Simon Diaz

2-Year Unblended Oude Lambiek Foeder #82

Boggles my mind that this rates only 3.5. Spoilt bastards. Musty lemons, orderly funk.

Kriek Marriage Parfait (2019)

As much as a heavy red wine as a fruited ale. Tannic, jammy, oakey, vanilla, sour cherry.

Framboise Boon (2022)

A lot of fresh fruit along with a young lambic, and so it tastes. Mostly raspberries, although cherry also comes through. Some subtle funk. Boon describes this beer as the missing link between beer and wine.

Geuze Mariage Parfait (2018)

Funky, pithy lemon, bitter sour tongue finish.

Spontanframboos

Funky framboise. Quite thick.

Kriek Boon

How nice to find this on tap! A lambic on that sweet fruit end.

Oude Geuze Boon

How good are Boon’s tasting notes for this geuze? Excellent! A mild geuze reflecting the 90% 18 month old lambic, with only 5% old. Dry, bitter, old mouldy lemon skins. A touch acetic.

Oude Geuze A L’Ancienne VAT 108bis Mono Blend

Old funky musty smelling and tasting beer. In the most positive way. Reminds me of the tent I took down the rain last year, that I said I’d put up to dry, but knew i wouldnt. Lemons, acetic, soiled animal bedding. Wonderful beer.

Green Zebra

Better experience than my previous checkin from 2017. Still quite sweet, but a believe less so (based on my notes), perhaps because this keg is dated 2019. I like that the watermelon is kind of an afterthought. Roscoe.

Green Zebra (2019)

Mmm… Lentil Leper. How enticing! Better experience than my previous can from 2017. Still quite sweet, but a believe less so (based on my notes), perhaps because this keg is dated 2019. I like that the watermelon is kind of an afterthought.

Mammamamma Double Passionfruit Cheesecake Sour Ale

As a passionfruit sour it’s very nice. However as a smoothie cheesecake it’s missing the cheese. And the cake. Needs a load of lactose or other round texture, a little sweetness, and vanilla.

Goliat

Chocolate coffee with cacao/cocoa grittiness. Nice round buttery texture. Pkgd ?; Sweetness 3.5/10

HORAL's Oude Geuze Mega Blend (2021)

Explosive! Highly carbonated with a goat pee like stink. Quite a lot of minerality, bitter funk, dry and oakey, lemony, pithy, kind of sour, but otherwise pretty much a Great Northern 🙄

Oude Geuze Boon Black Label Edition N°4

Brian L. Came in bearing gifts from Beer 360. Shared with the boys from Little Bang. A classic Boon Geuze. Subtly weird. A little lemon acidity, whiff of ammonia, acetic. Very dry. Lovely on a warm day.

Imperial Stout (2015)

I had time to go again. Beer is good today.

Imperial Stout (2015)

Gorgeous Imp Stout. Dry and woody. Beautiful lingering crema gives it looks to match its brains. Dry bakers chocolate, espresso are kind of a given. Umami notes of smoke, leather, tobacco, marmite. 2015; Sweetness a dry 3/10 Wow!

2-Year Unblended Oude Lambiek

(Left) Not a lot of information offered with this Boon. ‘2 year old un-blended’ Is that a single two year old barrel? Multiple barrels not blended with other years? Love the variation in lambics, this one was just a bit underwhelming.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2019)

On tap. Better have a go before it’s gone. Still a fair amount of bourbon even 3 years on. Burnt drip coffee flavours. A little fruity and bitter. Pkgd 13/02/2019; Sweetness 1.5/10

Kriek Boon

Kriek Boon Lambic (non-Oude variety). Bright round cherry, quite sweet, mildly tart. The simple dialled down version of Boon’s Oude Krieks.

Oude Geuze Boon à l'Ancienne - VAT 31 Mono Blend

6+ years have gone into this Oude Geuze thus far. Only another 18 left before it expires. Lovely beer. A little bitterness.

Oude Geuze Boon à L'Ancienne 2018 - 2019

Best before 09/07/2040. Love these lambic-teers. Has a bit of a lime cordial undertone to the acetic tart oakey layers. Would love to actually start putting some of these away to drink in the Roaring Forties.

HORAL's Oude Geuze Mega Blend (2019)

Yes please. Yum.

Framboise Boon (2020)

Nice but not the good stuff I know Boon makes.

HORAL's Oude Geuze Mega Blend (2019)

Holy hell! It is MEGA! Look At all those breweries that contributed to this beer. Quite robust, pours a dark amber, smells a bit like a funky goat (in a good way). More tart than many. More funk, wood and superbly dry. Excellent.

Kriek Mariage Parfait

Another excellent Boon Kriek. Tart, dry and oakey. Cherry, hint of vanilla.

Framboise Boon (2018)

A dry raspberry sour. Nectar like texture. I get a little apricot.

Barrel Runner (2018)

A boozy sweet nectar. Weird and delicious.

Spontanlingonberry

Pretty, tart and a touch bitter. Oakey and tannic. Lingonberries are weird and delicious!

Oude Geuze Boon Black Label Edition N°5

Wear a mask! Bottle share with Richard P. and Gemma P. So lovely. Delicate, dry funky citrus rind beer. Bit of weird cider flavour in it.

Oude Schaarbeekse Kriek (2019)

Dry oakey cherry. No sweetness.

Geuze Mariage Parfait (2016)

Pretty beer, especially in a nice glass. I like a ‘wine’ pour. Fine long-lasting lace. Smells cheesy. Super dry, funky/weird and elegant. Creamy and less bitter as it warms.

George!

“This low- to medium-alcohol style is packed with darker malt flavors and a rich and oily body from oatmeal.” Well... almost. Big thicc 12% imperial. Sweetness balanced by texture and dark bitter roasty cacao. Yum.

Geuze Mariage Parfait (2013)

Lovely surprise on a lazy Sunday arvo. Delicious and suitably weird. Thx Brian L. Also Nicky B. and Chris M. Crikey!

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2018)

Quick beer with some Redwood faves. Look at em! So loveable 🤪 Wonderful boozy Founders stout. How good is that hint of maple?

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2018)

Big bourbon.

Más Agave (2019)

From the tap (1l squealer ‘cause it’s a feisty 10% after all). One of those times draught is way better. Thicc, dark, sweet’n’sour and boozy. Love her... it. Tastes like you dropped a shot of tequila in your glass.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2019)

Dark, with a lot of bourbon booziness.

Más Agave (2019)

Pretty nice, though the keg on tap at Redwood is a lot more tequila forward. And better to my mind.

Dankwood (2018)

Malty sweet and bourbon flavours. Definitely boozy but considering it’s 12%, not overly so. Slightly medicinal note.

Do Stuff Together

Lemon pithy and hazy. Dated 07/08/20 which i find a bit confusing. 8 day old import?