Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

Bottle, vintage 2002, RBESG 2005 Grand Tasting. Golden to amber colour, no head. Overwhelming barnyard aroma, hints of lemons too. Sour flavour with lemony notes.

750ml. dated 8/22/06. pours clear orange with small bubbles around the rim. nose is real nice, sour and tart notes, white grape, very oaky, apricot, apples, and musty. flavor has an accessible sourness, tart, white grapes, lots of oak, mild acidity, actually very easy drinking and refreshing while still having that lambic charm and grace. this pours very close to still and would have improved with a more lively carbination. this could also use a longer palate. i’m really into this beer.

Orange coloured and hazy, has a white head, fully diminishing. Aroma: Sulfur, acid, oak. Flavor: Heavy, harsh acidic, and faint fruit. Acid, dry texture.

I had this beer on tap at Beachwood BBQ’s sour beer fest. This pours an opaque golden color. There’s plenty of funk (barnyard, horse blanket etc) to go around.

From Cantillon, Brussels, Belgium. Bottled, 280309. Orange-amber with no head. Aroma of sour fruits. Flavor is tangy with wood, apple and alcohol.

Bottled. Thanks to Dixen. This is a great Lambic. Very clean and pure. A lot of fruity tones everywhere in this. It is, in my opinion, on of the most sour lambics. A great beer.

Bottle. Served in a flute glass, it had a wonderful golden color with lots of rising bubbles and a big foamy white head. A dusty old aroma with a wood, lemon, and sour flavor.

Bottled in 2003, so says my cork. Marvelous, golden, peachy color, hazy as she comes, with no head to speak of...nose is sour, lemony, musty, a bit of vinegar and orange peel, and some spiciness...and stil a little dry...some complex stuff, so far! Oooo! Sourness grips the tastebuds, claws fast like an eagle’s talons as it hits the tongue, bumps and climbs and cavorts all over the palate, one restless little brew we have here....it mellows some, plays gamely in the mouth afterwards and settles, sour has put down it’s pistols and is laying it out lightly now...but, with each subsequent sipping, the dance begins again, a blitz of a ballet in the mouth, a whirl of a dervish... body is light, but flavor is huge, and the impact on the senses is enormous, with a softly sour lingering finish. A relentless masterpiece, this Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru, a bold, yet benevolent fellow. My mouth won’t know quite what to do with itself when the bottle is gone.