Boon Meertse

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Lembeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

A Mes rate: Should this really be on here? Is it even a beer yet? Buttery diacetyl with a thick and muddy body. Was something interesting to try but not something I would want to drink again. It was like drinking a glass of wort. Funny story to tell... My brother tried this and along with everyone else at our large table thought it was pretty awful. Later on while he was down the other end of the table Patrick (sitting next to Frank Boon) passes him a drink (De Troch something or other) saying ’here you go Nick, this is bloody awful, you drink it’. Nick tries it, agrees it is poor but immediately points out "you should try this stuff we have down the other end, it’s f**king rank, everyone says it’s the worst beer they have ever tried, hang on I’ll get you some’. He comes back to our end of the table and asks for the glass of Meertse. Sim gives it him but points out that it is probably best he keeps his mouth shut and explains who it is that Pat is sitting next to. Nick looks up the other end of the table to Pat, pulls a silly face, puts his thumbs up and sits down. Piss funny. The beer was as I say interesting from a geeky point of view. I love Boon and have done for many years. Frank is a very nice guy and a true legend of everything Lambic. Oh and he bought us a beer too. Cheers.

Draught. HAzy brownish colour, no head. Aroma is very much caramel and also some wooden hints. Flavour is carmael, yeast, earth in a very nice way. I guess I’m a pervert since I liked it very much .)

It all makes sence now, pat handed me this and started raving about it. Malty dead flat raw malts, muddy looking. A strange thing to think that this actually turns into a kriek in the end.

Ugly unclear murky brown body; Very buttery (tons of diacetyl), malty sugary sweet (like wort) quite unpleasant nose; Malty sugary body, thick unpleasant texture; Malty sweet sticky slightly bitter to long finish. Way drink this? For the fun, yes, but it wasn’t funny at all!

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2007 cask sample @ WSF. Was very excited to snag a sample of this. Opaque apricot colour, no head. Sweetish aroma of grass, malt and citrus with a hint of horse. Kinda smells like damp wood. Candy sweet sugar/treacle and orange in the taste. Watery, but decent body. Very strange, but interesting no less.

Draught at weekend of spontanious fermentation. Hazy orange brown coloured with a small head. Aroma of butterscotsch and caramel. Sweet flavour of butterscotsch and caramel. Watery.

Draught @ 16th Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation 2007, Optal. Murky medium orange color with virtyally none head. Aroma is moderate to heavy sweet, hops, malty, dust. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet (fresh sweet / like young ! ) with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. Once in a lifetime experience.

UPDATED: FEB 1, 2008 Draught at the Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation 2007
Very hazy brown body. Sweet aroma of citrus, hops, malts, with a dusty overlay. Lightly bodied, very sweet flavour with some bitterness. Weird, but not very good. Like drinking wort. Thanks to Frank Boon for providing this beer. It was unique!