Gueuze du Tilleul
Description
Gueuze du Tilleul is the first gueuze produced by Gueuzerie Tilquin as a brewer, and not as a blender. In that regard, it is the first ever 100% Waloon gueuze. It is made of 100% Tilquin brewed lambic of 1, 2 and 3 year old, mashed with 60% organic malted barley and 40% organic raw wheat.
History / Side Notes
On January 27, 2022, the first 100% Tilquin lambic was brewed. After spending the night in the coolship, the wort went into two 500 L barrels, with the aim not to replace the production of the blendery, but to experiment and eventually produce a small volume of 100% organic Tilquin gueuze. The first batch was blended on March 24th, 2025, composed of 50% 1-year-old-lambics, 25% 2-year-old lambics and 25% 3-year-old lambics.
It was bottled the following day and 5,300 750 mL bottles were produced, with the plan to bottle a batch in 375 mL format the following week. This new gueuze will carry both a different design and name from the regular gueuze blend: "Gueuze du Tilleul".
The reason behind the fact this first batch won't be released as an "Oude gueuze" is a high level of bitterness, indeed the hops used have not been tested prior to the blend and might have not been aged long enough and/or used in too high a quantity, as a result the level of Iso-alpha acid is most likely too high to fit into the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)'s new guidelines from 2026 forward, establishing a maximum of 10 PPM of Iso-alpha acid per Liter of lambic to fit into the "Oude geuze" category. For future batches, the quantity of aged hops will dop from 6 gramms to 4 gramms per liter.
Release for this first batched is planned for Toer de Geuze 2026, with 5500 bottles made in 750 mL format and 11,000 bottles in 375 mL format.
Bottle Log
| Bottle date
(mm/dd/yyyy) |
Bottle Size | Label / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 03/25/2025 | 750 mL | First bottling |
| ?/?/2025 | 375 mL |