2011 Brouwerij Boon Vat 79 Oude Geuze Mono Blend

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  11/20/2021 - forceberry wrote: 98 Points

  A special "mono blend" that is composed of lambic aged for 3 years 2 months (85%) and young, still partially unfermented lambic for the carbonation (15%). The old lambic comes entirely from Vat 79, a large foeder built in 1883, the oldest in Boon's brewery and normally used for Mariage Parfait. The base beer was brewed on 19-20th of October 2011 and bottled on 17th of December 2014, making this the second batch of 2011 Vat 79 (the first batch was bottled in October 2014). Best by 17th of December 2034. 9% alcohol.
  
  Slightly hazy and surprisingly pale straw yellow color with a colorless rim and a modest white head. Exceptionally complex, moderately aged and slightly sweet-toned nose with seductive aromas of leather saddle, funky animale character, some latrine, a little bit of grainy malt, light earthy notes, a hint of honeyed richness and a touch of bruised apple. The beer is broad, evolved and wonderfully textural on the palate with a full body and quite concentrated, complex flavors of leather saddle, some dried fruits, light creamy notes of panna cotta, a little bit of sweet honeyed malt character, a hint of oat biscuit and a touch of farmhouse funk. The rather high acidity feels wonderfully balanced with the full body. The carbonation feels very modest and gentle and there is no hop bitterness to speak of. The finish is quite sour yet enjoyably gentle and mellow with very long and complex aftertaste of leather saddle and barnyardy funk, some evolved creamy tones, a little bit of oat biscuit, light earthy notes, a hint of dried yellow fruits and a touch of honeyed richness.
  
  Hoo boy what a beer! This is hands down one of the most complex and rewarding lambics I've ever tasted, really fantastic stuff. Normally lambics that are aged for 3 years in oak are bottled as still (= flat) lambics, whereas this drinks more like a Gueuze, yet not losing one little bit its remarkable depth and complexity. An extraordinary beer already now, but shows capacity to improve even further from here with some additional aging. Terrific value at 12,98€ for a 0,375-liter beer.

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  12/3/2016 - Henman Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium to full bodied, quite smooth and balanced, showing a nice citric sourishness with rather subtle hoppy flavors. There is actually a small hint of sewer(!) as well on the palate and nose but in a good way. Not much heat coming through despite of 9%. Overall very good.

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