amber ciliary haze. White bubbles. Some orange some sourness. Some washing up detergent. OK though.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2025 at 14:43

7.9

cagarvie (39800) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 2 months ago

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

bottle at Borefts 2025 ...hazy amber ..thin white lacing ..soft sherbert orange fruit nose ...big sherbet shatp zezty orange fruit ..big bright zezty orange

Tried on 19 Sep 2025 at 14:42

EvNa (5983) ticked Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 5 months ago

Sample from bottle at Carnivale Brettanomyces 2025. Didn't take many notes, just enjoyed good beers and good company. What I do remember: Herbl, subtle spicy, tartness and funky. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2025 at 14:00

Biilz (2873) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 6 months ago

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

Пил это пиво от дико милой бабушки. Реально вкусный фармхаус. Что то типо сизона с большим количеством цитрусов. Кислота в норме.

Tried on 02 Jun 2025 at 23:32

6.8

mcberko (47051) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 6 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle pour at MBCC 2025 (Red session), pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is dominated by the rosemary, with bitter orange peel, and a touch of bugginess. Flavour is full of rosemary, bitter citrus peel, and bugs. Not a fan of the rosemary in here but the beer is well-made. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2025 at 04:55

7.8

RennyDoig (4318) reviewed Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 6 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour at MBCC 2025, red session. Pours murky blonde with a white head. Musty orange peels, mildew, funky yeast on the nose. Flavour has tons of funky yeast, musty orange peels, old furniture. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2025 at 02:52

7.5

Reubs (35338) ticked Oranje from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 6 months ago

24/05/2025 Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025

Tried on 24 May 2025 at 13:09