8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

15/XI/19 - 75cl bottle @ Tilquin taproom (Rebecq), BB: n/a, 160 bottles only - (2019-1824)

Clear ruby red beer, practically no head. Aroma: sweetish, fruity, pomegranates, roses, a little funky. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: nice acidic start, very fruity, some berries, super sourish, lemony, dry, some pomegranates (must be the hibiscus flowers, but I’ll be honest, it’s not something I often eat :p ), lovely stuff. Aftertaste: dry, nice acidity, lemony, bitter touch, fruity, berries, lovely stuff.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours rather unclear, red amber. Small white head. Smell is full. Lambic, tad fruity. Taste is full, intense, tart, lambic. Funky, Brett, woody, médium high Carbo. Bit acetic acid ( ever so slightly to high).

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bouteille de 75cl partagée avec Thomas @ Geuzerie open days. De couleur cuivre versant un peu sur l'acajou-pourpre suivant la couleur de l'hibiscus. Le col est crémeux retombant progressivement et portant une allure colorée blanc-rosé. Arôme met bien en avant le bouquet classique de gueuze Tilquin avec de fines effluves funk-citrique, barrique, nez fleuri avec un profil hibiscus léger - heureusement que mes qcq années en Afrique de l’Ouest m'ont habitué à boire ces décoctions sous sa forme sucrée de bissap - présentant une note acerbe fleuri de feuilles bouillies, léger fruité pouvant rappeler la cerise. Palais est assez classique - gueuze mettant en avant des notes de funk, finement aigre - citrique, l'hibiscus est discret au début et se fait plus apparent une fois que la gueuze prend un peu en t° ambiante et ajoute une fine pointe d'astringence. Note un côté biscuité-cara qui s'immisce entre le caractère habituel de la gueuze. Sur la fin petite note astringent rappelant un peu la pomme verte et un effet funk qui parvient à remonter par les narines.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

The somewhat mysterious hibiscus-flavoured Tilquin lambic, finally sampled at Tilquin’s own premises in Rebecq, from a shared 75 cl bottle; these bottles are only sold there for on-site consumption, but all the profits go to a school project in Burkina Faso, in memory of a friend of Pierre Tilquin who sadly passed away. Mousy, medium thick, well-retaining, off-pinkish head, lightly hazy, warm and deep vermillion robe, a beautiful glow, turning misty with sediment. Aroma of redcurrant, lemon rind, hibiscus tea indeed, rosehip, grape peel, bitter weeds and old herbarium flowers, bread crumbs, hay. Crisply sour onset, lemony but not overly ‘burning’, sour apple and redcurrant notes, fizzy carb, smooth body, lovely bread-crusty malt backbone dried by the sourness alongside light funky Brettanomyces aspects and a bitter weeds effect in the finish, mingling with an old wood-tannic note and something strangely iron-like, very reminiscent of rosehip tea, bringing a very herbal, flowery aroma too – this is obviously the hibiscus department speaking. Ends mildly funky and earthy, crisp, fruity and herbal, with this bitter herb and rosehip-like aromatic effect lingering. Interesting, I sure enjoyed this one even in spite of my aversion to flower beers and hibiscus in particular. Well done and glad I finally got to taste this one.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

2018 bottle at Tilquin. Pours a cloudy ruby orange with medium off white head. The aroma is floral, hibiscus, funk, oak. Slick body, hibiscus, oak, light funk, nice tartness, very good.

8

Red berries, lambic funk, hibiscus, herbal bitterness. Very nicely balanced. 4.1

8.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared at the source. Bit hazy deep red with a small pinkish head. Sour wheat, nice crisp mineral funk, soft lemon, pear, what is guess is hibiscus, 🌺, light red currants, plum skins. Solid medium sour, light sweet. There’s a lasting plum skin type bitterness throughout. Overall quite fruity! Solid medium bodied with nice sparkly carbonation. Lovely!

9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle at the source. Hazy red with no real head. Aroma of dry cellar funk, cobwebs, tart red berries and citric notes. Flavour is moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at the brewery 2019-06-29 Enghien AR: dusty hibiscus, AP: amber orange red, no head F: wee hibiscus, sour gooseberries, dry, tart