Oude Quetsche Tilquin à l'Ancienne (véritable d'Alsace)
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 37,5cl and 75cl bottles.
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.[1] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24/01/2023 | 2012-2013 | 750ml | US Label, 12% Imports, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 29/01/2023 | 2012-2013 | 375ml | US Label, 12% Imports, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 06/02/2024 | 2013-2014 | 375ml | US Label, 12% Imports, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 06/02/2024 | 2013-2014 | 375ml | European bottling, Fresh Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 12/02/2024 | 2013-2014 | 750ml | 12% Imports, USA, Frozen Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 12/02/2024 | 2013-2014 | 750ml | European bottling, Frozen Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 11/06/2024 | 2013-2014 | 750ml | 12% Imports Label |
| 17/06/2024 | 2013-2014 | 375ml | 12% Imports Label |
| 03/02/2025 | 2014-2015 | 375ml | European bottling, Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 12/02/2025 | 2014-2015 | 750ml | European bottling, Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
| 19/01/2026 | 2015-2016 | 375ml | European bottling, Quetsches véritables d'Alsace |
Label Log
Quetsche label with Prunes de Namur, released for Toer de Geuze 2015.
U.S. label, 375ml
U.S. label, back
U.S. label, keg
References
- ↑ TTB Label Approval, Oude Quetsche Tilquin à l'Ancienne, 2013
