Hazy reddish colour, thin layer of foam, disappears quickly. Tart, vinegary, fruity cherries, even a bit salty. Not very well balanced, too tart.

One of the more recent additions to the growing range of 'new' Eylenbosch products, a blend of old lambic (over two years) by De Troch on the one hand and the renewed Eylenbosch on the other hand - which raises questions about is classification here as 'unblended' lambic, to be fair; then again, considering Eylenbosch lambic is actually brewed at De Troch, I guess this can be considered a blend of two near-identical old lambics - but even then it is still a blend... Anyway: from a 37.5 cl bottle with cork and muselet, bought at Geers. Egg-white, moussey, quite dense and creamy head, slowly opening over an initially near-clear, yellow blonde robe with deeper 'old golden' glow and a few lonely bubbles of carbon dioxide here and there - clearly some 'spontaneous' refermentation has been going on here; hazy with sediment. Aroma of unmistakable De Troch lambic (the one lambic that is so distinct from others that I can pick it out of any blend in which it is used), with notes of old dried grapefruit peel, lemonbalm from an old herbarium, young dandelion leaves, old wood, lightly roasted sunflower seeds, dried southernwood, cracked leather, hard green apple, hints of old plum kernels, straw, tofu, beurre noisette, oloroso, fried pumpkin flesh. Dry onset, bereft of any leftover sugars, rather astringent with impressions of bitter orange and unripe green plum as well as a touch of Granny Smith apple, lightly carbonated (not flat - refermentation effects again) with some minerally side notes here and there; old dried lemon peel lingers alongside this unripe stonefruit astringency along a dry-old-bready core with growing woody tannins, further accentuating the overall dryness and astringency. Bretty funkiness of old leather, heavily oxidized oloroso and damp hay comes up clearly retronasally, as befits old lambic; ends dry and tannic with still this wry green apple effect dominating, but there is also a vinous aspect to it in the end. Dry, astringent, 'green', even bitter, this is indeed what I expect from an aged De Troch lambic - which is almost the same thing as Eylenbosch lambic so far - but I still I have grown up to believe that old lambic really does not belong in a bottle and should be utterly flat like wine, so it is hard not to see glimpses of geuze here. Now for that actual oude geuze by Eylenbosch, which seems to have replaced the earlier 'Prematuurke' meanwhile!

Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours reddish amber, fairly transparent, with no foam. Aroma is nice and funky, though not aggressive, with some red fruits and orange peel. Body is average, with no carbonation. Some astringency. Taste is dry and sour, maybe a little unidimensional.

Pours slightly unclear blonde. Small white head. Scent is full, malty, milder yet present funk. Bit woody. taste is sharp, due to the very high carbo. green apple, citrus, sharp acidity. (no acetic acid though, feels more lactic acid like) . almost a smokey touch due to the brett. Overcarbed, but decent .

Appearance: cloudy amber with a moderate off-white frothy head of medium retention. Aroma and taste: grain, toasts, funk, grass, spicy notes. Medium dry. Pretty bitter. Mouth feel: medium body, average carbonation. Overall: OK.

Not Prematuurke! Hazy yellow colour with big fluffy head. Strongly carbonated. Fresh sourness. Minerally. Really dry woody finish.

21/X/23 - 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Maria’s paella cookout (home), BB: 21/XI/27, bottled: 21/XI/22, batchnr: WV21008A (2023-850)

Pretty clear orange beer, small creamy white head, little stable, adhesive. Aroma: a bit oxidised, almonds, a bit malty, caramel. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter, a bit chemical, lemony, wood tannins, spicy touch, a bit herbal. Aftertaste: spicy, a bit fruity, very floral, yeasty, bitter, a bit soapy, lots of citrus, a bit funky, fruity touch.

21/X/23 - 37.5cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Maria’s paella cookout (home), BB: 23/II/26, bottled: 23/II/21 (2023-848)

Clear orange beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: nice, a bit fruity, lots of oranges, wood, slightly funky, a bit malty. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, woody, lots of lemon, dry, spicy, nice! Aftertaste: more bitterness, lemony, clean acidity, fruity, some yellow summer fruit, brett, complex.

Bouteille 37.5cl de et partagée avec Tderoeck, merci. Anno 2022, batch# WB21008A, bottled 21/11/2022, BB 21/11/2027.
Dorée, col blanc.
Arôme sur un nez boisé assez marqué, fruité avec une petite note d'acidité végétale rappelant la rhubarbe ainsi que des agrumes.
Palais reste sur une approche blonde belge avec ce léger coupage du lambic, le tout sur un caractère fruité avec un léger boisé en fin de bouche. Fruité délicat sur des agrumes - pamplemousse rose, fruits blancs avec une note de Chardonnay.
Pas mauvaise, mais ça sent tout de même le côté sortir qcq chose avant d'avoir la gueuze prête, le résultat est correcte sans être spécial - sans le lambic, on se retrouve avec une blonde quelconque.