Cantillon 50ºN-4ºE

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Brussels, Belgium

Bottle shared by kramer17801. Clear yellow pour with just a little bit of haze. Wine grape, hay and pear nose, prickly, tart, spritzy, lively and festive. Flavor is moderately tart, fruity, a bit pale, smooth and subdued - mellow - with some bright notes of pear, grape and wheat. Very smooth, thin and silky on the tongue, with a developing sour lactic note in the finish that is remarkably smooth.

(3/11/08) Bottle at Bier Circus in Brussels. Brewed 3/5/05, bottled 3/30/07. Hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma of barnyard, citrus, oak and some Cognac notes – interesting. Sour flavor with a bit of citrus, a lot of wood, some Cognac and surprisingly for this ABV percentage, quite a bit of alcohol. Medium-bodied. This one is interesting and unique but in my opinion the alcohol/cognac is too overpowering and it became quite hard for me to drink more than half a glass. I struggled through most of the bottle but this is the first Lambic I couldn’t finish.

"Smell the fucking cork & pass it on" - RadioMGB

Bottle from RadioMGB. Hazy gold, thin white head. Nose is Cantillon funk but more restrained than usual. Lemon peel, yeast, some kind of spicy light caramel, honey (I suppose this is the cognac coming through.) Flavor is more bitter than Cantillon usually is. Grapefruit rather than lemon. Vanilla/honey is present here as well. I’m not quite sure how I feel about this one.

750mL bottle. Thanks to my cousin Greg (ggaughan). Poured hazy yellow golden with minimal off-white head. Aroma is fairly lactic aroma, with some alcohol and oak. Flavor is moderately sour, with some vanilla, citrus, green apple and oak. Less tart than most other Cantillons I’ve sampled. Long tart finish. Really nice gueuze

Huge thanks to miketd for sharing this phenominal brew! Pours hazy golden color with a soapy white head. Aroma is fantastic, lemon, barnyard, oak, sour grapes. Flavor is lemony, oaky, green grape, funk, light sweetness, fruit. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, finished tart and sour, with a surprising sweetness, and light creaminess. Slightly unusual for what I have come to expect from a Cantillon. Wonderful brew that I hope to come across again!!! Loved this one!!

Now this takes awsomeness to a whole new level. Bottle thanks to Ang! Like the most balanced and drinkable lambic ever, like i had my glass in under 4 mins while everyone else is still nosing it. The cognac is subtle and adds a pepperyness to the tongue on the finish, theres also some fruity notes in the aroma. Alround probably the best beer iv ever had an i just cant fiond the right words to discribe its amazingness.

bottle shared at tasting. Thanks for the chance to try this one!
No head on a yellowish gold pour. Smell is musty, band-aid like, and hoppy. Didn’t get anything I would have identified as cognac though. Taste is tart, funky and nicely hoppy. Very light carbonation with a thin body. Sour but not intensely so, and a milder, thinner flavor than expected. Interesting, but something I’m probably not ready to appreciate.

Bottle. High white fluffy and lasting head. Strange. Hazy amber body. Mild and fruity aroma of mainly grape fruit. Flavor is acidic but not sour, mild and round fruityness. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste.