Cantillon LH12

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Rating #4000. 750mL bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas, pours a clear golden, like cognac, with barely any head -- only a few bubbles. Aroma of heavy cognac upfront, with notes of wood and oak in the back. Flavour brings out heavy notes of cognac without being boozy, loads of wood and some oak notes. Way richer than the 50N-4E, which is just cognac around the edges, whereas this one is fully cognac indeed with a very warming effect. Excellent stuff.

Bottle @ Moeder Lambic, 02/28/2013. Pours golden caramel, maybe taking some color from the barrel, cider-like, with small bubbles initially but flat otherwise. Aroma has lambic notes, complex bouquet on top: apples, white grapes, spicy cognac, light funk and must, wood. Taste has lots of apples, white fruits, cognac, buttery lambic, strong wood notes. Light palate, yet slick, coats the tongue. A special lambic.

epic sharing @ cantillon ! damn thats a nice one to get to try ! pours blonde, no foam ( dah.. ) sweeter in the taste, dry, even some malts, very dry fginish. very much of the cognac taste ( surprise,,) also in the smell. this was drank on jan 7th 2013, was bottled in 2010 , was put into casks on 2005, so the lamùbik in here is even older than 8 years... damn... this beer is so.. fine.. its not overwhelming its just extremely balanced, you can drink 2 glasses of it, no problem, but you CAN enjoy it slowly, like a fine cognac... this is so complex , yet so drinkable. amazing !

Bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Pours an amber, maple syrup color with minimal head. The nose provides strong funk notes along with a distinct honey from the Cognac barrel. Palate is medium sour/tart with smooth, non astringent mouthfeel with very little (obviously) carbonation. Barnyard, musty oak, and a faint wisp of the Cognac spirit are the prevalent tastes, finishing with a bit of heat.

Flat bright orange color with a few bubbles from a vigorous pour. Sweet vanilla and cognac on the nose along with a heavy earthy and musty funk. Lots of damp grass and oak. A moderate lemon tartness, lots of grass, and a hint of green apple and grape. The cognac, oak, and vanilla notes are quite strong on the palate, particularly as the beer warms. A ton of musty funk, a nice earthiness, and lemon sourness. A bit of citrus zest, grass, and straw on the finish.

UPDATED: OCT 5, 2012 75 cl. bottle split Womencantsail, t0rin0, ChinoSkillzian and one other non-RB gentleman. Bottle is a cheap simple black on what label like most of the Zwanze ones. Pours a clear, very interesting looking copper liquid - in small pours, it sort of looks like whiskey, perhaps an orange shade as well. Only two or so brief bubbles - it is still. Nose is strong holistic herbs, light bitter roots, light funk, touch cough medicine and barnyard, spices, light oak. Taste is equally strongly herbal - it is a bit like Old Hanssens lambic only good, rather resembles that in that herbal quality - touch spice, light cognac, funk is quite mellow on this one, touch cough syrup, barnyard, some light vanilla and oak popping up in the back when warmed, not very sour acidic, maybe a bit more herbal bitter - lightly oily, lovely flat. A pretty rare one - it is good but still one of the weaker Cantillon’s I have had - I must admit it is pretty interesting and certainly very different from their other beers I have had so far, close to non-Cantillon-esque.

Bottle at Spuyten Duyvil, Brettember 2010. Pours clear and coppery... actually looks a bit like cognac. Nose is musty, earthy, and slightly boozy -- taste is dry, tart, huge oak, tannic and extremely vinous. The cognac is there as a note in the flavor but not overt. Mouthfeel is rich and smooth, surprising given that it is completely uncarbonated. Wonderful unblended lambic, and another great example of what leaving a lambic in the barrel for more than three years can do.

Aroma e sapore insostenibili. Un po’ torbida, gradazione alcolica eccessiva. Non mi è piaciuta per niente.

Bottle 750ml.

[ As my rating # 19000 on ratebeer ]. Clear medium to dark orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy barnyard, grape, oak, light cognac. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, dry, very balance and elegant ;O) Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110305]

Bottle at Moeder Lambic. Clear golden coloured with a small white head. Light acidic aroma of grapes and white wine. Light acidic flavour of grapes and white wine with notes of cognac. Tart finish.