Tommie Sjef Grape 2022 Lambic/Geuze - 75 CL

The brewers regularly release a new vintage of Druif; it's the beer that started it all. A wild beer made with organic red wine grapes (harvested in 2021, Mátra region, Hungary). This year's vintage is made exclusively with Kékfrankos grapes. A perfect grape variety that pairs excellently with our wild ales. We used a blend of different wild ales (aged for approximately two years in wooden barrels), allowed them to referment, and then macerated them on the wine grapes for another year. The long maceration with the grapes gives the beer more structure and layering in flavor, as the grape skins have had time to release their tannins and their taste. With this vintage, the brewers tried to focus on the interaction of the slightly more pronounced bitterness and delicate fruity aromas of the old hops the brewers used in the beer, and the tannins of the wine grapes. In our opinion, this has resulted in a very well-balanced wild beer, where the lines between beer and (natural) wine perfectly blur.In its aroma, Druif (2022) shows strawberries and ripe peaches, along with dark cherries, a slight hint of almond, and a touch of wood from the oak barrels. Flavor-wise, it starts with the typical notes of dark cherries and blackberries from Kékfrankos. This bold fruitiness is accompanied by a gentle acidity and a rather dry, almost port-like finish. In the aftertaste, the tannic part of blackberry seeds and almond is present, along with a hint of creamy oak.

Product details:

• Alcohol percentage: 8.1%
• Volume: 75 CL
• Untappd Score: 0.00