"bzart Kriekenlambiek Brut Nature is a sparkling pure brut quality beverage based on ”Kriekenlambiek Oud Beersel” (cherry Lambic of Oud Beersel) which is a craft beer produced according to the traditional rules of the “Méthode Classique”. Cherry Lambic is a Belgian spontaneous fermentation beer made of Lambic to which sour cherries are added. The used “Kriekenlambiek Oud Beersel” is traditionally brewed with real sour cherries and with Lambic Oud Beersel that matured in wooden barrels. It contains some 400 grams of sour cherries a litre which is unique in its kind. This kriekenlambiek is bottled and then the “Méthode Classique” (Classic Method) is applied during several months. This means that after adding sugar and a sparkling wine yeast, the “liqueur de tirage”, this kriekenlambiek is re-fermented. Carbon dioxide develops and is locked in the bottle which causes the kriekenlambiek to become effervescent. Other intrinsical steps, such as the “remuage” (riddling) and the “dég...

The light red "Valantine" rhubarb is harvested in the spring. It is used for wine and now also for fermentation with lambic in wooden barrels. 45KG of fruit for 100 liters of young lambic.

Season 2021-2022. Assemblage #89. Bottled on 30/06/2022. "For this Cuvée Miel, we blended three different old lambikken, all brewed while adding honey-from-our-own-hives onto the coolship. We let them mature extensively on their dedicated barrels, before blending them with some young lambik and a small portion of a honeycomb macerated lambik. We used quite some two- and three-year old honey lambikken, pushing the weighted average age of the whole blend to more than 30 months on the moment of bottling."

"Blend of honey wine, young and old lambics with blackcurrant maceration. Blackcurrant "Bentron" from Belgian organic cultivation. Honey wine from spontaneous fermentation, aged for 8 months in barrels. Fermented, aged, and bottled on the farm."

Season 2019-2020. Assemblage #78. Bottled on 30/09/2020. "For this Oude Kriek Intens Rood, we macerated sour cherries for almost nine months partly on oak and partly on stainless steel. We chose both jyoung and two-year oude lambiic for maceration, originating from four different barrels and seven different brews. We blended with another two young lambics from one barrel and two brews. The final fruit intensity is 458 grams of sour cherries per litre of Intens Rood. A part of this blend was bottled on 750 ml bottles and a part on magnums. 100% 3 Fonteinen."

Season 2020-2021. Assemblage #67. Bottled on 28/07/2021. "The Cuvée Miel is a special version of the Cuvée Armand & Gaston. This geuze is a blend of one-, two-, three- and four-year old lambikken that have been infused with honey on the coolship. While blending, we added some more local honey. The weighted average age of this blend upon bottling was more than 24 months. 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambik."

Season 2022-2023, Assemblage #18. Bottled on 15/12/2022. "For this Pruim, we macerated Dubbele Altesse plums from Fruitdas, a fruit farm and cidery. We macerated these plums for more than three months on three-year old lambik, before blending with some more three-year-old lambik. This makes the weighted average age of this plum lambik clock at more than 28 months. The final fruit intensity is 355 grams of hand-picked plums per litre of Pruim. Of the cereals used, more than 1/3 was sourced within our Cereal Collective. 100% 3 Fonteinen."

Season 2022-2023 Assemblage #71. Bottled on 24/05/2023. "FFor this Druif, we macerated Merlot grapes of Claus Preisinger for more than eight months on three-and-a-half-year-old lambik. Afterwards, we blended with some more four-year-old lambik. We used lambikken originating from three different barrels and seven different brews. The weighted average age of this grape lambik is more than 44 months. The final fruit proportion is 380 grams of Merlot grapes per litre of Druif. A few years ago, we started working with the most progressive low-intervention winemakers around Europe. Claus Preisinger is renowned for his innovative approach in his vineyard, involving natural and regenerative farming. His Weingut is located in Burgenland, Austria. "

Season 2019-2020. Assemblage #79. Bottled on 07/10/2020. "While looking for old sherry barrels, we cannot get lucky all the time. While we will be sourcing barrels directly from bodegas to assure provenance and quality, we had a batch of Pedro Ximenez (PX) barrels that was on the peated side (albeit subdued). As a result, we decided not to use them for Zenne y Frontera, but to blend them with other (fruit) lambikken into geuze and fruit blends. This is the first of such blends to be released. Sour cherries were macerated partly on young peated lambik and partly on two-year old straight lambik in a stainless steel tank. We blended with young and three-year old (!) lambik. 55% of the blend is old lambik and the final fruit intensity is 567 grams of sour cherries per litre."

