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GUEUZE

Oude Geuze Tilquin

Gueuzerie TilquinWalloon Brabant Belgium

Spontaneous Bottle Conditioned 6.6% ABV

A traditionally blended gueuze produced by Gueuzerie Tilquin using lambics from multiple Belgian breweries. Dry, complex, and highly expressive of spontaneous fermentation.

PERFECT FOR
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FLAVOR PROFILE
Tart acidityLemonGreen appleOakEarthy funk

Sharp, sparkling and complex, with notes of tart acidity, lemon, green apple, finishing crisp and dry.

SERVING

Serve at 6-8°C in a lambic glass to maintain a generous head and let the aromas bloom.

6-8°C

CHARACTER
DryDrySweet
LightMediumFull
SoftSoftBitter

Style-based profile from ABV, style & tasting notes.

TASTING NOTES
Appearance
Golden, champagne-bright, with a fleeting white head
Aroma
Green apple, Earthy funk
Taste
Dry, medium-bodied, tart acidity, lemon, green apple, oak
Finish
Dry.
BEER DETAILS
Style:
Gueuze
ABV:
6.6%
IBU:
0-10
Origin:
Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Glassware:
Lambic Glass
CELLAR5 to 10+ years

Ages for years. Oak-aged and acidic, it deepens and mellows over a decade or more.

PERFECT PAIRING

"Pairs with goat cheese salad or mussels, cutting through the creaminess or salinity."

Cook this: paling in 't groen (eel in green herbs), creamy brie or fresh chevre on toast, or a wedge of aged abbey cheese (Chimay, Orval).

AVAILABILITY

Specialty shops & better bottle stores

PRICE GUIDE
$$$$

Premium

A considered, special pour.

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Flavor & Aroma

IOn the nose
  • Tart acidity
IIOn the palate
  • Lemon
  • Green apple
  • Oak
  • Earthy funk
IIIThe finish
  • Tart acidity

A traditionally blended gueuze produced by Gueuzerie Tilquin using lambics from multiple Belgian breweries. Dry, complex, and highly expressive of spontaneous fermentation.

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Story & Heritage

ABOUT THIS BEER

Tilquin is Wallonia's noted lambic blendery, buying wort from classic Pajottenland brewers and ageing and blending it in its own oak. A modern champion of the traditional geuze craft.

On the Gueuze style, The "Champagne of Brussels". A blend of young and old lambics, bottle-conditioned. Intensely dry, sour, cider-like, and highly carbonated.

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COUNTRY

Belgium

STYLE

Gueuze

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Glassware & Ritual

The Lambic Glass
THE LAMBIC GLASS

For wild & sour ales

A slender, tapered glass that shows off the bright effervescence and tart, funky bouquet of spontaneously-fermented lambics, gueuze and fruit ales.

01

Serve well-chilled

Cool tempers the sharp acidity

02

Pour gently

Preserve the champagne-like bead

03

Keep a lacy collar

A thin head carries the funk

04

Sip slowly

Let the sourness unfold on the palate

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THE MONK'S NOTE

Pour it into a lambic glass, served around 6-8°C, and let its aromatics open before the first sip. Patience rewards this one: a few years in the cellar will round it into something deeper.

Brother Anselm, cellarmaster

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