Bruery Reserve Society - What's left in the year...

I don't think that name implied a blend of Oude Tarts at all, since gueuzes are blends of lambics, not Flanders style reds...

 

Yeah, and Oude Tart doesn't really seem to age much, at least to me. I think that a blend of it would taste pretty much the same as fresh.

 

Also heard this. Though, i also heard the sale was supposed to be announced this past Monday, and that it was supposed to be an RS exclusive

Edited for completeness of speculation

 

Oude Guezie implies to me a play on a gueuze and they have a beer named Oude Tart, so I think my guess from earlier in the year is hardly far fetched. I know what a gueuze is, I was hoping for something different.

 

Hey All--

Unfortunately Griffon Bruxellois won't be an allocation this year to Reserve Society members as we had intended. Carbonation is too low-- we're hoping an extra few months of bottle conditioning will help with this.

I'm very grateful for all of your support this year! I'm really looking forward to next year, a lot of cool things on the horizon.

Cheers,
Patrick
The Bruery

 

Most gueuzes are called "Oude Gueuze". The presence of the word there has literally nothing to do with Oude Tart.

 

But, wouldn't it have been cool to get a blend of the 3 years of Oude Tart?

 

I've had the past 3 years of Oude Tart, and I think I can safely say that no, it would taste pretty much the same as Oude Tart. Unless my mind is really failing me, that beer just doesn't really age that much. Besides, if you want to do this you can, I don't think '10, '11, and '12 Oude Tart would be very hard to come across.

 

A '10 would be very hard to come by. I think it would make a difference, as it would be a blend of multiple years, with DIFFERENT amount of time in the barrels. Maybe I am wrong, but I would assume that OT is made from relatively young barrels.

 

Potentially good point, but does that really affect the flemish styles? Like, maybe it gets a bit oakier, but should the microbes really change?

Potentially meaningless datapoint, but I had a really old Rodenbach (1971, I think) and it tasted... pretty much like fresh Rodenbach. I just don't think these beers change that much with age, while it's pretty unquestionably true that lambics change (blended or no).

 

so then... that's it for 2011 RS?

 

In a Flanders style red, the acetic acid is the major flavor point - since acetobacter needs oxygen to produce more acidity (although too much leads to vinegar), a bottle will mostly not continue to see more acidity produced. If there's brett in there, it could potentially evolve over time, but any flavors it produces would likely still be overwhelmed.

I'll be doing a three year vertical in the next few weeks, but I don't expect anything more than minor evolution.

 

Creating a secondary fermentation after adding a young Oude Tart to a two and three year old barrel conditioned Oude Tart could be interesting. But then there would have to be barrels of Oude Tart that were blended, then put back in the barrel, then left alone until now. Which I don't think would ever happen, but it could be a cool experiment.

/sidebar

 

The Bruery is doing the 12 days of Christmas again. What are the chances some RS exclusives show up? But, it is really cool some really great stuff shows up at this time of the year.

From the Bruery FB page..........



This morning, when we open the Provisions doors at 11am, we'll have 2010 Sour in the Rye as well as 2012 Black Tuesday for sale! These beers are limited and have a 1 bottle limit. First come first served.

 

what happened to 2012?

 

Bummer! I'd probably drink that flat based on the taster I had at Barrel Night.

 

you know what I meant...

 

For those that know what a douchenozzel Freddie is at Beverages-4-Less, I was unfortunately in there b/c I had to buy a bomber for a thing at a place...while checking out Chief Douchenozzel flashes a Black Tuesday at me.

Knowing his upsell and knowning what the beer cost at the release and not interested in buying, I asked "How much?"

"$85/ea...all being sold east coast, plus shipping! Two cases!"

 

Struck me as an attempt to get PMR to recognize what was happening in his own 'backyard'.