 rickgordon (2939), Göteborg, Sweden
Sep 1, 2007 Bottle, sampled at West Brewpub, Glasgow. Jacob brought this I believe.
Muddy red-brown colour. No head. Aroma not as hardcore sour as the Cantillons I know with a dry grapey aroma. Flavour is regularly acidic with grapes and glue. Really good grapey/beery-ish tone here. Dry puckering mouthfeel.
Mes_and_Sim (3873), London, Greater London, England
Sep 1, 2007 A Mes rate:
75cl bottle at West during RBESG. Thanks to Jacob for dipping into his amazing cellar, and to Tom for holding off opening this until Sim and I returned from Edinburgh. Very cloudy, pale browny red, obviously with a complete lack of head. Surprisingly mellow in the nose for a Cantillon with slight fruity notes and paint stripper. Stunning mellow red wine flavour. Very wooden and amazingly puckery and sherberty. Incredible sourness at the edges with a long long salty finish. Unreal mouthfeel. Another stunner from Jean.
Sigmund (1830), Hafrsfjord, Norway
Aug 31, 2007 Bottle, RBESG 2007 in Glasgow, "pre-tasting". Murky red colour, no head. Intense aroma of farmhouse, fermenting fruits and vinegar. Extremely sour flavour, pure fruit vinegar. Too sour for me.
M0RHI (985), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Aug 30, 2007 Bottle, head-to-head RBESG 07. Reddish blonde, cloudy, no head. Completely flat. Nose is muted sharpness, grapey. Mouth is sharp vinous signature cantillon, quite rich and heavy, finishing in a lasting sharpness that just slips down with some amazing silk for the sharpness of the ale.
Magic_dave6 (3409), Glasgow, Scotland
Aug 27, 2007 Bottle thanks to Jacob, shared with the rbesg07 crew in west brewpub. Aroma hits you with the red grapes before you get the cantillon sourness, which almost bothered me, but when the 2 mix together you realise this is an amaziong lambic. Taste is rich red grape skin almost slightly chalky on the palate before the lambic rubs the goodness over, completly flat and really excited me, like incredible mouthfeel. Tit blastingly good.
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