TenneSPON Traditionelle
Barrique Brewing & Blending

TenneSPON TraditionelleTenneSPON Traditionelle
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Barrique Brewing & Blending
 
Tennessee, United States
Style:
Belgian Lambic
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
+5 ratings needed
Avg:
3.9 | pDev: 13.59%
Ratings:
5 | reviews: 4
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 26, 2025
Added:
Jan 26, 2023
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
This bottle is our ode to the classic spontaneous sours coming out of the Senne Valley and Brussels, Belgium. A blend of one, two and three year old spontaneously fermented, lambic-inspired ales, we brewed TenneSPON Traditionelle with authentic Belgian techniques localized to our corner of Tennessee. Each of the three threads in this sour were brewed with a fully turbid mash, using 60% TN-grown barley and 40% raw wheat. After a three hour boil with aged noble hops, we transferred the wort to our coolship to cool overnight and collect local microflora. The next morning, we laid the beer to rest in neutral barrels and let it ferment with its naturally occurring yeast.

TenneSPON Traditionelle has a very pleasant citrusy lemon profile with nice acidity and tartness, slight minerality, and a layered, nuanced funk balanced by a dry mouthfeel. Corked and capped, we only packaged 888 bottles of our very first geuze-inspired sour.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by KensWorld from Florida

4.21/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
bottled 5/23/2023, Batch #168, aged 2 years in cellar. Very dry and crisp. lacking a lot of the funk that is expected but still a great take on this unique style.
Mar 26, 2025
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Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama

4.52/5  rDev +15.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2023, Batch #168.

Bright & citrusy up-front; nice bit of Brett funk follows. The palate hits with more of that Brett, tart with undertones of must & lemon zest; oaky dryness brings up the rear. Tennessee Gueuze gets my stamp of approval, this is great.
Jul 28, 2024
 
Rated: 4.1 by Boone757 from Virginia

Apr 08, 2024
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

3.68/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Cellared a year. Somewhat murky orange body, white cap. Very musty and almost phenolic nose, with a touch of vinegar, not that strong in potency though. Taste has huge wood and basement funk, with moldy lemon behind and must with again a touch of vinegar. Just not much behind all that, a very thin all in taste and feel. Sourness is reserved and funk is short lived, but wood shapes a good bit. Would age more if I could do it over again
Mar 26, 2024
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Reviewed by cbrown6305

2.98/5  rDev -23.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 3
I wish I could not rate this beer because I don't think I should be rating it in its current condition. This beer has yet to reach the 9 month mark in bottle conditioning, and it tastes like it may not be ready for realese. If anybody from the brewery reads this, I would let it continue in the celler for a bit longer. It's not yet fully carbindated and quite long on the finish still. Could use some time to dry out. Underneath there are some good flavors. Might be pushing plus on lacto, but the brett might eat that up if it has time to dry. The lambic notes are there for sure. Consumers: if you bought this packaged: put in in the back of your pantry until spring (summer to be safe).
Feb 15, 2024