Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

Light orange color with a thin foam. Fruits, vinegar and wood notes. Well balansed sourness with a dry finish.

Thanks to the Dewbrewers for sharing this beer. 750 ml. Bottle. Pours clear pale orange with a thin head and weepy lacing even though there was no sign of carbonation when the cork came out! Aroma of vinegar, wood, and malt. The taste is almost the same but with a very dry wood finish. Great beer!

I think this is my favorite Cantillon. Pours a dark golden color, still, no carbonation. A mild flavor for Cantillon, but it is unblended and aged for 3 years! A tart sourness, some oak in the flavor.

Bottle. Pours a clear mahogany brown. Aroma is slightly sweet, lots of funky brett some woody sourness aswell. Taste is woody, tart, funky. One of my favourites

Rating #900! and popping the cork on #69 of RB’s 70 beer styles. 750 ml, "Bottled 2005." Well, the only common beer with a "900" in its name is Camo 900, so let’s do this instead. Besides, it’s symmetry: my first rating was Capitol 1900.
Pours light yellowish brown, looking a bit like apple juice. No real head, but some pinprick bubbles clinging to the side of the glass. Smell is pretty nice. I expected lots of sourness, but more cidery notes with a bit of wood. But taste is where the sourness comes in. Real brett sourness, no acid used here. Somehow a bit rubbery, then more of the crabapple cider. What else? Some butterscotch, mown hay that’s actually tripping my allergies. Yep, there are those stale hops, and a big barnyard character. Reminds me of that Berliner Weisse toward the end.So what do I compare this to, if it’s likely the only unblended lambic I’ll find outside of Belgium? It’s certainly a pleasure to have discovered and enjoyed this puzzle, so I’ll count my experience as part of the rating.

Bottle split with Muenster during my Great Lakes region brew tour. Well, I made a stupid mistake and poured this cold, yes, I am an idiot. That was not good. After allowing it to come up in temperature, this brew was much more pleasing. This has an apple juice color with no head whatsoever or any effervensence either. The aroma is very sour and exotic. There are hints of grass, buttermilk, wild flowers. It’s very puckering in the mouth with notes of wool cloth, green apples, soft grapes, suggestions of Scotch. After I had adjusted to the brutal sourness, this began to grow on me. However, I certainly won’t be running down the streets singing the praises of Cantillon’s unblended Lambic.

this is basically the exact same thing as the gueze. sweet and sour, very carbonated. i think it was translucent.

Bottle, split with NachlamSie. We foolishly chilled it, before reading the label. DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE! I cannot stress that enough. After the bottle warmed, many more subtle notes and dimensions were present. The sour nose gives way to strong dry wine-like characteristics, and earthy notes. Easier to admire than to enjoy.