Category Archives: My Rating (out of 5)

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

Cantillon La Corvée

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Trousseau and Poulsard grapes

Brewer Description: (from bottle in French) Une collaboration entre le Domaine Stéphane Tissot et la Brasserie Cantillon. Assemblage de marc de Trousseau et Poulsard macéré 3 mois en amphore et de Lambic de deux ans d’âge. Refermenté naturellement en bouteille.

(translated to English) A collaboration between Domaine Stéphane Tissot and Brasserie Cantillon. Blend of Trousseau and Poulsard marc macerated for 3 months in amphora and two-year-old Lambic. Naturally refermented in the bottle.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.29
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle at the brewery, bottled on 24th March 2022. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: A clear golden orange colour with a slightly pink tinge, and a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Tart, minerally, cactus, cucumber, grape skin, vinous, and lemon zesty.
Taste: Somewhat like the aroma, tart, minerally, kiwi, cucumber, melon, cactus, sweetish, raspberry, vinous, with lemon zesty notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was definitely interesting, as while still being vinous, the aroma and flavours were not what I expected. Especially those kiwi and cactus notes.

5 - Excellent (must buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brasserie Cantillon, Lambic - Fruit

Cantillon Signorina

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

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A collaboration between Fuori Mondo & Cantillon. A blend of two-year-old lambic and Sangiovese grapes.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.5
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, opened and drank at the brewery, bottled 15th December 2023. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: A clear ruby red colour with a half finger slightly pinkish head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Nice red wine vinous, grape skin, berry gummy notes, and wood.
Taste: Lightly sour, a touch funky, grape must, red wine vinous, berry cherry bits, and lemon zesty.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable and very easy drinking with nice vinous notes and lots of red fruit.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Geuzestekerij De Cam, Lambic - Unblended

De Cam Oude Lambiek

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Brewery: Geuzestekerij De Cam
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Lambic – Unblended
Other Notes: 3 years old lambic

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Aged in vats of more than 100 years old, De Cam’s Oude Lambiek is a blend of unpasteurized 3-years-old lambics specially selected by brewer/blender Karel Goddeau for their character and roundness .Still, without a head, Oude Lambiek should be chilled and enjoyed like a fine white wine but prized for the wonderful, rare, spontaneously fermented Belgian Ale that it is. Proost!

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.64
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, 3 years old lambic, bottled in December 2015. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen gueuze glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden orange colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Oak, funk, woodchips, lemon zest, grapefruit, tea, and notes of honey.
Taste: Sour, tart, lemon zest, grapefruit, tea, honey, oak, funk, musty.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with no carbonation.
Overall: Milder than expected, but it’s still got some interesting aroma and flavours.

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

3 Fonteinen Oude Lambik 2017 (6 Year)

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.9%
Style: Lambic – Unblended
Other Notes: Blend°57, Season 22/23

Brewer Description: (from bottle) The foundation and our essence: lambik as it should be; pure, spontaneous and complex. For six years, three consecutive brews from March 2017 fermented and matured in the same oak barrel. This fine lambik was bottled in a dark brown bottle and finished with the most excellent cork. For even longer cellar ageing.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.06
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml corked bottle, blend°57, season 22/23, bottled on 21st March 2023. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen gueuze glass.
Appearance: A clear dark golden orange colour with a very thin white head that dissipated quickly, while leaving pretty much no lacing.
Aroma: Oak, funky, musty, tart, green apple, grape must, light citrus zest.
Taste: Sour, tart, oak, wet wood, musty, funky, grapefruit zest, and leathery notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with no carbonation.
Overall: Good complexity and very crushable.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Denmark, Insight Cellars, Wild Ale

Insight Cellars Sunstead: White Nectarine

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Brewery: Insight Cellars
Country: Denmark
ABV: 6.6%
Style: Wild Ale
Other Notes: Danish Wild Ale with fresh white nectarines. 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Our Sunstead series captures the essence of perfectly ripe stone fruits, allowing us to savor the warm flavors of summer all year long. The base beer is a blend of one, two and three-year-old Danish Wild Ales aged in Chardonnay and Monbazillac barrels. We racked this onto freshly destoned and crushed white nectarines at a rate of over 600 grams of nectarines per liter, and left it to macerate with the fruit for over a month before bottling. This complex, soft and juicy beer tastes almost like biting into a fragrant nectarine, transporting you back to the high days of summer no matter when you drink it.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.44
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, 2023 vintage, bottled on 19th October 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour, with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to nothing, while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Freshly cut extremely ripe juicy nectarines, peaches, and apricots.
Taste: Sour, tart, nectarine, peach, oak, light funk.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: The aroma of those white nectarines were perfectly ripe and although it wasn’t quite there with the taste, it was still good and enjoyable.