Cantillon Iris

Bottle shared at tasting. Poured cloudy gold with a white head. Aroma of funk, sour, spice. Taste is very sour and funky with plenty of hop and malt notes. A very well balanced sour ale. The hops give the beer a bitter finish. The mouth is a bit carbonated. A very nice lambic.

750 ml bottle from a trade with thecheeseman. shared with the KW crew. pours hazy golden with a low white head the actually stays around. huge sour aromas and some minty hops. the flovour it huge and sour but i still got some minty hop elements. a marvel and a great sipper. very enjoyable and a great change of pace from the brews at the tasting. i want more!!

[Bottle] Pours hazy gold with a small, effervescent white head. Aroma is super funky and barnyardy, with some horsehair and manure. The tartness is slightly evidenced by some vinegar and lactic notes. Flavor is only lightly tart, and not as funky as the nose, some floral hop notes, and a touch of malt. Very nice flavor, I was just hoping for a little more sourness.

750mL, 2004 vintage at our KW group tasting. Big thanks to Matt for this one! Pours a very nice and surprisingly lively (for a 5 year old beer) orange with haze. Nice! The aroma is just out of this world! So insanely sour and tart, it practically punched me in the face, and for some reason I loved it. Pine, citrus (to the max!), brett funk, darkness, very sharp, armpit and sweaty socks that somehow work well within it. The flavour is equally stunning, so damn sour it blew my mind! So damn good! All the same characteristics are present and WOW does it pack a punch! It shocked the whole inside of my mouth with how sharply sour it is, damn. This was so freaking good! A bit of a sipper which is ridiculous sounding for a 5% beer but that’s just how intense I found the sourness. Thanks again Matt! An amazing style I’d otherwise never get to try. Simply stunning.

Bottle from RSVP. This is a delicate flower of a brew from Cantillon. The color is a very straw like color. Lighter than the gueze, with a similar quickly diminishing head. Looks very much like a champagne. The aroma is a little mild, floral and slight horse blanket. The flavor is mildly sour, the fresh hops are hinted in a floral taste. Iris isn’t my favorite from them because it’s almost too subtle for what I like in a Lambic.

Green bottle, 750 ml, 2006, bottled in 2008, best before 12/2015, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on April 12 2009; eye: copper, hazy, average effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, no lacing; nose: Brettanomyces yeast, horse, light fruity; mouth: Brettanomyces yeast, horse, slight wood, light fruity, finale is rather sour, good acidity, medium body, rather carbonated, a bit watery; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 750 ml, 2006, embouteillée en 2008, meilleure avant 12/2015, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 12 avril 2009; œil : cuivrée, voilée, effervescence moyenne, petit anneau de mousse fauve, pas de dentelle; nez : levure Brettanomyces, cheval, léger fruité; bouche : levure Brettanomyces, cheval, très léger boisé, léger fruité, finale plutôt aigre, bonne acidité, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, un peu aqueuse; en résumé : ordinaire

A hazy yellow color with a thin head. Lots of floral and citrus aroma with some wood. Very acidic with lemon and grapefruit. A great lambic beer for the fans of the citrus, bitter and acidic beer.

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