Cantillon Iris

2004 bottle, consumed at the brewery. Stale cheese aroma, cotton-ish dry mouthfeel. Nice amber with a thick head. Dizzingly complex and hard to rate. Yeasty, a bit sour, some grapes. A good beer but the malts really weigh on your palate and make it hard to get much into a bottle...my girlfriend and I took a long time to finish the 750 mL, and she’s no slouch when it comes to drinking her share, especially for a 95 pound 5’2" Japanese girl. I started playfully trying to take her glass from her and pour more into it, and she responded by saying that she would befriend the German group at the next table (ya know, her "allies"), as to make war on me. I guess I can forgive this given that she’s from Hiroshima...

Bu au Post-Mondial 07. Blonde dorée brumeuse, petit collet. Arome d’houblon épicé, surtout gingembre. Goût d’houblon doux, agrume très sûrette et pétillant.

I had this one on draft at Brouwers Belgian Beer Month in Seattle. Appearance was a cloudy yellow/orange and had an average head at first pour. Flavor was sour, like grapefruits, acid, citrus. Its smell was floral, mild hoppiness. I also liked how it lingered in my mouth.

2004 bottle. Pours orange with a fast fading white head. The acidity and sourness are there, but seem more muted in this one, maybe it was the few years of aging that mellowed them, but then again i’ve had cantillon beers that are much older that didn’t seem muted. Light citrus and woody flavor to the finish.

Édition 2004. Robe orange claire surmontée d’une mousse blanche qui s’estompe. Arômes de poussières, d’oranges sucrées et de houblon. Saveurs acides d’oranges amères, de malt et de houblon amérisant.

Bottle (2003) at Ølbaren. Cloudy orange - white head. Vinegar, berries, wood, fu, sour, acid, earth, dirt, light horsey. Rather smooth and pleasant !!

#500
[Sampled with Thomas in Söderåsen, Skåne, Sweden.]
Another milestone in two ways. With thisone I’ve also rated all the 71 different Beer Styles. So this Lambic - Unblended I’ve reserved for this rating in Sweden after a nice long day on bike. Sweaty I swallowed it with pleasure, more than expected. Hazy light brown look with good great, but dissapearing head. Notes of wild yeast, grapes, acid, grass, wood, flowers and more. High drinkability!

Bottle, 375 ml. Cloude orange/amber, almost no head. Fruity malt aroma with cidery notes of grape and red apples. Along with this, there are strains of wet wool and leather, and some wood. medium bodied with soft but lively carbonation. Flavour has a little to sharp acidity, with a pungent bitterness.