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Cantillon Cuvée des Champions

Cantillon Cuvée des Champions - Lambic - Gueuze

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A Lambic - Gueuze brewed by
Cantillon

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
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Broad Distribution
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3073.93/5.03.9/5.0Special5%75.5Flute, Tumbler P  Stats

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A new brew concocted by Jean Van Roy to celebrate the 2003-2004 Division III title for the local Union St. Gilles football team and its upgrade to Division II.

Cuvee des Champions is not a traditional 'gueuze,' in that it is made from only two year-old 2001 lambic, not from a blend of older and younger lambics. It is also dry-hopped in the cask for three weeks with fresh Styrian Goldings hops. Re-fermentation in the bottle is achieved with the addition of a small amount of candi sugar.
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 CharlesDarwin (1684), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Jun 19, 2009  
750mL. Bottled January 2008. Even from the neck of the bottle, this beer throws an amazing aroma. Cottony, honeysuckle-scented perfume wafts through tart lactic and citric acids, bringing a steady stream of fresh salty warm breezes. Strong and beautiful. Pours a stunning near-crystal-clear peachy shining golden, with a rim in soapy, heavy lacing pure white. Gueze is good. Tart, vibrant, alive and lightly white-grape vinous. Dry, oaked, and crisp. A bit of bearberry and lemon acids come through. The sugar palate isn’t as soft and creamy as other versions, but this has a stunning pale nectarine and peach fruit profile. Balanced. The funk level lays a little lower. The carbonation is a bit softer than I expected. Finishing, this beer gives a fireworks glow or ruby, golden, and white grapefruit pulp and zest. So wonderful, so wonderful. I like the youthfulness of this example.


 ChristianScheffel (3013), Odense, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 19, 2009  
As Cuvee 1904 at Bier Circus Cloudy orange with a lasting white head. Aroma has some cellar, funk, grapefruit, typical Cantillon. Tart with lots of grapefruit peel-type astringency, lots of wood in the finish.


 Madsnp (290), Odense C, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 9, 2009  
Bottle@Le Bier Circus, Brussels. Slight hazy golden with a nice white lasting head. Aromas of vinegar, musty, salty and woody. Flavor is tart, dry, matured and rubbery.


 EricE (369), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
May 23, 2009  
Vibrant bubbly orange-yellow pour. Thin white head. Funky sour vinegar flavor with lots of earthy notes. Woody and earthy flavor. Very sour, though not quite as much as Cantillon’s regular geuze. Interesting.


 GodOfThunder (668), Orlando, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
May 10, 2009  
Special thanks to JMFG. Lots of funk in the nose. Lemon, must and other citrus. Flavors like funky, dusty, grapefruit. Awesome.


 TampaBrew (302), Tampa, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
May 3, 2009  
Pours yellow no head. Sour lemony nose. Citrus and lactic acid. Flavor is puckering, vinegary, tart citrus. Lovely.


 Rciesla (2800), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Apr 16, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a golden body with a white head. Tart citrus acidic with some funky notes. Grapefruit mouth puckering lightly woody with a tart finish. Awesome brew with a light lactic acid character. A great brew.


 ruggedman (599), Portland, Maine, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/519/20
Apr 15, 2009  
750ml bottle at Novare Res. Could it be, my new favorite beer?! This is friggen amazing stuff. The dry hopping gives it a nice hoppy aroma in the glass in addition to the aged hops, and wild yeasts its a wonderful nose. The flavor is heavenly, sour, sweet, and tangy. This is a perfectly put together beer, a bottle I’ll never ever forget.



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