Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Duivelsbier Wild from Brouwerij F. Boon 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the Dovetail, Farringdon, 12/12/2025.
Deep amber topped with a big old lasting beige head.
Nose is herb, stewed fruit, grains, modest funk.
Taste comprises tangy fruits, subtle brett, vinous, hedgerow.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Not bad.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
375ml bottle from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours amber, scarcely transparent, with medium grained white foam. Aroma is funky, fruity, a little citrus peel. Body is average, with a good carbonation. Taste is a mix of some sweetness and delicate sour. Final is average.
Fules (2631) reviewed Oude Geuze VAT 86 from Brouwerij F. Boon 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Kicsi, nem túl tartós hab, borostyán, egy picit narancs felé hajló szín. Savanykás, animális illat. Animális, kissé savanykás, enyhén hordós íz. Közepesen testes, közepesen szénsavas, leheletnyit kesernyés. Nagyon jól csúszó, briliáns egyensúllyal rendelkező sör.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
A small bottle from the off-licence opposite Jing Mei fire station. Aroma: funky lawn clippings. Appearance: opaque dark honey, big creamy off-white head, dissipating to 2-3mm. Palate: medium-bodied and tart, average carbonation; finishes with a funky afterburn at the back of the mouth. Taste: not especially sour, heavy, dank, good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Flaska från SB. Lik den klassiska Mariage Parfait. Men lite större, sötare och beskare. Särskilt den höiga beskan från bitterhumlen sticker ut. Fantastiskt gott
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Oude Geuze VAT 44 from Brouwerij F. Boon 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The very first in this highly entertaining series of Boon Monoblends, released in 2013, with the main lambic (the one coming specifically from VAT 44 and constituting 90% of the blend) already brewed five years earlier than that. I have followed and loved this series ever since but strangely found that this original one was the only one I had not yet rated here in spite of having tasted it back then - due to the fact that most of my ratings here were imported from Ratebeer, which for some reason aliased this first edition to the VAT 77 edition released in 2014. I do not remember the reason why they considered both editions to be identical, but if all the others (VAT 16, VAT 31, VAT 108 and so on, and so forth) are separate, then it feels only logical to also keep VAT 44 and VAT 77 separate as it is done here - but this of course presented me with the challenge of finding a vintage bottle of the 44 to re-review, for which I cannot thank my beer buddy Bart enough. Needs a bit of forcing to develop a head but once it is there, it remains for the entire session, as an egg-white, densely structured, medium thick, partially breaking but regular, shred-lacing head, over an initially clear, warm old-golden beer with orangey glow and disparate, fine-bubbled sparkling, turning misty further on. Somewhat faded aroma of storage apples, wet wooden boards, unripe pear and unripe green peach, bread crust, yellow curry powder somewhere or perhaps even 'vin jaune', old wool blankets and jute bags, raw courgette, bitter garden weeds, a faint whiff of old dried orange pith and a bit of 'rusty' oxidation upon opening but completely vanishing in an instant (and not returning). Still crisp onset, but in a mellowed way, with lots of unripe stonefruit, wild apple and some gooseberry, only softly tart so notably 'mals' even for a Boon blend; this softness is, for a large part, due to the carbonation having partially dissolved (explaining the forcing needed to obtain a head as well), because even if minute bubbles are still visible in the beer, on the tongue they feel weakened compared with a fresh bottle of any representative of this series. Supple, rounded body, lactic tartness running through a very bready core - tasting more bready, especially in the finish, than when it was young, probably due to dead yeast effects but very agreeable. Astringent woody tannins in the finish, along with this continuing breadiness and mellowed tart fruit effects - with more sharpness coming from the wood than from any of the acids. Adding complexity, however, are a background of Brettanomyces funkiness (Michael Jackson's proverbial horseblanket), with these wild yeasts also having made the beer drier than it was when it was young; in the tail, a deep, 'dark green', earthy bitterness of old hops trails, lingering for a long time after swallowing. Retronasally a brief whiff of this typical 'rusty' oxidation is noticeable for a moment. After twelve years of ageing in the bottle, this blend still displays complexity, but it is clear that the 'sparkle' has faded, due to the flavours in generally having been leveled a bit, the carbon dioxide having escaped in an important degree and some vague and volatile oxidation having set in. Maybe these Monoblends are not the best options for long-time cellaring - after all, their sheer composition of 90% old lambic with only 10% young lambic probably already gives that away. I would not recommend keeping them for any longer than the twelve years this particular sample has been ageing - even those twelve years are already a bit of a stretch if you are particularly fussy about the quality of your lambic. But I am nitpicking here: the lingering effects of bread, sour apples and stonefruit as I am writing this, remaining in the throat long after the woody and old-hoppy effects have slowly disappeared, are highly enjoyable. First and foremost, though, I am very happy to have revisited this one after twelve years - the memory of first getting to know this series is a cherished one, and I admit I like filling in the gap as well, so big cheers to Bart for this bottle!
IpaPils (12341) reviewed Meerts from Brouwerij F. Boon 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2021-2022 Oransje klar med hvitt skum. Lukter bæreddig, rødvin og svovel. Sur. Smaker fyrstikk, eddik og noe grønt eple. Middels lang.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5
EB - Bottle 750ml. corked @ DØE Meeting - Fox and Hounds, 🇩🇰 Nørregade 26, 7500 Holstebro, Denmark. 🇩🇰 👨💻🍺 🍂🍁 ☁️☂️ [ HORAL's Oude Geuze Mega Blend (2024) ]. ABV: 7.0%. [20251125]. 9/4/9/4/19-.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
EB - Bottle 375ml. corked @ DØE Meeting - Fox and Hounds, 🇩🇰 Nørregade 26, 7500 Holstebro, Denmark. 🇩🇰 👨💻🍺 🍂🍁 ☁️☂️ [ Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait 2020 ]. ABV: 8.0%. [20251125]. 9/4/9/4/18.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Amber body, with a medium head.
Aroma of stone fruits, funk, lemon. Tastes similar, more mineralic.
Medium mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation. Finishes fruity, mineralic, slightly funky.
Not that outstanding, but a straight, balanced Geuze that drinks really well for the ABV.