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== Description ==
Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne is a lambic with Quetsche, a particular type variety of Damson plum plums that are added to one and two year old lambic for a period of four months. The resulting lambic is blended with wort from [[Brouwerij Boon|Boon]], [[Brouwerij Lindemans|Lindemans]], [[Brouwerij Girardin|Girardin]], and [[Brasserie Cantillon|Cantillon]] is 6.4% alcohol by volume. With the exception of the first batch where the lambic spent 6 months on the fruit, all future batches spent 4 months on fruit. The final product is blended with lambic to a final concentration of 250g/l of plums. * Batch 1 (2011-2012) - Made with fresh prunes de Namur (Belgium), limited to 500 bottles and sold with a 1 bottle per person limit at the brewery only. The lambic spent 6 months on the fruit. * Batch 2 (2012-2013) - Made with fresh Quetsches véritable d'Alsace (France) because there were no prunes de Namur available due to cold weather. Released at Toer de Geuze 2013 after 3 months in the bottle. * Batch 3 (2013-2014) - Made with fresh Quetsche véritable d'Alsace (France). * Batch 4 (2013-2014) - Made with frozen Quetsche véritable d'Alsace (France). This is the first batch made with frozen fruit. * Batch 5 (2014-2015) - Made with half Quetsche véritable d'Alsace (France) and half Prune de Namur, harvested by Jean Binamé in Bois-de-Villers, near Namur (Belgium). Pierre TIlquin described the differences between the two plum varieties in a post on Facebook: "They are very close, but the Quetsche véritable d'Alsace is a little bit more sweet than the Prune de Namur, which is a little bit more sour. The Prune de Namur is also a little bit smaller than the Quetsche véritable d'Alsace".
== History / Other Notes ==
Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne was first released in February of 2012. 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. It can be deduced that the The best-by date on the reverse label is designed to be read as a 10 years beyond the bottling date as well. The For example, the first batch, which was only available at the brewery in limited quantities has 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 is released annually in 375ml and 750ml bottles
== Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne Bottle Log ==
| 2011-2012
| 750ml
| European bottling, Prunes de Namur
| N/A
|-
|2012-2013
|750ml
|US Label, 12% Imports, Quetsches véritables
|N/A
|-
| 2012-2013
| 375ml
| US Label, 12% Imports, Quetsches véritables
| N/A
|-