nparikh (20), New York, New York, USA
May 6, 2008 Big bottle, vintage 2005. Let’s begin with the bottle. Be careful not to remove the (difficult) label to try to get to the cork, because it will leave unusually disgusting label gunk all over the bottle, which you will then have to waste time cleaning off. So gross.
On to the beer. Lively head during the pour, but vanishes very quickly. Pours a hazy dark gold color. Sweetish but primarily tart and acidic aroma reminiscent of yellow grapefruit. Nice mouthfeel, feels light on the tongue but has some depth and viscosity to it, almost like gum syrup in a cocktail. Carbonation is somewhere between the Grand Cru and the kriek. Taste is citrus rind tempered with bitterness of pith; grass and hay; develops in stages and finishes surprisingly sweet, almost like beginning with yellow grapefruit and winding up with a red one. A really interesting lambic, and perhaps a good stepping stone between Cantillon’s fruit lambics and the more intense Broucsella Grand Cru?
 Miksu (1062), Jyväskylä, Finland
May 4, 2008 0.75 l bottle. Hazy yellow brown color with almost no head. Sweetish, perfumed and strongly acidic aroma with strawberry, raspberry and sulphur. Dry, acidic and grassy flavor with strawberry, grapefruit, lemon, menthol, sulphur and spicy bitterness. Not my favorite Cantillon, but very exotic. Hop flavor is very grassy which I don’t like.
downender (1291), Bristol, England
May 2, 2008 Updated: May 8, 2008Bottle from Hopduvel, Gent. Pale amber in colour with a moderate, tight head and decent carbonation. Dusty, musty lambic aroma with some lemon, floral hops and yeast. Full mouth feel, with flavours of orange peel, the barnyard and tart fruit. Plenty of grassy hops leading to a long, bitter finish. Excellent.
joshwilfong (397), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2008 golden orange with white head. flavor is very unique due to all barley, making it more traditional ale tasting but still finishes with the lambic sourness and with a stronger hop presence than a traditional lambic. very good
Blom (559), Odense, Denmark
Apr 18, 2008 [Vintage 2004]. Pours orange into the glass with a small low head. Sour and flowery aroma, dominated by perfumed hops and a bit of sweat. Nice balanced flavours, wood, grape, pine and lemon being present with a sour-acid ending.
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