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Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended Jonge / Oude
Brussels, Belgium

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RATINGS: 1431   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.87/5   EST. CALORIES: 195   ABV: 6.5%
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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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3.7
jamestulloch (8614) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JUN 11, 2023
UPDATED: JUN 11, 2023 Bottle from Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Clear deep golden body with no head. No visible carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of lockets and white wine. Flavour of apricot and sharp lemon. Thin to medium body with a tart, sticky-mouth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Tart and lemony.

4
can8ianben (2136) - State College, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 27, 2023
UPDATED: MAY 27, 2023 Wow, wine-like, sour, fruity, and very tasty. This one was aged since 2012, so 11 year old sample. Tasty!

4.1
PowY (4562) - Vienna, AUSTRIA - MAY 4, 2023
UPDATED: MAY 4, 2023 26.4.2023: 750 ml bottle at Biercafe Au Trappiste, Bern, 6% ABV, vintage 2016, bottled 9.3.2023. Pours a lightly hazy amber with an off-white head. The aroma is funky with medium intense but kind of smooth funk, wood, light oxidative notes, sherry, ethyl acetate, leather, sweet floral honey, sweet elderflower and elderflower syrup. Medium body with a soft carbonation, a medium to medium-heavy acidity, a light to medium tartness and a medium bitterness. The flavor starts with acidic funk, very light acetic notes, citric notes, bitter wood, bitter herbs, tart wood, old wood, dry sherry and leather. Finishes dry with a long lasting herbal hop bitterness. Overall with a good complexity, a bit harsh on the acidity, bitter and woody. Aroma: 8 Appearance: 4 Taste: 8 Palate: 4 Overall: 17

4.4
biilz (2177) - SPAIN - APR 4, 2023
UPDATED: APR 4, 2023 Аромат отличный, есть нотки от гёзе ламбика, прямо много сена, но действительно в них есть нотка слегка сырой пшеницы, что немного нетипично, конечно дрожжи классические для стиля, намеки на мочоность фруктов каких то. Цвет слегка темнее нежели обычно у ламбика. Вкус глубокий, трудно описать, скорее это набор разного сена и злаков, немного пшеницы, немного травы и мочоности и все это с кислотой умеренной и мочоностью. Пшеница или что то на нее похожее хорошо ощущается. В целом отличный ламбик.

3.6
pictoman (7325) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - FEB 19, 2023
UPDATED: FEB 19, 2023 Poured from 750mL bottle @ Weathered 2023. Hazy golden orange with small white head. Quite floral with a gentle funk. Enjoyable and mild.

3.8
Biroholik (5394) - Sosnowiec, Poland, POLAND - OCT 6, 2022
UPDATED: OCT 6, 2022 Zwanze 2022, Dobry Zbeer, Gliwice Iris (2020) W smaku i aromacie pyłek kwiatowy, trochę morelki, cytrynka. Gładziutkie, lekkie, drewniane. Smaczne

3
BlackHaddock (15444) - The County Time Forgot, Shropshire, ENGLAND - JUL 18, 2022
UPDATED: JUL 18, 2022 9th March 2016 was the bottling date on the 75cl bottle that was shared between four of us at The Quarry Tasting on 17th July 2022. Cheers Mat for digging this out for us. Hazed amber body, wisp for a head. Sour front, back and sides: Slightly subdued though, not 'in your face' like some of Cantillon's offerings.

3.6
DJMonarch (15202) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - JUN 8, 2022
UPDATED: JUN 8, 2022 Cask Stillage at GBBF 2013, Kensington Olympia 15/08/2013 Sour fruit and whisky aromas. Amber coloured fruity and a little dry on the palate with a lively yeast finish.

3.9
DraftDodger (7613) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - MAY 25, 2022
UPDATED: MAY 25, 2022 Copenhagen 25/5 2022. 75 cl corked and capped bottle from Den Belgiske Ølbutik. Classic white label with a drawing of a white flower. Pours unclear amber with a red hue and a small white head. Settles as thin flimsy, almost transparent layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. No lacing. Aroma is intense with a light odor of sweet berries mingling with a stronger tart and sour scent. Strawberries and raspberries. Tart gooseberries. Sharp touch of vinegar. Medium strong carbonation. Thin, oily , soft yet lightly tingling texture. Flavor is intense with a light sweetness followed by a heavy sourness. Aftertaste is sour and searing. Lingers for a while. Finish is bone-dry. Sharp and crisp Lambic which leaves you dry as a desert.

3.8
melush (14632) - SPAIN - APR 19, 2022
UPDATED: APR 19, 2022 75cl Bottle @ LaBIRRAtorium, Madrid, Spain. Hazy amber colour with a thin white head. Aroma is malt, fruits, slightly herbal. Taste is malt, sweet,white grapes, citrus, peach, herbs, tart, oak. Medium body, average carbonation.


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