Brouwerij F. Boon

Regional Brewery in Lembeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Boon - Shop & Bar

Established in 1975

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Fonteinstraat 65, Lembeek, 1502, Belgium
Description
Since 1975, Boon Brewery has been owned and run by Frank Boon, one of the pioneers of the authentic lambic and gueuze revival. But the first signs of the brewery date back to 1680, as a farm-brewery and distillery in the village of Lembeek. In 1860 Louis Paul bought the brewery to brew only lambic and faro. From 1875, he began bottling gueuze lambic. In 1898, Pierre Troch bought the brewery. But after the economic crisis of 1927, it came into the hands of Joseph De Vits. His son, Rene is renowned for the production of soft and fine gueuze lambic. As Rene De Vits had no children, he sold the brewery to Frank Boon.

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6.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
375ml bottle. Clear cherry red body with a dense reddish head. Sweet cherry aroma. Flavor is more moderate sweet cherry with a pleasant balanced acid sourness. Quite nice, somewhere in-between the real stuff and the sweet, artificial juice stuff. Re-rated as 750ml bottle@Kristiansand lambic festival. I stick to my previous comments, with exception for the artificial stuff. I’m now convinced that this is 100% real stuff. Old rating: 4-4-6-3-10
Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2007 at 14:25

7.5/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Red colour with a pinh head. Aroma is cherry, yeast. Flavour is pleasent, cherry, yeast, sour.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2007 at 05:43

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Ledgers; Nose shares a little barnyard, tartness, and raspberries; slightly hazed raspberry red with a tiny pink head; flavor is more sour than the normal fruit lambic, raspberry flavor is light, and the tiny barnyard hint is there in the background with very little sweetnes and a nice dry, tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2007 at 22:28

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Ledgers; Nose of tart barnyard with some citrus notes; hazy gold with a small off-white head; flavor of tart, funky citrus witha sour finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2007 at 14:51

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Ledgers; nose is slightly sour with some faro-like sweetness intermingled; slightly hazed gold with a small off-white head; flavor is tart with some horsebalnket in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2007 at 14:51

7/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Hazy, dark brown with a neat, dense and lasting - almost cappuchinoish - beige head leaving laces. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, nuts and brown sugar. Sweet, full body with plenty of roasted malt and a lightly coffeeish touch without really being burned at all. Subdued bitterness. Quite lovely. 160107
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2007 at 14:17

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from ’Beers of Europe’ had this on Boxing Day 2006 tried to convert other family members to this style but ended up drinking everyone elses. Aroma was sharp and acidic, colour light golden and very lively strong acidic trademark dry and sour Gueze got bettter and better as it slipped down, lovely. Had this again at Times Cafe, Ypres, Late June 2007 This really is excellent, super sharp, super dry, lovely bubbles one of my favourites and would be great to try alongside an equivalant Cantillon 4.0 Had once again, shared with Casey, Loz, Traci in a Belgian beer tasting night 15-08-07 Also noticed that initially got a burst of lemon reminded me instantly of Jif lemon being squeezed into the roof of the mouth, wonderful sour streak that burst through on first taste, otherwise as good as I remember Once again a 4.0 Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Gent, Belgium April 2012 consumed at home 24.05.12 Pours hazy orange gold looks a bit like squash. Spritzy, zesty aroma bit of old dusty furniture. Reliable, comfortable Geuze, soft around the edges, great stuff. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2006 at 04:08

6.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled(375ml). -Deep red coloured, medium sized head that lasts not more than 3 seconds. Sweet raspberry nose. Very fizzy. Strong sour raspberry aroma with obvious sugar presence. Moderate sour finish and not so pleasant metallic aftertaste. 2005vintage
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2006 at 07:02

7.9/10 β€” Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle picked up in Antwerp Oct’ 06. This poured a wonderfully rich pink colour with a huge fizzing pink head. Aroma was yeasty, slightly acrid with a noticeable sour cherryness to it. Taste once you were past the first zappy sharp cherry acid tangs was lovely and got better as the beer warmed slightly, really enjoyed this but unfortunately fell asleep before being able to finish this beer [b] 3.6 October 2006 [/b] [i] Bottle at the Hopduvel, Gent 07-12-07 [/i] A nice pink head sat atop a vimto coloured beer, cherry sour aroma wonderfully spritzy some woody dryness, not as harsh as the Cantillon or 3 Fonteinen Krieks but in my opinion the best of this trio, lovely. [b] 3.9 December 2007 [/b]
Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2006 at 01:41

5.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottled(375ml). -Hazy red coloured, medium sized pink head, pure stum nose. Acidic and too much carbonated cherry juice with notes of yeast and marchpane. Easy drinkable and very artificial brew. 2005vintage
Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2006 at 05:48