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Cantillon Iris

Cantillon Iris - Lambic - Unblended

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5933.76/5.03.75/5.05%93.8Flute, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
The Cantillon brewery is closely linked to Brussels, a city which has the iris as its symbol. As the name indicates, the "marsh iris" is a plant growing in humid areas. The historical center of Brussels is built on swamps where this flower used to grow abundantly.
In 1998, the Brussels Museum of the Gueuze celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Cantillon brewery decided to make a new spontaneous fermentation beer for this occasion, named after this symbolic flower.
It is a completely original beer which, contrary to the other products of the Brewery, is not brewed with 35% of wheat. The Iris, which is only made with malt of the pale ale type (giving a more amber colour to the beer) conserves the typical flavour of the spontaneous fermentation, the complex aromas and the vinous taste.
The hopping is different too. Lambic is made with 100% dried hops, for the Iris we use 50% of dried hops and 50% of fresh hops. The latter cause a superb acidity, the former, due to their tannins, enable to conserve the beer while preserving all its qualities.
After two years in the barrel, the Iris undergoes a second fresh hopping two weeks before the bottling. A linen bag, filled with hops, is soaked in the beer for two weeks. This technique, called "cold hopping", gives the beer a more intense savour and makes the smell and the taste more bitter.
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 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 29, 2006  
Bottle. Hazy orange body with a small off white head. Musty, yeasty aroma with light notes of lemon rind. Flavour is a bit quick - falls of the tongue at a rapid rate with only a fleeting glimpse of light malt, and mild lemon citrus, and very muted musty funk. Lingering astringent lemon after a dry bitter finish. Average palate. Not unpleasant but does not make me crave another. A graduation/Christmas gift from some friends including DuctTape and TheRoot, shared with Mabel and Tuqueboy at a Christmas function.


 zathrus13 (1288), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Dec 28, 2006  
Bottle, Vintage 2004. Pours cloudy golden orange, with a white head. Aroma is yeast, spices, fruit, and funk. Flavors are lemons, hops, yeast, spices, other fruit, and a bit of funk.


 TURDFERGUSON (1594), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 13, 2006  
Vintage 2004 bottle from my secret santa. Thanks, I love cantillons. Pour is cloudy, hazy orange with small head that fades in seconds. Lots of carbonation, initially. Nose is tart and hoppy funk. A much chewier and deeper body than any cantillon I have had to date. Flavor is barnyard funk with spicey chewy hops. A unique Cantillon.


 faroeviking (6024), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/518/20
Dec 13, 2006  
Bottle. Unblended lambic. Haxy yellow colour with a big bubbly white head. Quite hoppy and very sour vinegar aroma with some sweetness. Flavour is sweet, then sour, very sour, and then dry. Quite a sour mouthfeel. A VERY different beer! One a real beer lover must try, no matter what.


 BückDich (4793), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 12, 2006  
Bottle: Gold, nice white head, light lacing. Nose of tart fruit, clean malts and a full bouqet of bacterium and yeast. The flavor is nicely tart and a sweet funky anise malt notes. Nice finish, not as tart as I’d expect.


luiss (89), Elmsford, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 5, 2006  
Bottle that was a bit pricy but you have to cough up the dough for beers like this. Pours a nice peachy yellow. With a white frothy head, lacing was very thick. Smells a bit oaky, herby, and yeasty. Taste a bit sour with the taste of melon, lime, grapefruit, and peach. Not as dry as i imagined but the tart taste is relaxing.


 edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/517/20
Dec 1, 2006  
12/1/06: Bottle, #600 (2005 corking)
Nose is sour and nicely barnyard like with other notes of sharp Vermont cheddar. Bottle slightly bubbled once cap was removed – cork was a bit sticky. Body is an orange to salmon color accompanied by a Nilla wafer colored head. No lace. Flavors include yeast, barnyard, cheddar and must. Sour mouth-feel, dry and lovely. In memory of Wilson, may God give him a Lambic tonight.


 spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 26, 2006  
Aroma is very sour.Pours cloudy yellow with a white head.Flavor is the same as the aroma,very sour.Mouthfeel is thin to medium with a sour finish.



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