Season 2022-2023, Assemblage #26. Bottled on 12/01/2023. "For this Wijnbergperzik, we macerated vineyard peaches for about four months on three- and four-year old lambik. Two thirds of the lambikken have been brewed by Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, one third by Lindemans. The oldest lambik has been brewed in October 2019. This renders the weighted average age to more than 33 months. The final fruit proportion is 388 grams of Moesel-grown and hand-picked peaches per litre of Wijnbergperzik."

Season 2022-2023 Assemblage #35. Bottled on 26/01/2023. "For this Druif, we macerated the ever fragrant Gewurztraminer grape, harvested in the summer 2022 in Bourgheim, Alsace, on one- and three-year old lambik, for more than four months. The old portion accounts for almost 80%, rendering the weighted average age of more than 31 months. The final fruit intensity is 437 grams of Gewurztraminer grapes per litre of finished Druif. Almost 65% of the nine different lambikken were brewed with local cereals. A small part of this blend was also bottled on magnums. 100% 3 Fonteinen."

"This old authentic lambic is brewed according to an age-old tradition. Brewed with dedication and craftmanship in the Senne Valley. The fermentation and maturation took place in the heart of Brussels just above the Senne (in the cellars of the Saint-Gérys Halls). A maceration of 450g of local strawberries per liter of lambic gives this beer its typical nose and taste. Enjoy, to the fullest, Cheers!"

"Blend of lambic macerated with organic cherries and cider. The fruit is blended with lambic then macerated for months. After this, the lambic matures further on barrel. The final blend with cider is done just before bottling. Fermented, aged & bottled on the farm."

Pack consisting of a botlte of Oude Gueuze Cuvée Marie-Catherine and a bottle of Oude Gueuze from the season 2021-2022. A few words about the new blend: ""GUEUZE TILQUIN À L'ANCIENNE – CUVÉE MARIE-CATHERINE was blended on 15 February 2022 in honor of Marie-Catherine Tilquin-Rousseaux, mother of Pierre, with 40% 1-year old lambics, 30% 2-year old lambics and 30% 3-year old lambics, all matured in oak barrels. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer was refermented and matured in the bottle for 1 year. It is part of our Family Tree Project: a different blend for each member of the Tilquin family tree."

Pack consisting of a botlte of Oude Gueuze Cuvée Jean-Paul and a bottle of Oude Gueuze from the season 2021-2022. A few words about the new blend: "GUEUZE TILQUIN À L'ANCIENNE – CUVÉE JEAN-PAUL was blended in honor of Jean-Paul Tilquin (1947 - 2010), father of Pierre, with 40% 1-year old lambics, 30% 2-year old lambics and 30% 3-year old lambics, all matured in oak barrels. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer was refermented and matured in the bottle for 2 years. It is part of our Family Tree Project: a different blend for each member of the Tilquin family tree. "

Season 2021-2022. Assemblage n°59. Bottled on 08/04/2022. "For this particular Platinum Blend, we blended lambikken originating from five different barrels and eight different brews. This blend is a beast; we used almost 45% of four-year-old lambik (all brewed in April 2018) and an equal amount of two-year-old lambik. the This way, the weighted average age of this very Oude Geuze is more than 33 months upon bottling. Of all cereals used in these brews, almost 45% were sourced from our own cereal circle in Pajottenland."

Season 2022-2023, Assemblage #41. Bottled on 02/02/2023."For this Aardbei, we shortly macerated local hand-picked strawberries and let the fruit lambik sit for an additional five monts on an oak barrels, before blending and bottling. We primarily used one-year and two-year old lambikken. The weighted average age still is more than 18 months. The final fruit intensity is 376 grams of strawberries per litre of Aardbei. 100% 3 Fonteinen. Bottle count: 714."

Season 2022-2023 Assemblage #38. Bottled on 31/01/2023. "For this first ever fully organic grape lambik, we macerated Grüner Veltliner grapes on one- and two-year old lambik. The grapes were sourced from Christoph Hoch, a Demeter-certified wine maker from Hollenburg an der Donau, Austria. Total maceration time was almost five months and the weighted average age of this blend was more than 19 months upon bottling. The final fruit intensity is 406 grams of whole grapes per litre of finished Druif. All cereals we used in brewing the seven different lambikken, were sourced with local Pajot farmers."

