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

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Description

Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne is a lambic blended with a variety of plums. The plums are added in high concentration to one year old lambic for a period of four months (with the exception of the first test batch that aged for almost 6 months on fruit). The resulting fruit lambic is blended with additional two year old and three year old lambic to create a final fruit concentration of at least 250g/l. Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne is labeled as 6.4% ABV and is available in 375ml and 750ml bottles as well as on draught on occasion.

Plum Varieties

• 2011-2012 - Small test batch made with fresh prunes de Namur (Belgium), limited to 548 bottles and sold with a one 750ml bottle per person limit at the brewery only. The lambic spent almost 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 three 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). The Prunes de Namur version received a special labeling, pictured below.

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 2012 and was approved for distribution in the United States on October 20, 2013. 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 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
09/02/2025	2014-2015	750ml	"Avec Prunes de Namur" label	N/A

Label Log

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  Quetsche label with Prunes de Namur, released for Toer de Geuze 2015.

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  U.S. label, 375ml

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  U.S. label, back

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  U.S. label, keg

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References

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