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

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Description

Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne is a lambic with a variety of 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 Boon, Lindemans, Girardin, and 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.

Plum Varieties

• 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. 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 is released annually in 375ml and 750ml bottles

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
24/01/2013	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	European bottling, 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

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