Cantillon Cuvée Saint-Gilloise
The Van Roy family has been attending Saint Gilloise football games for 5 generations. The Brussels team used to be a perennial top club until […]
Category: spontaneous fermentation
Tilquin 2014/2015 Oude Mûre À L’Ancienne
Tilquin is the newest of the Gueuze blenders to join the select group of this dwindling tradition. While Pierre Tilquin maybe the newest member, his […]
De Troch Oude Kriek 2014
In the US, it’s pretty evident in sales and the increase of locally brewed options that sour beers are gaining popularity. This has also been […]
Hanssens Artisanaal Oude Gueuze
Hanssens is one of the small number of Lambic blenders in Belgium. Blenders don’t actually brew their own beer. They buy freshly, spontaneously inoculated wort […]
Hof ten Dormaal Zure van Tildonk 2013
It’s been a while since I posted a review from my friends at Hof ten Dormaal. This January they suffered a major brewery fire. Instead […]
Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label – 2014)
Girardin Gueuze 1882, sometimes known as “Black Label,” is one of the most elusive Gueuzes on the market. Less than 300 cases of it made […]
2011/2013 Tilquin Oude Gueuze²
Sometimes at breweries, something goes wrong. Everyone who drinks craft beer has experienced this, even unwittingly. That special one-off on tap that was never repeated? […]
Tilquin Oude Gueuze 2011/2012
I’m less than 3 weeks away from getting on a plane for my 2 weeks in Belgium where I’ll be visiting a host of fantastic […]
Boon Kriek Mariage Parfait 2008
Brouwerij Boon is famous for their Oude Geuze and Geuze Mariage Parfait. They’re also rightly known for their fruit Lambics. Their Oude Kriek recently won […]
Boon Faro
Faro is a rare treat in Belgium and even rarer outside its borders. It was once the standard everyday drinking beer of Brussels. It was […]
Omer Vander Ghinste Cuvée des Jacobins
Recently, the folks at Bockor changed the name of the brewery to Omer Vander Ghinste, a name harkening back to the founding of the brewery. […]
De Ranke Cuvée De Ranke
Brouwerij De Ranke continues to put out creative and interesting beers that represent the best mix of Belgian tradition and craft beer innovation. Cuvée De Ranke […]
Drie Fonteinen (3 Fonteinen) Oude Kriek
3 Fonteinen is one of the classic Geuze blenders of Belgium. Their Geuzes and Lambics are highly sought after by sour beer fans the world over, […]
Cantillon Classic Gueuze
Brasserie Cantillon brews and blends what are arguably the world’s most sought after Lambics and Gueuzes. Cantillon beers are consistently on the top of people’s trade […]
Boon Kriek Mariage Parfait 2007
Brouwerij Boon is famous for their Oude Geuze and Geuze Mariage Parfait. They’re also rightly known for their fruit Lambics. Their Oude Kriek recently won […]