Cantillon 50ºN-4ºE

Generous bonus bottle from miketd. He’s seems to be the importer for all the US ratings. Thanks Mike! Opened at Lost Abbey 2nd Anniversary with many friends. Pours cloudy yellow amber color. I would almost say it’s my favorite gueuze from Cantillion. They are awesome. Many comment they can taste the cognac, but I can’t. At least not in this enviromnent. Easy to drink. Mild sourness. Complex and very well balanced. I did a side-by-side of this and Isabelle Proximus, and I like the Isabelle a tad more, but I give them the same rating. Excellent!

750ml bottle@Vero Beach Throwdown-pours a white head that bubbles and hazy yellow/gold color. Aroma is musty yeast, leather, vinegar. Taste is apple cider, musty yeast, leather, vinegar, some tartness. Occasional. Thanks hopscotch for sharing.

25 oz bottle. Pours a hazy gold body with a minimal white head, minimal to no carbonation. Incredibly funky nose with lots of stinky feet and sweat with notes of oak, musty cellar, and light vinegar. Cheezy funky flavor with lots of wet hay and an acetic dryness. Mouthfeel is dry with an acetic bite that sucks the spit from your cheeks. Long lingering finish. Vey nice!

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with a small white head. Light acidic aroma of fruits and wood with notes of brandy and brett. Light acidic flavour of fruits, apricots and wood with notes of brandy, white wine and brett. Tart finish.

Bottle (750ml). Shared with blankboy, jerc, mabel, and tupalev - bottle courtesy of J&K. Yellow-amber cloudy pour with a drizzle of white head - looks good to me! Lemony-dry woody aroma, strongly funky and acidic - the usual Cantillon miasma that I love - perhaps a little simple, but appealing. Taste - well, yes, it’s defniitely straightforward, not the most complex offering I’ve had from them, but still a yummy woody/resiny acidic treat, yeast and sourness and funk and sour fruit assaulting my tongue - in a good way. Perhaps a tad thin in the body, and sharp on the palate - but I liked it a lot - my lingering impression was "green apple lambic!!" (which sounds like a great idea, btw - brewers, are you reading this???)

Bottle shared with Jerc, Hogtown Harry, Blankboy, and Mabel, courtesy of Jerc and Mabel. Thanks for sharing this rare Cantillon J&K! Dark hazy yellow, small white head. Great, I dig hazy! Sour aroma (in a good way), hint of fruitiness. Good taste - intense sourness and acidic citrus notes - bitter fruit skin. Maybe not complex or wowing, but still damn good. So quenching. I really enjoyed it.

Bottle shared by beastiefan2k... I know I’m going to regret all this acid tomorrow. Deep golden-straw colour. Aroma is quite soft and muted. Barnyardy funk with the classic Cantillon character. The flavour is shockingly subtle with a soft grapey sweetness and a soft earthiness that I wasn’t expecting. Light vanilla and faint oak flavour along with the dusty/funky flavour. Soft acidity that is completely unlike any Cantillon I’ve ever had... it’s sort of a bastard stepchild of a marriage of Cantillon with 3 Fonteinen.

Thanks to beastiefan2k for sharing - cloudy straw, nearly still beer - kind of muted funk and acidity in the aroma for a Cantillon - strong woody components in the nose - the oak is also quite strong in the flavor, and the beer doesn’t have that huge, cheek-slapping sourness I expected - still quite funk/barnyardy, though - because of the nature of the base beer, the cognac barrel hasn’t added a lot of it’s own character, but it has softened the beer a great deal, making it smoother and easier to drink than most of their beers - it also allows some of the earthy complexities to come to the fore that the high acidity would otherwise have squashed - nicely done.