Cantillon FouFoune

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Have had 2 of these. First was a 2001 bottle, second was a 2009 bottle. The 2001 was still amazingly sour. 2009 had much more apricot and a lot less sour. Both would be categorized as a couple of the best beers I have ever had, but the 2001 was worth it.

UPDATED: DEC 16, 2011 re-rate. First time i had this was over 4 years ago, and it was not a fresh bottle. this on was bottled agust 25th 2011. Boy oh boy, this is pretty close to perfect. the light subtle peachy apricot aroma is just intoxicating. There are some great funk barnyard aromas, some great sourness. some wet hay, and quite a bit of acidity. the fruit seems to tame the tartness though. The acidity, and apricot just blend together as one, and are just unbelievable. I cant get my nose out of the glass! the finish is light, bright, refreshing. medium sour, bright tropical fruit. lingering sourness. good god, this is amazing stuff!

Big thanks to Ryan for pulling this out of his cellar to share. What a treat this was. A perfect score for me. What else can I say. The aroma, the flavor, the appearance was just stellar. Everything screamed apricot and tart flavors. Would love to try this one again. I can’t remember what vintage though, possibly 2007.

UPDATED: NOV 16, 2011 (750ml bottle). We had an ’05 and ’08. I ended up rating the ’08 because it had more of the apricot and was considerable more sour than the ’05. Pours a hazy light golden color with a slight white head. Aroma is dried apricot, vinegar, funk and wood. Taste is super sour and a nice, gentle apricot flavor. Medium bodied with a dry, woody finish. This was a great beer and one of the stars for me on a day that many big, big beers made an appearance.

My best Lambic fruit. Fantastic fresh apricot smell with a little earthiness. It smells like country. The taste is apricot, apricot, apricot, and a slight lemony sourness. It so easy to drink, so refreshing, so well done. a must have Lambic !

Amazing Aroma, apricots, salt, that horse blanket sourness, and a gueuze like aroma kick. Wow, this is an amazing aroma. I’ve lived at at house with an apricot trees my whole life, and perhaps that helps this beer. Body is a pale gold, but appealing, with a thin layer of white bubbles covering the top of this lambic. Taste is very sour, salty, but fades to a subtly sweet apricot/gueuze tastes. Almost makes me roll my eyes. This beer tingles the palate, and is amazing. Wow, that’s all I can say.

One of the greatest beers that I have ever had, and certainly one of the greatest sour lambics ever. The pour is cloudy golden yellow and the aroma is funk and yeast. The flavors of this gem explode. Sour, tart, funk, musty with hints of fruit. This beer had so much flavor that my words are not doing it justice. Incredible.

UPDATED: APR 22, 2008 Bottled in 2000, 0.7 liter (sampled 5th of june 2004). When trying to remove the cork it fell apart, but luckily the pressure inside opened the bottle itself. Ok, on to this fantastic beer. Great appearance, cloudy, trails of yeast, head as large as you want it to be. Immediately you can detect the strong typical gueuze aroma, tart, fruity, some oak, oh yeah this is good. First sip: whoa! This stuff is extremely sour, but fruity and complex as well. Surprisingly you just do not get used to the intense flavour, every sip is another explosion and it lasts and lasts. I don’t think the apricot flavour is very obvious, and i think that’s a good thing. May be my favourite lambic.