Season 2021-2022, Assemblage #26. Bottled on 03/02/2022. "For this first ever Cassis, we macerated freshly harvested cassis berries (blackcurrants) on an ex-Bordeaux barrel for a good four months. The lambics used for macerating and blending were all two years old, and originating from two different barrels and eight different brews. The weighted average age of this blend clocks at 26 months. The final fruit proportion is 313 grams of cassis berries used per litre of finished fruit lambik. The berries were manually picked at Purfruit, a small community supported orchard in West-Flanders, Belgium.."

Pack consisting of a botlte of Oude Gueuze Cuvée Paul and a bottle of Oude Gueuze from the season 2021-2022. A few words about the new blend: ""GUEUZE TILQUIN À L'ANCIENNE – CUVÉE PAUL was blended on 2 March 2022 in honor of Paul Tilquin (1909 - 2005), grandfather of Pierre, with 30% 1-year old lambics, 30% 2-year old lambics and 40% 3-year old lambics, all matured in oak barrels. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer was refermented and matured in the bottle for 1 year. It is part of our Family Tree Project: a different blend for each member of the Tilquin family tree."

Apricot lambic made with apricots from South Tyrol.

Pack consisting of a Tilquin Pinot Meunier sur Marc (Pomace) 2021-2022 and a Tilquin Oude Gueuze 2021-2022

"In Gooik's fields ripen the most beautiful apples, those appels ferment together with lambic to this Pajotse cider. This variety of apples gives an intense extra flavor to the lambic that is fermented on wooden barrels. 45kg on 100 liters young lambic."

Peach lambic. 1000 kg of fruit for 1500 liters of lammbic.

Season 2021-2022, Assemblage #16. Bottled on 11/01/2022. SBottle count: 858. "For this specific Braambes, we macerated whole blackberries on two- and three-year old lambik for almost four months. We blended with some young lambik right before bottling for continued bottle fermentation. This way, the weighted average age of this blend surpasses 29 months at the moment of bottling. The final proportion of fruit used is 398 grams of blackberries per litre of Braam. The lambikken used originate from four different barrels and ten different brews, of which the oldest was brewed in November 2018."

Season 2021-2022, Assemblage #21. Bottled on 21/01/2022. "For this Pruim, we macerated fresh picked-to-ripeness sweet Mirabelle plums. Maceration took a tad over four months. For both maceration and blending, we used over 90% of old lambics, both two-, three- and four-year old. The weighted average of this blend upon bottling is therefore almost 25 months. The final fruit intensity is 304 grams of plums per litre of finished Pruim. The largest part of the fourteen brews used comes from smaller barrels and are 3 Fonteinen-brewed. Of those, more than 1/3 were brewed with Pajottenland grown cereals."

Season 2021-2022, Assemblage #17. Bottled on 13/01/2022. "For this Pruim, we used the old plum variety Belle De Louvain, hand-picked in Limburg, Belgium. Maceration took almost four months and the lambics for both maceration and blending originate from six different barrels and thirteen different brews, of which the oldest brewed end of October 2018. The weighted average age of this fruit blend is almost 22 months. The final proportion of fruit used is 385 grams of plums per litre of Pruim. Almost half of the cereals used originate from the Pajottenland. 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic."

Season 2021-2022, Assemblage #1. Bottled on 16/11/2021."This Aardbei/Kriek is a blend of a strawberry lambik and a sour cherry lambik, in a proportion of 65/35. The lambikken originate from five different barrels and nine different brews. Most of them were two-year old lambikken, and almost 10% three-year old. One third of the lambik volume is brewed with Pajot-grown cereals. The final fruit concentration is 516 grams of strawberries and sour cherries used per litre of finished Aardbei/Kriek."

"In 2022 we macerated Gorsem cherries on 2 year old lambic and barrel aged it after 6 months of maceration for another year. In 2023 we did the same; maceration of Gorsem cherries on 2 year old lambic for 6 months. We blended these 2 cherry lambics together and added fresh Satureja herb to them."

"We blended 1 and 2 year old lambic and macerated them on fresh mirabelle plums from Belgian soil. After 6 months, we removed them and barrel aged the lambic for another 3 months. At botteling we blended this barrel with a 3 year old pink rose lambic."

"In 2022 we macerated Gorsem cherries on 2 year old lambic and barrel aged it after 6 months of maceration for another year. In 2023 we did the same; maceration of Gorsem cherries on 2 year old lambic for 6 months. We blended these 2 cherry lambics together and added fresh tarragon herb to them."