1871
Het Boerenerf in Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular|
Score
7.32
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Sinds kort heeft een kerkuil zijn intrek genomen in onze schuur en waakt hij, samen met zijn nest jonge uilen, over het rijpingsproces van onze bieren.
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oh6gdx (50921) reviewed 1871 from Het Boerenerf 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
CBH2025 (2024 bottle). Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is nicely dry wooden and some mild tart and acidic tones to it. Flavour is dry wood, some tart berries, citrus and mild elderflowery tones with a wee bit of acidity to it.
EvNa (5983) reviewed 1871 from Het Boerenerf 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Nice Label. Color: Bit hazy golden, stable white head. Aroma: Fruity berries, oak wood, subtle funk. Taste: Moderate to over moderate tart, fruity gooseberry and lime, oak wood, tannins, subtle rural funk, minerals, hints of hay. Medium body, quite lively carbonation for an Oude Geuze. Well balanced, easy drinkable. Not that special, but definitely craftsmanship. Well done!
Alengrin (11561) reviewed 1871 from Het Boerenerf 6 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Traditional geuze recently released by Boerenerf as a new variant, but what exactly distinguishes it from the regular and the Cuvée Héritage variants remains undisclosed - another proportion of lambic vintages no doubt, but it would have been interesting to know the details. Anyway, this one celebrates the old barn dominating the estate, built in 1871 and now apparently housing a barn owl, which is depicted on the label; being a great lover of birds (and living nature in general), this is one I just had to taste. Bottle (75 cl) under high pressure, opening with a loud 'bang' and gun smoke - as well as an ominous crackling sound, which continues into the head when poured, a very firm, stable, intricately 'Brugse kant'-like lacing, egg-white, fluffy head resting atop a hazy, warm peach blonde robe with orange-yellow glow and a whirlwind of fizz raging through the haze - a true storm and a beautiful sight to behold. Mouthwatering aroma of unripe apricot, lemon juice, grapefruit zest, barnyard (even a whiff of manure further on but volatile), bilimbi, damp earth (stronger as the bottled is emptied further), very old newspapers, dusty old wood, cava, cucumber flesh, wild apples, cobwebbed wooden attic, green plum peel. Very crisp onset, acidic in a very lemony way right from the start, but nowhere vinegary and remaining very fruity and juicy, with impressions of unripe apricot, green apple, gooseberry and bilimbi setting in quickly, further colouring the 'lemoniness' - there is even a volatile, very faint whiff of peachy sweetishness underneath it all, providing some balance. Very high effervescence as expected - champagne-like and amplifying the crispness and juicy, zingy sourness. A soft bready base fills the background, with lots of lactic, lemony, sorrel- and nettle-like sour flavours, drying but retaining this high level of crispness and juiciness all the way through. Pronounced tannic wood effects further dry the finish but that lemony, green-fruity crispness remains the key factor here; meanwhile, retronasal funk builds up, not as 'animalistic' as is often the case with Brett, but more along the lines of old dusty attics, dry haystacks and old books, adding a layer of extra complexity - and I could swear this sweetish peach element from the onset reappears retronasally as well, albeit in the most volatile, ephemeral way possible. At the back, a bitter note from old hops brings everything down to earth - but even then, this bright lemony sour-crispness prevails. Seems more vibrant and tangy than Cuvée Héritage or even the classic Oude Geuze, whilst very much retaining that typical Boerenerf character: enthusiastic, bright, edgy and earthy all at once. My kind of geuze entirely.
mcberko (47051) reviewed 1871 from Het Boerenerf 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750mL bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas, pours a cloud golden with a small white head. Aroma has moderate barnyard funk, some stone fruit pith, and some citrus zest. Flavour is rather muffled, with barnyard funk, citrus zest, and earthiness. A bit muffled and lacking pronounced funk character, but decently constructed. Good stuff.
RennyDoig (4318) reviewed 1871 from Het Boerenerf 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
750mL bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Pours opaque deep blonde with a white head. Very nice funky character, some orange peels, juicy grapes. Solid.