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

Cantillon Carignan

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: n/a
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: Carignan récolte 2015

Brewer Description: 200kg of Carignan grapes in a 400 litre barrel with 2 year lambic.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.79
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.7

Intro: A 750ml bottle at the brewery. 2015 version bottled on 28th October 2015. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: It poured a slightly hazy purple-ish, grape red colour with a one finger pinkish head that settles to a thin layer with moderate lacing.
Aroma: Sour, tart, fruity, grape, cherry and strawberry.
Taste: Quite similar to the aroma with sour, tart, grape, cherry, strawberry, cranberry, raspberry and light funkiness.
Mouthfeel: Light creaminess, light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was excellent. It looks great, tastes great and was refreshing.

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

Cantillon Zwanze 2012

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: Zwanze 2012 is identical to the 2008 version

Brewer Description: Lambic with rhubarb added.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.15
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Note: I do not know what rhubarb smells or tastes like.

Intro: As Zwanze 2012 version. A 750ml bottle at the brewery. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: It poured a hazy golden orange colour with a half finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly and left almost no lacing.
Aroma: Tart, funky and oak with a touch of leather and some fruitiness (which I will assume is rhubarb).
Taste: Sour, tart and funky. Some hay, lemon, grapefruit and a tart fruitiness (which again I will assume is rhubarb).
Mouthfeel: Dry-ish, light bodied with low to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Another nice beer from Cantillon and my first Zwanze. I do kind of wish I tried actual rhubarb first before trying this beer so that I had at least an idea of how close or how strong the rhubarb came through. But in any case, this was still very good.

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

Cantillon Fou’ Foune

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)

Brewer Description: Around 300 grams of Bergeron apricots per liter.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.71
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.5

Intro: A 750ml bottle at the brewery. I believe it was bottled in August 2015. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: It poured a hazy golden orange colour with a two finger white head with pretty good retention and left sparse lacing.
Aroma: Funky, sour, apricot, stone fruit and citrusy lemon.
Taste: Sour, tart, apricot, mango, orange, barnyard, hay with a hint of vinegar.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light bodied with moderate spritzy carbonation.
Overall: Wow, really good. Easily a must buy in my book and I’m definitely on the lookout for it.

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

Cantillon Lambic d’Aunis

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

Brewer Description: (from bottle) En collaboration avec Les Vins Contés. (From what I gather, the Pineau d’Aunis grapes are provided by Oliver Lemasson from Les Vins Contés.)

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.31
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml bottle at the brewery. I didn’t see a bottled on date but as this bottle had the newly printed red label, it was probably early 2016. Poured into a Cantillon tasting glass.
Appearance: It poured a clear strawberry red with a two finger white head that dissipated almost immediately and left sparse lacing.
Aroma: Light funk with fruity strawberry, cherry, grape and light oak plus floweriness.
Taste: The floweriness really comes out in the taste followed by grape, strawberry and raspberry fruit with bits of hay.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Very nice sour with fruit. Not a big fan of the floweriness, but this was ok and not overpowering. Very easy and refreshing to drink.

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

Cantillon Mamouche

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: aka and first brewed as Cantillon Zwanze 2009

Brewer Description: (from bottle as seen online, US label) Classic Cantillon lambic made with fresh elderflower by master brewer Jean Van Roy in honor of his mother, Claude, granddaughter of brewery founder Paul Cantillon. Store and serve this rare bottle at cellar temperature.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.97
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: 2016 version. A 500ml pour on tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas, Brussels into a Cantillon gueuze glass.
Appearance: It was a clear-ish golden orange colour with a two finger white head that had excellent retention and nice lacing.
Aroma: Nose is mainly sour, flowery and grape. (I have no idea what elderflower smells like, so I’ve described it as a generic ‘flowery’).
Taste: Grape, white wine notes, flowers, grape gummy candy, sour and funky.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was nice and I would drink more, but it’s not my favourite lambic.

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