Beer Me! — Brouwerij Boon — Lembeek, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium

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Brouwerij Boon

Fonteinstraat 65
B-1502 Lembeek
Telephone: +32 2 356 66 44
Brewer: Frank Boon
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Notes

Opened: 1685

Annual Production: 5,600 hl

Contributor: Mario Kornmesser

Frank Boon notes:"formerly Geuze-blender R.DE VITS (from 1937 to 1976), the brewery exists since 1685".

Updated: November 23, 2021

6.50% abv.

Awards:

Date: February 13, 2004 (#5220)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 20 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright deep golden. Huge dense head. Very very tart and very very "horsey" aroma. Light-medium body. Nice sweetness underlies a big tooth-drying tartness. Excellently intense and dry. Geuze Boon defines the style.
Date: September 25, 2000 (#3544)

Package: bottled

Place: Belmont Station, Portland OR

Score: 19½ points

Overall Impression (4)
Deep golden, high carbonation, thick head. Sour, fruity, "Belgian" aroma. Intensely fizzy, quite sour, with a mild candy-sweetness. Surprisingly clean dry finish.

8.00% abv.

Date: July 20, 2018 (#9874)

Package: bottled

Place: Spirit World, Omaha NE

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, some haze. Low dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Tart, grassy. Dill. Mildly smoky.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body, fizzy. Medium- high tartness on top of clean, bready malt. Lemon and dill tartness. Clean tart finish.

Overall Impression (3)

7.00% abv.

7.00% abv.

Date: September 21, 2000 (#3533)

Package: bottled

Place: Belmont Station, Portland OR

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright cherry red, moderate head. Sweet cherry aroma. Medium-thick body, big tart cherry flavor, fizzy and sweet but not sticky. Lingering cherry finish with a hint of sourness.