Oud Beersel 2021 Vandervelden 140 12.7 oz

Oude Geuze Vieille Authentic Belgian Lambic

Brewed by: Oud Beersel
Country: Belgium
Style: Oude Geuze

ABV: 6.5%
Ratebeer.com rating: 100
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Oud Beersel 2021 Vandervelden 140 (ABV 6.5%) is a traditional Lambic beer produced according to an authentic method that is under European protection. Made with only water, barley malt, wheat, and hops, Oude Geuze is a blend of spontaneously fermented lambic from different years aged on wooden barrels.

To celebrate the 140^th anniversary of Oud Beersel, a unique blend was composed, with one- and two-year-old lambics from 40 HL foeders and three-year-old lambic from a 120 HL foeder. The average age of the blend was 30 months, which gives this refined Oude Geuze an extraordinary complexity.

Amber gold in color, the flavor combines a pleasant bitterness with a sour, yet smooth, refreshing character.

Bottled in 2021. May be cellared for 20 years with subtle taste evolution. Best before 11/10/2041.

Ratebeer.com rating: 100 (out of 100) 12.7 oz corked bottle.

Brewery Information:

Oud Beersel Brewery, located near Brussels in the town of Beersel, is one of the last remaining authentic lambic breweries in Belgium. Founded in 1882 by Henri Vandervelden, the small brewery remained family-owned for four generations until 2002, when financial woes forced operations to cease, and the brewery all but closed.

In 2005, fearing the brewery's unique artisanal lambics could be lost forever, friends Gert Christiaens & Roland De Bus took a chance and reopened the business and, with the help of Frank Boon, owner of the Boon Brewery (another lambic producer), relaunched the Oud Beersel line to great success.

Today, Oud Beersel Brewery offers a number of award winning ales & lambics for distribution worldwide.