 MaxxDaddy (208), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Apr 9, 2008
Bottle courtesy of Jeppe (huge thanks!). Pours hazy yellow/orange with slight white head. Aroma is predominantly citrus with touches of tartness. Taste is sour lemons with some pepper and barnyard in there as well. I couldn’t really sense any cognac or other boozy, sweet alcohol notes in here. Lively palate with plenty of acidity. Finishes somewhat dry.
DocLock (4047), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 23, 2008 Pours turbid dull deep gold with 1-finger off-white head and a subdued Guinness cascade. Nose is sour mashy, cobwebby fruit, funky earthy malt. Tastes very tart, fruity, with notes of apricot, earthy, oaky, and woody notes, and definite cognac undertones. As a cognac lover, I appreciate greatly what they have done here and how well it has worked out. The flavor was much less mouth puckering than some prior Cantillons.
Angeloregon (1549), Portland, Oregon, USA
Jul 21, 2008 On tap at Portland International Beerfest 2008--Poured a hazy golden body with a nice fluffy white head. Typical sour, tart, sharp Cantillon nose. Not much evidence of cognac. Lemon, orangepeel, wooden, acidic, signature Cantillon character. Another hit! Worth 6 tickets!
1FastSTi (2357), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 21, 2008 Thanks Dave. The beer pours to a very hazy orange straw body with a bubbly thin white head. The aroma is tart vinegar and sour cognac barrels. Acidic grapes. The palate is really bitter and acidic. Unexpected bitterness. The flavor is sour leathers and bitter grassy hops with a strong acidic white grape. Oaken laden malts. Some apples. Sweet sugary back but dry up front.
DA (2280), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
Jul 20, 2008 PIB 2008. This was what I hoped it would be, another well built cantillon beer without to much of the cognac taking over. I like the subtleness of the barrel. The beer pours orange with an off-white head. Dry tart and acidic, with a soft citrus and apple character, earthy finish, and soft oakiness to pull it all together.
dmac (799), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Jul 20, 2008 750 ml cork and caged bottle shared with jimmack and joeec, thanks Jim. Poured your standard lambic-gueuze style, golden pour mostly flat and lifeless and wirh some vigorous pouring I was able to aliven a small whiteish head. Great aroma of green apples, funkiness, very faint smoke and some apple cider vinegar as well. I didn’t care for the body of this one as I found it very thin and flat with only a slight touch of carbonation. I’m sure that was the brewers intention for this style but still not my thing. Taste is sour and funky and I am able to detect a slight touch of cognac on the aftertaste but it is very faint but there. Interesting idea but the cognac aging only seemed to thin the body out and added no aroma and only the faintest flavor. For the money stick to St. Lamvinus.
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