Oude Quetsche Tilquin à l'Ancienne (véritable d'Alsace)

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Description

Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne ( véritable d'Alsace)is a lambic blended with plums from Alsace. The plums are added in high concentration to one year old lambic for a period of four months. The resulting fruit lambic is blended with additional two year old and three year old lambic to create a final fruit concentration of at least 250g/l. Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne is labeled as 6.4% ABV and is available in 375ml and 750ml bottles as well as on draught on occasion.

History / Other Notes

Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne was first released in February 2012 and was approved for distribution in the United States on October 20, 2013. It comes with a best-by date in dd/mm/yyyy format as well as a neck label with the vintage season. The first round of bottles were released with a 2011-2012 neck label and subsequent batches have followed a similar pattern. The best-by date on the reverse label is 10 years beyond the bottling date. For example, the first batch, had a best by date on 23/02/2022 and a neck label of 2011-2012. This would mean that it was bottled on February 23, 2012.

Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne Bottle Log

Best-by Date (dd/mm/yyyy)	Neck Label	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Image Link
23/02/2022	2011-2012	750ml	European bottling, Fresh Prunes de Namur	N/A
24/01/2023	2012-2013	750ml	US Label, 12% Imports, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
29/01/2023	2012-2013	375ml	US Label, 12% Imports, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
06/02/2024	2013-2014	375ml	US Lable, 12% Imports, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
06/02/2024	2013-2014	375ml	European bottling, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
12/02/2024	2013-2014	750ml	12% Imports, USA, Frozen Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
12/02/2024	2013-2014	750ml	European bottling, Frozen Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
11/06/2024	2013-2014	750ml	12% Imports Label	N/A
17/06/2024	2013-2014	375ml	12% Imports Label	N/A
27/01/2025	2014-2015	375ml	"Avec Prunes de Namur" label	N/A
03/02/2025	2014-2015	375ml	European bottling, Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
09/02/2025	2014-2015	750ml	"Avec Prunes de Namur" label	N/A
12/02/2025	2014-2015	750ml	European bottling, Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A
19/01/2026	2015-2016	375ml	European bottling, Quetsches véritables d'Alsace	N/A

Label Log

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  Quetsche label with Prunes de Namur, released for Toer de Geuze 2015.

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  U.S. label, 375ml

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  U.S. label, back

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  U.S. label, keg

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