Boon Meerts
Description
Boon Meerts is a mars beer that lies somewhere between wort and lambic. It is generally less than 3% ABV.
History / Other Notes
Boon Meerts is not considered to be commercially available and is occasionally served on draught at various festivals. It has been served by Tilquin as Tilquin Meerts during the 2013 Toer de Geuze. Tilquin clarified via RateBeer in May 2013 that "the Meerts (or March in English) is a low alcohol lambic brewed by Boon for Gueuzerie Tilquin, to be used for making the Gueuze Tilquin (Draught Version). It helps to decrease the global level of alcohol of the blend. Traditionally, Meerts was obtained from the second wash of the grains, during filtration, and was fermented separately from the first wort... The particularity of this Meerts, is that it can be drunk very young (3-4 weeks), and was a sort of poor-man’s drink to have during field work."[1]
References
- ↑ Lambic and meerts, Ratebeer - http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/lambic-and-meerts_233284.htm, 2013