tupalev (2611), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Apr 26, 2008 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. JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Apr 22, 2008 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. notalush (2647), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Apr 22, 2008 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. blankboy (3201), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Apr 22, 2008 Bottle (750ml) shared with HogTownHarry, tupalev, jerc & mabel -- courtesy of jerc & mabel. Pours a hazy golden-orange with a small creamy white head. Nice aroma of funky yeast, white wine, some sweetness and barn hay. Flavour’s almost hard to drink, but not really -- lots of sour citrus fruit, funk and tartness and with a dry finish. Quite dry and musty. Slight alcoholic burn. Medium bodied. There are definitely better Cantillons but this is still pretty good stuff. beastiefan2k (1597), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Apr 20, 2008 From miketd and recently also shared by Maxxdaddy, thank to everyone. The color seems a little bit more orange-ish than usual., has no head but a ring lacing. At first I notice a difference compared to the regular, does not seem, to be as acidic in the nose (still strong though), a bit of leafy oak coming through (again different). I get a bit of "heat" on the nose, not that I can directly call it a cognac aroma though. Some marmalade sourness and sweet-less fruit. taste is so subdued for Cantillon (almost at the Loerik level right now). Not at all as mouth puckering as most Cantillon. I get a good amount of earthy sourness but finishes only medium acidic (as opposed to a total onslaught). So easy to drink for such a sour brew. The barrel has really tamed this puppy. 750mL cap and cork (which was slimy and smelled weird), Rodenbach GC smaller tulip. jerc (3888), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Apr 18, 2008 2008-04-18. Hazy orangey amber body with a modest white head. (3+) Musty aroma is only moderately funky in magnitude by Cantillon standards, but has a fair bit of depth to it. (7+) Flavour is pretty sour, light funky must is a bit rough for my liking but has some interesting highlights. Solid lambic but I don’t love it. Bottle from Bier Circus, Brussels
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| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Apr 18, 2008 Bottled. Pours out in a hazy pale orange colour with a small white creamy foam. Fresh acidic of lemon-peels, grapefruit, wet wood, tar yellow fruit and green grapes. Medium-bodied with fresh acidic and slightly woody notes of grapefruit, white grapes, lemon and old hay. Long sour finish of of grapefruit, lemon-peels and wood. Fantastic. MaxxDaddy (263), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | 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.
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