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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brasserie Cantillon, Lambic - Fruit

Cantillon Old Fashioned

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) Lambic aged in a whiskey barrel with orange pomace.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.41
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle at the brewery, with no clear bottled on date, but should be 2022 vintage. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: A cloudy darkish orange colour, with a two finger white head that had decent retention, and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Fresh orange juice dominant, citrus peel, whisky notes.
Taste: Sour, tart, orange juice, citrus peel, bitters, with light whisky notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable, very Old Fashioned cocktail like, but orange juice dominant, while the whisky was just in the background.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brasserie Cantillon, Lambic - Fruit

Cantillon Tyrnilambic Baie d’Argousier Lambic

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Sea buckthorn

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) Sea-buckthorn lambic brewed originally for One Pint Pub and currently for Stadin Panimo bar in Helsinki.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.34
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle at the brewery, bottled on 19th May 2022. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden yellow colour, with a big three finger white head that dissipates quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving sparse lacing.
Aroma: Tart, yellow stone fruit, peach, apricot, funk, wood.
Taste: Sour, tart, yellow stone fruit, peach, apricot, green apple, funk, hay, with a touch of wood and apple cider vinegar.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: I’m not familiar with sea buckthorn, but have tried it in several beers now. In this bottle, getting nice yellow stone fruit and apple notes along with the funk and wood. Good easy drinking and enjoyable. Thanks to the two Swedish guys who shared this!

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brasserie Cantillon, Lambic - Fruit

Cantillon Piacere

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Ciliegiolo grapes

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A collaboration between Fuori Mondo & Cantillon. A blend of two-year-old lambic and Ciliegiolo, a close relative of San Giovese, whose name means cherry in Italian.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.34
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle at the brewery, bottled on 27th October 2023. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy ruby red colour with a one finger pinkish head that dissipated quickly to nothing, while leaving no lacing.
Aroma: Sweet red fruit, strawberries, cherry, grape skin, with red wine vinous notes.
Taste: Lightly sweet and tart, grape skin, red wine vinous, red berries, notes of blood orange and wood.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: It was good, easy drinking, with nice fruit aroma and flavours.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Gueuzerie Tilquin, Lambic - Fruit

Tilquin Mûre-Rhubarb – Draft Version

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Brewery: Gueuzerie Tilquin
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.4%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Draft version

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) The Mûre-Rhubarbe Tilquin – Draft Version (5.4% alc/vol) is a spontaneous fermentation beer obtained from the fermentation of frozen blackberries and fresh rhubarb in a blend of 50% of Meerts and 50% of 1 and 2 years old lambics, to reach a final concentration of 175 gr blackberries and 175 gr rhubarb per liter.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.99
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 250ml draft pour at Moeder Lambic Fontainas into a Moeder Lambic tulip glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy reddish orange colour, with a half finger pinkish head, that had good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Sweet blackberry, notes of rhubarb, mixed berry hard candy notes, musty, hay, funk.
Taste: Sweet and sour mixed berries hard candy, blackberry dominates, notes of rhubarb, lemon zest, lemon, with some light funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Easy to drink, but more intense blackberry and rhubarb would have improved it.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Gueuze

3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot XVIII.iv: Single Wood Kastanje

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.8%
Style: Lambic – Gueuze
Other Notes: Blend°112, Season 21/22. Number of bottles – 486

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This series of eight Spelingen van het Lot feature the ageing of the same lambikken on different wooden barrels. The lambikken come off two different brews, fully crafted with cereals sourced from our cereal collective and fully organic. The different wood types used are: American oak, German oak, acacia, the combination of German oak and acacia, chestnut, ash, cherry and mulberry. This bottle features the chestnut wood and was handbottled on 486 bottles.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle at 3 Fonteinen lambik-O-droom, blend°112, season 21/22, bottled on 8th September 2022. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear golden orange colour, with a one finger white head, that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, yellow stone fruit, funk, wet wood, wet leather, apricot, and lemon zest.
Taste: Sour, tart, lemon, unripe mandarin orange, gooseberry, leather, wood, funk, with peppery notes.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, medium bodied, with soft carbonation.
Overall: Drinks nicely and was enjoyable. The series is interesting, but I didn’t have the opportunity to compare and try the others aged on different wooden barrels.