Cantillon Iris from Cantillon

	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
593 3.76/5.0 3.75/5.0 5% 93.8 Flute, 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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dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	20/20

Nov 6, 2006

Beer 14 of the tasting. This has quite a bit of bite, not as much as the Hannsens. A simpler lambic in complexity, it seems fairly smooth as well. Good stuff. Love that sour bite.

fonefan (10868), VestJylland, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 4, 2006

Bottle. Hazy orange body with a large frothy white head. Sweet slightly sour aroma. Slightly puckering sour flavor with some light fruity hints. Dry, bitter finish.

FrankJohansen (3329), Sabro, Denmark

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Nov 2, 2006

Bottle. Golden colour with a nice, but mostly diminshing head. Nice fruits aroma, but the flavour with sour, almost harsch.

onystrom (741), Århus-Randers Crew, Denmark

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	8/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	11/20

Oct 31, 2006

Clear golden color with okay head. Great acidic vinegar aroma. Very speciel acidic palate and bitter vinegar flavor.

Hansen (2235), Randers, Denmark

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	5/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Oct 29, 2006

Golden and lightly unclear. White head, medium lasting. Oak-notes. Sour, acetic? Has a bit thin texture.

HenrikSoegaard (4264), Randers, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 29, 2006

Bottle. Frothy good mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Very powerfull acetic aroma. Really nice acetic flavor. Dry palate. Nice stuff.

saxo (3516), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	6/10	2/5	6/10	2/5	12/20

Oct 28, 2006

Bottle. Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma is fresh and citric. Taste is dominated by lactose acid. Bitter finish.

biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 23, 2006

Peach in color with a fizzy off white head. More carbonated than others I’ve had from Cantillon. Funky, lightly tart anf floral aroma with an underlying English Pale Ale smell. Has some hints of moldy wallpaper. Very sour and lean in flavor but still with a nice body. Fairly bitter with noticable tannic finish.

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