Bottle, 750 ml at my grande. Hazy yellow with large white head. Funky, some port, cellar, oak, juicy, citric.

Bottle shared. Almost clear dark golden with almost white head. Crisp cellar notes, whisky indeed with a bit of a rough woody edge, caramel, bread crust, oak, light herbal and mineral like a witch brew... There's some bitter green leaves and clean Boon funk. Over light sweet and sour but also some tannic bitterness. Full bodied. A powerful and very interesting geuze, I like Oud Beersel and this is a little very example of what they can do.

Corked bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver, bottled 10/11/2021, 2.5 years ago
Blond colour, more cloudy than hazy, with small but persistent head. Powerful aroma, funky, horseblanket, sour fruits. Bone dry, and highly carbonated; strong funky character, the acidity is moderate, there's some orange peel character too, and mild astringency in the finish. Not extrememly complex, but with nice funky character.

One of a growing number of ‘Sparkling Infused’ beers by Oud Beersel, bottled lambics with special flavourings made to referment by the addition of bottle sugar. Off-white, tiny-bubbled, opening, medium thick head on an initially clear ‘old golden’ robe with apricot tinge and a column of lively sparkling in the middle, turning hazy and more deeply peachy with sediment. Aroma of dried tangerine peel for sure, green apple, old wood, dust, parmigiano which I assume represents the ‘salted’ part, sorrel, lime zest, wakame, petrichor, chlorine (Boon!), stinging nettles. Tart, lime-like onset, estery notes of purple gooseberries, green apple and indeed something very citric connected to the added tangerine peel; saltiness remains subtle but is certainly noticeable and again somewhat parmigiano-like. Drying lactic acid pierces through it all but remains lively and fruity, though a clean bread-crusty core and alongside minerally undertones; woody tannins bring further dryness and ‘rusticity’, but the tangerine element keeps things colourful and refreshing, with a lovely bitter-tart ending with that saltiness still lingering amidst green apple, gooseberry and unripe plum effects from the lambic. Generally smooth, very bright and ‘sunny’ lambic – I loved it.