(Bottle) Pale amber colour, slightly hazy, with brief foamy off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus, gooseberries, barnyard, grapefruit, funk and a touch of vinegar. Fruity, tart taste with gooseberries, green apples, pears, citrus, grapefruit, oak wood and barnyard. Hardly any bitterness. Medium body, dry. Fruity and tart, with a generous acidity. The gooseberries come through nicely. Very nice.

One of four new Tilquin Meerts editions, sold together as a pack last year - and I heard a new pack is already on its way meanwhile so I should hurry catching up with this 2025 pack, I guess. This is the Viognier version, based on Tilquin's 'full' Viognier grape lambic. Medium sized, moussey, snow white, breaking and eventually dissolving head on a cloudy ochre-tinged peach-golden robe. Aroma of sour grape but also sweet white grape underneath, grape skin, yellow plum, gooseberry, unripe orange, wet wood, lemon pith, green apple, old leather, stewed rhubarb, grapefruit flesh, damp hay, stale sweat, freshly cut sorrel leaf, roses or spring blossoms (the flowery aspect of the Viognier grape, I imagine). Tart and evidently very fruity onset, from esters being amplified by actual fruit, lots of juicy grape tartness and brightness, even a touch of sweetishness, surrounded by gooseberry, plum and crabapple impressions; 'moelleux' mouthfeel, medium carbonated with minerally side notes, through a light bready core pierced by fruity lactic and grapey sourness, even a tad citric here and there. Some barnyard funk retronasally, rosey floral aspects from the Viognier remnants, woody tannins reinforced by grape skin tannins and a leathery Brett note grace a finish which is again more complex and refined than what one would expect based on how this is made - something it shares with most of the other Meerts lambics Tilquin produced so far. Rose petals, green apples, grapes and unripe citrus fruit abound, while the whole retains a pleasant, almost spring-like 'fraîcheur' and juiciness - the underlying sweet aspect of the Viognier rounding everything off ever so slightly. A little gem, like all of these Meerts editions.

Tap at Craft Bier Bar Hamburg. Cloudy golden, heavy carbonation, no head. Tart apricot fuzz aroma. Medium light body, dry fruit notes, has a nice summer taste to it. Light clay, soft sour notes, lovely dry, easy drink. Very pleasant fresh drink.