Cantillon Crianza Helena

Formerly brewed at Cantillon
Style: Lambic Style - Gueuze
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Thanks to adnielsen for sharing. Pours an orange color with white head. Sweet white wine, oak, citrus, funk aromas. Tart, pepper, wood flavors. Great beer to try, thanks for sharing this Aaron.

Bottle generously cracked by James Daddy. Thanks meh. Hazy yellow gold appearance, with a medium off white head. Notes were puckery tart skin, complex wood, grapes, shellfish, funk, ocean, lemon, and barn. Light refreshing body that dances around the mouth with average carbonation. Bourdeaux was more evident then the cognac. Exceptional gueuze.

Bottle. Yellow hazy beer with a small offwhite head. Citrus, sourish, rubber, spicy aroma with some vinegar notes. Citrus, sourish, tart and grapes flavour.

Bottle at DHVL, pours a hazy bright orange with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out wonderful funky barnyard notes, a little bit of a vinous quality, and some grape skins -- also maybe a hint of cognac but it’s not prominent -- very complex aromatics with many layers. Flavour is remarkably complex with many layers -- bringing out notes of cognac, moderate barnyard funk, and some dried grape skins. So many layers to this. Medium-to-lively carbonation, which brings out the many deep layers of this perfectly. Finishes on light vinous and cognac notes, with a medium acidity. Rarity aside, this is a pleasure to drink. One of the most complex gueuzes I’ve had and certainly the best I’ve had from Cantillon. A true masterpiece.

Pours hazy pale yellow with a big white head. Nose is intense lemon, vinegar, pepper, barnyard funk. Taste is intense tart with great bitter balance. The mouthfeel is crisp and clean, light body and long finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

750ml bottle (thanks Ryan for saving this to share with me!). Poured a medium golden color with an averaged sized off white head. Citrus, some wood, earthy funkiness, and some grapes. I would not have guessed cognac, as I didn’t get any in either the aromas or tastes. Nice and ’softer’ all the way around (not an ’in our face’ Gueuze, but one I could drink all day long).

autch that hurts in the wallet! 37,5 cl bottle @ dhl pours hazy blonde, white steady foam , aged smell ( oak) verry appart for sure! sweet, bitter, sour, herbal all at once. sour aftertaste xithoud a doubt one of the most complex beers i ever had or will have, yet there is better. intresting to drink once but i would pay this amount of money for another one.

750ml bottle courtesy of one of you gentleman traders and poured into Zwanze day tulips that my cuz picked up. Choice. Appearance is identical to Cantillon gueuze, orange, good foamy head, bubbly. Aroma is real close to Cantillon Classic gueuze and I’d be hard pressed to find the difference, moldy orange and lemon rind, slight funk. The flavor was also very close to the classic, acidic, lemony, not much brett or farmy qualities. I did not taste any trace of cognac barrel. I will say that this is a lot smoother than a one or two year old bottle of classic gueze but this didn’t really feel like a special ’llon more like a select blend which I guess makes it special but it was still just Cantillon gueuze to me. I wouldn’t go out of my way to acquire any more of this since the classic is just as good if not better at times. Also the price and availability of this is ridiculous. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 09-18-2012 00:12:38

Pours a hazy and amber beer with a white head. The aroma is spices, tart and oak. The flavor follows the nose with additional grapefruit. The palate is dry with bitterness. Overall a really good and complex beer.

Bottle shared by Ludvig. This is a great beer. A top geuze. If you haven’t tried it you have to.