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Oude Gueuze Tilquin à L'Ancienne was first made commercially available in May of 2011, and it received label approval for distribution in the United States on May 24, 2011.<ref name=TTBTilq> TTB Label Approval, [https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonline/viewColaDetails.do?action=publicFormDisplay&ttbid=11137001000345 Oude Gueuze Tilquin à L'Ancienne], 2011</ref> 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 2010-2011 neck label and subsequent batches have followed a similar pattern.
It can be deduced that the date on the reverse label is designed to be read as a bottling date as well. The first batch, labeled as ''1er soutirage'' or "first racking' " has a best by date on 10/12/2020 and a neck label of 2010-2011. This would mean that it was bottled on December 10, 2010. Oude Geuze Tilquin à L'Ancienne is released yearly in several batches/bottlings. The ''1er soutirage'' bottling was initially given to friends of Tilquin and was later available to purchase online for a short period of time.
All Oude Gueuze Tilquin à L'Ancienne bottles with a 2010-2011 neck label are a blend of one- and two-year old lambics, with the brewery having received their first batch of wort in 2009.