Gueuze blend containing 4 YO lambic

Elderflower infused lambic

"Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait has an alcohol content of 8%. It consists of 95% mild lambic, aged at least three years and specially reserved for this purpose, and 5% young lambic. The latter provides the fermentable sugars and wild yeasts. After mixing in a vessel of 25,000 litres, the wort (unfermented mixture) is filtered and chilled. If we are bottling, we bring it back to fermentation temperature. The bottles are placed in a climate-controlled space for the secondary fermentation. This is followed by maturing at low temperature for at least 6 months. Want to know the bottling date? Simply subtract 20 years from the “best before” date!
The soft, mildly sour berry taste, harmonises with the oak barrels’ aromas in which Geuze Mariage Parfait has ripen. The body speaks of vanilla followed by a bitter aftertaste of cloves that becomes increasingly intense. Sublime."

Season 2023-2024 Assemblage #54. Bottled on 18/06/2024. "Voor deze klassieke versie van de Zenne Y Frontera Blend 54 hebben we niet minder dan vijf verschillende vaten sherry gerijpte lambiek gemengd. De vaten zijn een mix van zeer oude Oloroso- en amontilladovaten van twee kleine familiale Bodegas. Bodega Josefa Perez is gelegen in het hart van Jerez de la Frontera en Gutierrez Colosia bevindt zich in El Puerto De Santa Maria. We hebben lambikken van meer dan 3 jaar oud nog een extra jaar laten verder rijpen op deze sherryvaten. Hierdoor is de gewogen gemiddelde leeftijd van deze blend meer dan 50 maanden."

Season 2023-2024 Assemblage #55. Bottled on 18/06/2024. "Voor deze klassieke versie van de Zenne Y Frontera Blend 55 hebben we al onze Josefa Perez vaten gemengd. Deze kleine bodega in het hart van Jerez de la Frontera heeft door zijn hoge kwaliteit en standvaste visie veel andere onafhankelijke bodegas geïnspireerd. Deze blend bestaat uit lambik die is gerijpt op vier olorosovaten en twee amontilladovaten. Op deze sherryvaten hebben we drie-en-een-half jaar en oudere lambik nog eens elf maanden verder laten rijpen. Als gevolg hiervan is de gewogen gemiddelde leeftijd van deze blend meer dan 50 maanden."

Season 2022-2023 Assemblage #58. Bottled on 23/03/2023. "For this Oude Geuze, we blended not less than four barrels with lambikken originating from ten different brews. The featured lambikken were young, two, three and more than five years old. This brings the weighted average age of the blend to more than 32 months on the moment of bottling, and more than 56 month on the moment of the release. Of the 3 Fonteinen brewed lambikken - making up more than 60% of the blend, more than 60% of these were brewed with local barley and wheat, all coming form organic farmers in Pajottenland."

"Our Cuvée Heritage Gueuze is a blend of the finest barrels of lambic and bears the label of the old brewery. They have a beautiful aging potential."

"Blend of old lambics matured in palo cortado sherry barrels."

"Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Gueuze Tilquin à l’ancienne – Lambics vieillis en fûts de Whisky tourbé is made from the blending of 1, 2 and 3 years old lambics aged in peated Scotch whisky barrels. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, this beer is refermented in the bottle for more than one year. For this batch, 4528 bottles were produced."

"Beer of spontaneous fermentation with the addition of dark malts, matured for at least 4 years in oak and whisky barrels"

"A well thought-out blend of the finest spontaneously fermented lambics of different ages, 100% matured in oak barrels with refermentation in the bottle." This makes a much smoother and less acidic gueuze

"A well thought-out blend of the finest spontaneously fermented lambics of different ages, 100% matured in oak barrels with refermentation in the bottle." This makes a much smoother and less acidic gueuze

"1, 2 & 3 years old lambic. Blended together in 2021 and aged for 28 months on bourbon barrels and ex Canadian bourbon aged maple syrup barrels."

Season 2021-2022. Assemblage #105 bottled on 18/08/2022. "For this blend of Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston, we blended lambikken from four different barrels and ten different brews. As we used about 20% of four-year old lambik and a lot of two-year old lambikken, the weighted average age of this blend upon bottling was 24 months. Add to that another three
years of cellaring which brings the weighted age of this bottle to 50 months upon its release. More than 80% of the cereals used in the brews for this blend, were sourced from our own Pajottenland Cereal Collective. While blending, we added some honey from our own bee hives in our Schaarbeekse cherry field."

"Brewing is science, expertise, intuition, but sometimes also archival work. Our passion for tradition doesn't stop with the beer itself: every now and then we delve into history, searching for forgotten knowledge. We were recently reminded of a remarkable document from the State Archives of Brussels: an ordinance from 1559, drawn up by Remy Le Mercier, city treasurer of Halle. A piece that will undoubtedly cause a stir among connoisseurs.
The text specifies the correct grain ratios for local beers from that time. Today, the document is considered the oldest known recipe linked to lambic. What immediately stands out? The mention of oats. A grain rarely found in lambic today, but still legally permitted alongside 60% barley malt and 30% wheat. That beer recipes evolve over time is beyond dispute. Technology changes, and legislation also has an impact. And yet: Le Mercier's grain ratio is still remarkably close to what is the standard today.
Thanks to Remy Le Mercier, we know that lambic has been brewed since at least the 16th century. So we used his ordinance as a guide for an exclusive Oude Geuze. On February 22, 2024, we filled no fewer than 5,400 75cl bottles. With this Oude Geuze Remy Le Mercier, we prove that oats can indeed play a role in the production of Oude Geuze. The result: A soft, full-bodied Oude Geuze with a firm head and a clearly recognizable nutty oat flavor."

"This gueuze aged for an extra season in 250L cognac barrels.
Out of ten barrels, we selected only the five with the most pronounced cognac character.To develop complexity, we blended lambics from five different breweries.

The unique barrels enrich the Charent'euse with warm oak tones, a full body with depth, and subtle hints of vanilla. The lambic carries this character with robust elegance. The result is a rounded and fresh beer with
ageing potential — perfect with pâté, poultry, or hard cheeses. "