Cantillon Loerik

Formerly brewed at Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2008 Acidic, sour, wild, crazy, delicious. Love this. Picked up by friends at brewery, cork - 1998. While I can’t imagine drinking this on an everyday basis, for a night I just couldn’t get enough. Delightful experience.

Cloudy golden-amber w/ creamy off-white foam. Very rich & complex aroma of barnyard, horseblanket, leather, sharp cheese, lemon, & grapefruit w/ underlying notes of toasted malt, caramel, toffee, oak, tobacco & vanilla. Light, acidic feel. Flavour is extremely tart & dry but at the same time smooth & round. As omhper puts it, "a brilliant mistake."

Sweet and sour, white grape, citrus, grassy nose. Gooseberry comes to my mind, very tart but at the same time very clean. Hard to create such equilibrium but it was archived here. Good lambic.

bottle. Yay Martin. Orangey-yellow body, with a small bready white head. aroma is heavenly and intoxicating! super funky, fresh tart apples, socks, and dustiness. complex flavour with loads of funkiness. apple and lemon notes. very dry and tart as many Cantillon’s are. very nice and exotic.

Bottle... RBSG2005... This beer rocks!... Murky, light orange ale with a large, frothy, white head. Sour lemon, horseblanket, leather, wood and sweat in the aroma. Sharp cheddar, lemon, earthy flavor. Light-bodied with mild carbonation. Finishes lightly sweet, medium sour and then dry. I really like this!

UPDATED: JUL 14, 2006 Rerate, sampled on 4/6/06: Pours a slightly hazy golden bronze with a thin ring of white head. Semi-sweet, tart barnyardy and hay aroma has some cheesy funk to it. Starts with a touch of sweetness, turning more citric and tart toward a drier crisp finish. Nicely-balanced and lightly fruity body.

Sampled at the RBSG ‘05 bottle tasting courtesy of Goldorak: Pours a hazy dark golden with a thin white head. Aroma is dry, tart and barnyardy with some earthiness. Body starts with a faint hint of sweetness, turning more dry, tart, cheesy and puckering toward the finish. Somewhat balanced brew with lots of tartness and mild complexity, yet enjoyable and refreshing.

UPDATED: AUG 5, 2008 First rating @ RBSG Montreal, July 2005 (7 years old)
Golden murky color, extremely spicy nose, almost burning the eyes as I’m trying to sniff this one, like standing over a chopped onion. Full of lemon, ginger and farmhouse-esque burlap flavors, and also very smooth, even if it is acidic. Bitter but not a palate killer, buttery perhaps at times, but no that bad. A lot of lemon, grapefruit and strong peaches, oily and smooth texture. Another awesome Cantillon lambic.
9/5/8/4/16 = 4.2

Second rating, 750ml shared by kramer, July 2008 (10 year old bottle)
Nose is hugely dry and full of cobwebs, with a massive barnyard, acidic, funky, dry, parches note... downright amazing aroma, so well held togethor.... Flavor is syrupy, prickly and massively sour up front, but has some greeness and some freshness still after all of this time. Acidic for sure but still quite calm, and overall very complex and deep. The finish is amazingly prickly and long-lasting, coating the mouth with a wonderfully rich and full presence, and an abundance of dry, cobweb-covered horseblanket, amazingly dry. This was had at cellar temperature and it’s just amazing how the body holds tight so well, unlike some of the more recent American attempts at lambic or sour ale. Truly a gem.
10/5/8/4/17 = 4.4

Pour was honey orange colored with a smallish white head...aroma was super funky with dirty, mildew, sugar, lemons...taste was beautifully sour and quite delightful...