Tilquin Faro

Brewed by Gueuzerie Tilquin
Style: Lambic - Faro
Rebecq-Rognon, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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(draught) pours a murky amber colour with no head. aroma of sweatsocks, cherries, treebark, grass, fish eggs and lemons. flavour is very sweet, with notes of orange peel, cherry stones, white grapes, leather and grapefruit. medium-bodied with very soft carbonation.

Tap @ ZBF 2013.
Pours muddy amber with no head. Aroma has funk, light sulphur, mild tartness. Low carbonation, a bit thin and watery mouthfeel. Flavour is sugary sweet - very sweet. Fine background, but...

Draught @ Delirium Cafe, Brussels. Rated on 27.2.2013.
Pours a hazy amber colour without a head. Aroma of sweet fruitiness and lactic acid. Flavour of sweet fruits, green apples, lactic acid, syrup and fruitcake. Light bodied, slick mouthfeel and low carbonation. Finishes sweet and pungent. Not as good as Cantillon’s Faro.

On tap at Delirium, Brussels. It pours a cloudy amber colour with almost no head. Aroma is caramel and burnt sugar mostly. Little lambic character. Taste is sweet with a candy sugar feel to it. Some strange feel/taste to it, cannot really describe properly. Thin in body with soft carbonation. Overall, a tad too sweet or maybe just odd. I thought the Cantillon version was head and shoulders above this one.

On tap at Delirium Cafe, Brussels. Two faros in one day, something that’s unlikely to happen again anytime soon. Glad to try this one super fresh, and I found it interestingly enough to be slightly more subtle and understated than the excellent Cantillon I’d just had. It lacked the depth of flavor and something of the complexity, but it was very enjoyable, coming across like lemony tea in some places.

The pour is a cloudy orange/amber color with a white head. The nose is fairly sweet with some sugar notes, but there is a nice bit of lemon tartness and some mild grass and earthy funk. Quite fruity, too. The flavor is definitely somewhat sweet and fruity. A moderate lactic sourness, hints of musty funk, and a bit of grass. Pretty nice lambic character for a faro.

Good faro, not too sweet. No carbonation and no head. Fruity and sweet sour aftertaste

Tap at Delirium Café. Pours dirty hazy amber. Mild sour aroma. Mildly sour beer flavor. Fruit notes. Pretty tasty.

17/VIII/2012 from plastic container @ 3de Gents Bierfestival (Gent) - BB: n/a (2012-948)

Little cloudy muddy amber brown beer, no head. Aroma: lemony, sour apples, hint of ripe banana, apple sauce, cake. MF: no carbon, light to medium body. Taste: sweet start, caramel, dark danci sugar, tart apples, bit lemony, little bitter. Aftertaste: sweet, quite some bretta, lemon, bitter touch, some spices.

Tasted at 3de Gents Bierfestival. No head, no carbonation. Not as sour as other lambics, sits on the tongue like dried orange peel. A little like fruit juice. There are bitter and sweet notes in the aftertaste.