4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottled. Clear orange colored, small head. Relatively mild gueuze nose, cognac. Sour flavor, cognac, pretty smooth. Taken together a very smooth and balanced gueuze.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
750mL bottle at Carolina goes Sour thanks to tarheels86. Thanks GT! Poured into a snifter. The nose was surprisingly soft compared to the initial taste. Nose was some muted tartness, earthy leather. Taste was originally hot which was weird. It was almost a sour alcohol/boozy taste but not in a bad way. Pleasant and smooth on the palate. Very drinkable but struck me as odd having such a soft nose and initial hot taste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled 75cl. Ordered from erzbiershof.ch. Lemon peel, grapefruit, white grapes and oak showing up throughout. Strong sourness. Extremely complex and delicious. But I prefer other Cantillon over this beer.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
2007 Vintage. The cork eases out, perfectly spongy & in tact with a muted pop.. immediately the aroma of funk starts to emanate. Poured into gueuze tumblers with a robust, seafoam-like head with lingering retention. Nose is musty & bretty, reminiscent of a horse stable on a cool summer night. The bacteria has a pronounced and complex flavor, followed by the subtle undertone of cognac. The lambic essence is so deep and rich, the effort is perfectly executed with a touch of warmth on the back end.The barnyard resonance transcends into faint booziness, which could almost be confused as lingering oak from the barrel. If you observe closely, theres really something more here. The small nuances are what really puts this in distant perspective with other Cantillon Gueuze of the same vintage...made from the same loom, but certainly a different fabric. Makes everything else in life fade into nothingness..Truly a world class offering!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2007 bottle shared by tarheels86 - thanks, GT! Super stoked to try this one. Big hazy pour, deep cloudy orange. Sediment swirling, and very still. Almost like something that came out of an urn. Nose is really complex, with not just the usual layers of funk and horseblanket but the distinctiveness of a very subtle cognac. Tastes quite ripe to start, almost like baker’s yeast and grass or something, but over time a weirdly lactic taste emerges alongside the moderate heat from the cognac. And I got ripe pears quite distinctively in the finish. Totally weird, and I dug the hell out of it.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours cloudy and darker golden/orange with almost no head with some large yeast chunks. Leather, citrus, funk, pears, green apples. A little more alcohol burn than expected for a gueuze, but not in a bad way. Makes me feel warm and happy.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to GT for sharing this one! Cloudy orange pour. Carbonation was light, but not still. Aroma is woody, cognac, adhesive, and cheese. Flavor was lactic, cheesy, band aid, and green apple. Dry hot finish. I really wanted to like this one but I was kinda disappointed
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: OCT 26, 2010 750mL brought to Carolina Goes Sour. Pours a cloudy deep orange with no head with some large yeast chunks. Aroma is very nice leather, orange liquor, some band-aid, geuzey cheese and funk. Taste is a little hot, spicy alcohol, leather, lacto, overripe Bosc pears, green apples. Very nice coating palate. Really kicked butt. 3/22/2010 9/4/9/5/16=4.3
750mL courtesy of ygtbsm94. Still kicking ass. Notes I now get in the body include spicy tamarind, cognac warming, more funk, white sushi vinegar. Still excellent. 10/24/2010
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