Cantillon Gueuze (Classic/Organic/Bio)

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Poured into a snifter. Orange with a slight white head. Smells of slight vinegar and apple. Taste is super sour apple and again with the vinegar... Very dry finished. Solid.

75cl consumed at the Delirium Cafe, pours up with a crystal clear gold body and supporting a lasting white head of foam. The modest aroma offers up soft vinegar, some apple juice sweetened apple skins and a bit of earthy basement. The taste is pretty bold in vinegar sourness and acidic like tartness. I get some lemon and lime acidity mixing with sweetened and soft sour vinegar notes. It gets mighty dry to midway and into the finish where it is more puckering than anything else.

Bottle purchased at the brewery. Well balanced sourness and earthy character. Very refreshing and easy drinking.

375 ml bottle at L'Autre-Oeil. Pours a clear gold with a small white head. Aroma is sour berries and green apple. Taste is a pleasant citric tartness with a touch of sweetness. Mouthfeel is sharp, with a medium sour finish. Very nice. ---Rated via Beer Buddy

Jaune nuageux avec une petite mousse blanche. L’arôme est très fort d’agrumes dominé par de citron, orange aigre, et pamplemousse. Il y a aussi un peu de levure. Le goût est pareille. Plein d’agrumes au début, un peu aigre en finale, mais pas trop. Comme une salade d’agrumes.

75 cl bottled 24 September 2010. Clear apple juice color, soft pour leaves no head. (2nd pour is opaque) Aroma is tart fruitiness and yeasty funk. Taste is tart and acidic, granny smith apples, sour green grapes, lemony, citrusy, and light earthy yeast funk. Lightly carbed, light bodied, low hopped. Light and refreshing, easy to drink, finishes dry. Not sure what all the fuss is about, this is okay at best. LF (Lagerboy Friendly)

Per gli amanti delle birre acide è un must. Birra citrica, poco carbonata, dissetante come poche altre, con un finale molto astringente. Una di quelle birre che ti fa venire letteralmente l’acquolina in bocca, e che non finiresti ai di bere. Direi anche la birra perfetta per entrare ne mondo lambic.

Bottle @Cantillon end of March 2013. Bevuta alla fine del giro del museo. In rapida successione dopo la lambic si apprezza per un colore più intenso tendente all’aranciato. La schiuma è soffice quasi impalpabile. La carbonatazione non è eccessiva, solletica solo il palato. Il Luppolo è intenso sia al naso che sulla lingua, molto profumato, tra l’erbaceo ed il citrico. In bocca ha poco corpo (un pregio in questo caso) ed una beva che assomiglia a quella del prosecco sur-lie... Il finale è astringente.

12.7 ounce bottle purchased at Corti Brothers in Sacramento. The aroma is acetic with vinegar hints as well as some cheesy funk notes as well. Hints of lemon tartness are also present. Rather aromatic, if not one-dimensional. Virtually transparent golden body present with a medium, fizzy off-yellow head. Cork removal was weak. Starts quite tart with sour apple character present immediately. The middle has a weird, bitter harshness present. Astringent, acidic, and acetic throughout. Finishes with a bit of pimento olive juice flavor, and more, dry tartness. Pretty good, but a little harsh in the middle.

75cl bottle, served in Cantillon glass @ Homo Sibaris bar. Pours light foggy orange with small white frothy head (persistent though). Green apples and citrusy notes in both aroma and taste. Pretty sour and lemony, but actually well balanced. Some fruits presence with hints of white grape as well. Dry finish. Medium body, perfect carbonation. I don’t use to drink beers like this, but was pleasant overall.