Oude Quetsche Tilquin à l'Ancienne (véritable d'Alsace)
Description
Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne is a lambic made with a variety of plums. The plums are added in high concentration to 1 year old lambic for a period of four months (with the exception of the first test batch). The resulting fruit lambic is blended with 2 to 3 year lambic to create a final fruit concentration of at least 250g/l. The lambic used is from Boon, Lindemans, Girardin, and Cantillon. Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne is 6.4% alcohol by volume.
Plum Varieties
- 2011-2012 - Small test batch made with fresh prunes de Namur (Belgium), limited to 548 bottles and sold with a one 75cl bottle per person limit at the brewery only. The lambic spent 6 months on the fruit (fruit added 8/30/2011 and removed 2/23/2012).
- 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.
- 2013-2014 (early season) - Made with fresh Quetsche véritable d'Alsace (France).
- 2013-2014 (late season) - Made with frozen Quetsche véritable d'Alsace (France). This is the first batch made with frozen fruit.
- 2014-2015 - This batch was split. Half of the batch was made with Prune de Namur, harvested by Jean Binamé in Bois-de-Villers, near Namur (Belgium). The remainder was made with Quetsche véritable d'Alsace (France).
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".[1]
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 |
Photos
References
- ↑ Facebook, Quetsche Tilquin - batches 2014-2015 in progress, September 11, 2014
