7.6

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

A clear deep golden beer with a white head. Aroma of sour white grapes, brett, some whiskey. Taste of mild whiskey, tart yellow fruits, citrus, grapes.

7.6

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

13 September 2025. At 17de Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to the whole crew!

Cooked ham, tobacco, leather, cheese rind. Sour gooseberry, rhubarb, umami smoked ham. Funky & woody finish, lactic acid and peated whisky (dash of alcohol) blended well together. Outspoken yet elegant.

8

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

Bottle from Raynville Superstore. It pours lightly hazy orangey - blonde with a thick, fluffy white head. The prayed whisky is there but well integrated, mellow medicinal vibes, bandaid, slight rubber, earthy, smoked cheese, minerality, barnyard funk, lemon sherbet, gooseberry, raisin and dirt. The taste is super crispy, bone dry, pretty punchy acidity (more so than the other whisky edition), sherbet, gooseberry, white grape skin, granny smith apple, puckering, damp oak, funk, barnyard, whisky washed cheese, smoked cheese, minerality, medicinal edge and light tannin with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. A bit punchier than the other whisky version, but enjoyable nonetheless.

7.6

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

Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Daniel osprey for this one. A hazed golden orange coloured pour a halo of white head. Aroma is salty peaty, medicinal tcp funk, lemon rind. Flavour is composed of seashore, salt. Moss, green berries. Sour funk. Sour tangy. Farmyard. Super sharp.

8

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

7.1

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

20th August 2025
Team tasting at CBJ, thanks to Dan for the bottle. Hazy paleish gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy dry palate, decent fine minerally carbonation. Mellow gueuze tart dried fruits alongside peaty flavours that are not overdone. Light dry finish. Surprisingly approachable.

7.9

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

One of the two 'whisky geuzes' released by Tilquin a while ago and apparently the less rare of the two, but also the more 'daring', in using a peated whisky - we all know how smokiness and sourness are not typically best friends, so this must be a bit of a challenge, I suspect... Shared with Craftmember and Goedele. Off-white, cobweb-lacing, coarse and thick, stable head over a hazy apricot blonde robe with ochre hue. Aroma of dried lemon peel, clear iodine-like peat piercing through (a bit 'clinical' even but that was to be expected), preserved apricots, dry old wood, green gooseberry, wild apples, old cracked leather, some barnyard and a peppery note probably coming from the whisky. Tart, estery onset, rounded sour apple, gooseberry, redcurrant and rhubarb notes, medium carb - a tad less effervescent than is typical for a geuze perhaps, but lovely soft, smooth mouthfeel; a bready base is pierced by fruity lactic acidity, yoghurty and lemony, meeting with tannic woody effects and Bretty funkiness (wet leather). The latter is enhanced by the peated whisky, with a pronounced iodine-like retronasal effect, yet somehow it does not overpower the subtleties of the lambic - it is rather another layer of flavour carefully draped on top of it. The whisky adds a whiff of sweetness in the end as it tends to do, but not to the point that the lambic features are lost (as was the case in some preceding 'whisky geuzes' by other producers), so that all ends as complex, elegant, drying and funky as any good Tilquin lambic. Granted, 'peated' geuze is a very narrow segment in the lambic world, even narrower than 'whisky geuze' in general, but the very few that preceded this one are no match for Tilquin's mastery of balance and elegance. The best of a very select group of very specific beers - it took me a while to appreciate that iodine-like character of 'peatedness', but that was years ago, and now that I mastered it, I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed this inaccessible but very well made blend, just as much as I enjoyed it non-peated congener.

8

Hapu, sidrun, funky, nisune, puuviljane, turvas, nats alksi. Hea.

7.9

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

Bottle, directly from Tilquin. Color: Lightly hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Fruity, peat notes and some funk. Taste: Starting fruity, berries, some grape and citrus. Oak wood. Funk hints. Towards the finish the notes of peated Whiskey come in, giving this Geuze a nice twist. Fruity finish with subtle peat notes. Medium body, quite lively carbonation. Moderate tartness.

8

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

750mL bottle at Tilquin, pours a hazy golden orange with a medium white head. Aroma is dominated by the peat, followed by barnyard funk, gentle citrus, and plenty of wood. Flavour is very sharp, with more acidity than the non-peated version, moderate funk, and citric acidity. Very peated and acidic, but has plenty of depth. Excellent.