Cantillon 50ºN-4ºE

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.

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.

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 <P> "So the board has four spots... we call them corners..." - Tupalev

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.

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.

3-21-08 bottle shared at tasting
Cloudy yellow orange with no head. Sour funky smell. Flavor is tart and sour and seemingly not very balanced. Low carbonation and thin and waty. Seems a bit underdeveloped.

Big thanks to MaxxDaddy. Poured a hazy gold color with a small white head. The aroma was yeasty, funky and tart. Just a hint of liquor that I take to be cognac. The flavor is tart and mildly acidic. Flavors of leather and yeasty funk. Dry Bretty bitterness on the finish. Light body.

Bottle many thanks to Joeinuncle for this beer, cheers! Pours a light amber colour but when I moved it could also have been sunflower yellow albeit with some haziness. Initially this reminded me a lot of the Boon Mariage Parfait as it was a little softer and less acidic than many of it’s Cantillon stablemates. There was a lovely soft lemony quality to this and the brandy certainly makes it’s mark though not overly so. I loved this beer it finishes with a magnificent sweet and sour citrus flush with some notable oakiness hanging on the peripheries, great beer.