Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

750ml bottle from Puzzl. Pours a beautiful orangish color, as if a mango imploded inside the glass, very minimal white foamy head. Nose is very fresh, nice hints of fruit, some grass and outdoorsy notes. Flavors of ripe fruit, nice and juicy, some yeast, hay, grass, and a smooth clean finish.

750ml bottle, thanls to RagallachMC!! cloud orange, no head to speak of. Aroma is a great lambic sour funk, with some sour citrus, and wet hay. Flavour is right off the bat not as sour as i’ve had in the past, and is quite mellow.The sourness intensifies in the finish, and really stick to the back of your throat. WOw, this is a great lambic, wish i had more!

2005. Hazy orange, no head. Aorma of sour yeast, oak, vinegar, musty barn funk, and some floral and citrus undertones. Flavor is sour, vinegared oak up front, followed by some funk and a sharp floral-citrus-mint combination. Dry, sour, citrus, oak finish and aftertaste. Body is too thin, would benefit from a little carbonation, just a little. Flavor and aroma are superb.

Cask at Spuyten Duyvil. Unremarkable aroma, just funk. Light fruity notes, even berries, in the flavor with some funk. Grows while in the glass. Lack of carbonation doesn’t help the mouthfeel. Decent.

1999 bottle. had this side by side with the gueuze and I like this one a bit better. slight ’merde du lapins’ and fruity aroma. very tart, complex, and refreshing with some cidery undertones. excellent

750 mL bottle (corked and capped, bottled in 2005) sampled late October 2005: pretty clear, golden hay; completely still. Lemon grass and citrus resin aroma with leather, limestone and bittersweet vanilla. Though the palate lacks all carbonation, this one doesn’t need it, because you are transported back to a time when beer isn’t supposed to be fizzy, where all of the flavours are completely natural and 100% unique. Flavours are lip puckering with bitter grapes and sour grass. Dry, acidic finish, simply splendid.

Bottle. Pours golden/peach color with no head. Slight citrus and must aroma. Only mildly sour and tart with a hint of fruity bitterness. The tartness increases as it warms. Rich and oily on the palate. Quite vinous.

Poured from a 750 ml bottle, vintage 2003. Thanks John! A still, rusty orange pour. Lemon curd and custard aroma; lavender, goat cheese, and funk laid low and quiet, subject to its refined characters of sweetness and delicate earth, with a touch of puckering fresh grapefruit acidity.

A dull grassy sourness, strawlike and quite plain, in the flavor, lacking even a hint of traditional confrontational funkiness right away; rather, it’s mostly a briny saltwater with a distant hint of fruit skins and leafiness. Late hints of white pepper, cinnamon, and cellar stink as it approaches room warmth.

Light-medium palate, watery and dusty; finishes with some gruyere rind, earthy salts, and maybe seaweed; certainly quite green and still salty, whatever it is. Though it’s quite tranquil, its calmness is not hard to appreciate; a lambic with plenty of funkiness and less sourness, and that’s fine.