 hiddenvariable (180), pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 5, 2008
bottled in 2004, drunk in march 2008. pours a hazy cloudy straw honey color, with a thin white head that fades quickly. oh my what a smell! abundant sour apricot--dominating, but not overpowering--sour funky cantillon yeast, lemon zest, and a very light honey malt. very light apricot taste, some lemon, some pale malt, but oh dear me that’s sour! some grapey notes kick in here and there as well, maybe some grass and some must and some vinegar. finshes, guess what? sour! light sweetness, i’d call it dry, but my mouth waters so much after that it’s hard to tell. very acidic. light body, with a great texture from the carbonation. great stuff. the apricots are there in just the right abundance, and there’s a ton of acidity and sourness, but enough complexity to keep it from being one-dimensional. i put a lot of money into it, but i’m quite glad i did. the smell reminds me of the trolli gummy hamburger buns, if anyone knows what i mean.
azlondon (455), Greater London, England
Jun 30, 2008 Appearance: Cap&Cork. Light orange, cloudy. Very little head.
Aroma: Sour, little bit fruity. Apricot.
Taste: Pretty sour. Bit of fruit. Quenching.
Info: 375ml bottle, 7/2-2007, 162/300
JB175 (1260), Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 23, 2008 Golden color with a clean white head. Aroma is a bit sour and funky with apricots, fresh orange, and light sugar. Flavor of candied apricots and tart, citrusy lambic with a nice bit of acidity. Solid feel with a medium pucker factor. Very good and different enough to distinguish itself. Another fine Cantillon!
puzzl (1624), New York, New York, USA
Jun 16, 2008 Tap at Spuyten Duyvil. Lightly vegetal, apricot aroma. Flavor was slick, powerful sourness, with only light fruit. Sharply acidic, almost piercing. I poured my wine glass pour into a traditional Cantillon tumbler and it became a much different beer. Though it was just as bracing, the intensity of the aroma and sourness died down, at least a bit. Still, it was a tough beer to put down. Reaffirmed my belief though that all but the smallest samples of lambic should be drank from the traditional tumblers.
DrBeer (744), Danderyd Stockholm, Sweden
Jun 15, 2008 Vintage bottled stored by me for 4 years.
Hazy orange colour with yeast strands.
Malty aroma with notes of nuts, acid and fruit.
Acidic flavour with notes of citrus, some malt and sweet fruit.
Didn´t age as well as you could imagine.
LilBeerDoctor (236), East Setauket, New York, USA
Jun 11, 2008 On tap at Spuyten Duyvil Brett Fest. Pours a light orange with a small white head. Aroma of sour apricot. Flavor is of sweet apricot, maybe some cream cheese (?). Light, hardly sour, very fruity, and quite excellent. I had this in bottle awhile ago and was unimpressed, but this draught version really wowwed me. Awesome and refreshing.
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