Cantillon Iris

Bottle, 75cl corked. Unclear, orange pour, with a small off-white head. Rubber and citrus, especially grapefruit, in the aroma. The flavor is citrusy as well, mostly grapefruit here too, with cellar to follow. Nice, astringent mouthfeel. A really tooth-cleansing beer, quite nice, but there’s a rubbery touch to it that I don’t like. (070526)

Bottle provided by csbosox at his tasting 7/3. This was my first unblended lambic, and it is definitely a memorable beer. Pours a hazy, golden orange with a thin off-white head. The nose is dominated by some serious funk. Sweat socks, yeast, and bready notes. Light to medium-bodied, tart and dry. The flavor was definitely superior to the nose: dry, sour, and neutral. It reminds me of sour apple absent any real sweetness; very interesting. Thanks again for breaking this one out, Chris.

37.5 cL bottle (2003). Pours deep orange to amber with a little lacing head. Acidic and slight woody aroma, no sweat notes - nice :) Flavour has some distinct wood notes together with a nice sourness. Maltiness is identifyable beneath the sourness and in the finish. This maltiness makes the finish together with a woody/smoke note and bitterness. Nice dry, citric and sour. A floral note keeps lingering long after the finish - very interesting.

(2005) from csbosox. Enjoyed at the csbosox tasting 7/3. Pour is cloudy orange-yellow, with a very small white head. Aroma is a bit of a wildflower funk and bright citrus. Taste is very deep and complex, with earthiness, bright citrus flower and more of the funk.

750ml bottle provided by csbosox
Bright amber with some white head. Citrus aroma with some leather and cob webs. It starts of pretty fruity, then you get bombarded by a huge tart, acidic bitter slap in the face. Meduim body. This is rippin’ up my stomach already.

Aroma: mm, leather, sour, musty, mushroom, vinous, enormous, brett, insanely good. White currants, horse. Taleggio cheese, unripe apple, lactic acid, acrid.
Appearance: cloudy, greytoned orange with white head in the same tone, although very little and peculiar (looks chemical and thick).
Flavour: oh, leather, sour, wheat malt... I can reckon a slight sweetness. Very special. Some salinity. Sour, but not at all very sour. Almost bitter.
Palate: smooth, lovely, bit ’sticky’, thin, old and weird.
It’s really better on draft.

Absolutely heavenly. Sour and tart. Poured with like a Lambic should, lots of carbonation and a nice fluffy head which diminishes after a minute or so. What a refreshing beer. Great complex flavors with a long finish. One of the best Lambics out there. Cantilon makes some incredible beers!

Bottle from Uto. Bright amber with only a thin off white ring remaining from the dense fizz. Potent and sour nose. Vinegar, orange zest, grapefruit and hay, almost that typical lambic aroma but magnified. Wow, very intense and vinous or champagne like (I swear I wrote that before reading the commercial Description) with notes of citrus and yeast. To be sipped as wine and has that belly warming feeling. The mouth watering tartness coats the tongue and leaves a slightly bitter aftertaste. None the less, amazing stuff, I’ll definately have this again...And I said I’d never do hoppy...
Re-Rate - Bottle from Quaffs
Here I am again with a whole 75cl to myself, woohoo!.
I took a bottle of this to a tasting recently and we never got round to it so I left it for the others, I’ve been craving it ever since. This bottle is definitely not on par with the previous, I’m not sure why but the cork being cracked surely didn’t help. Golden or pale amber and what was at first a huge pillowy white head has withered to nothing. Smells like straw, grapefruit and apricots. Taste is similar but tart and salty with a little alcohol burn on the way down. More subdued and definitely not as intense as the last bottle but the last pour, with all the funk, livens it up a bit. Not quite the same experience but I’ll still drink this again, it’s great. 8, 3, 8, 4, 18.