Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

Bottled in 2. 005. Pours a light orange shade of copper. Entirely still; no rising bubbles, no head. Sour horseblanket aroma with cobwebs, lemongrass and wood. Amazingly light on the palate with a slight sourness and a fruity flavor. Notes of lemons, strawberries, oak, mold and soil. A very interesting lambic, unlike any other I’ve tried in that it is so lightly flavored and still. Not my favorite Cantillon so far but still quite enjoyable.

I'm not a lambic person and the more lambics I have to more I realize that I'm not going to like them. But I still give it a go. Draft at Monks Cafe in Philly. If you like tart/sour beers. This is the beer for you. Couldn't pick anything out but the tartness.

Hazy golden orange with a big foamy white head. Aroma is sour apples and barnyard. Very tart and sour. Sharp cheese like flavor beneath the tartness. Finish is dry bitter and tart.

Hazy yellow color with no head. Kind of flat. Sour aroma of vinegar, yeast, and oak. Flavor has yeast, oak, lemon, and oak. Tart and sour.

2004 bottle. A night that starts with Westy needs to end with something that can distinguish itself, and this seemed appropriate. Warm macro gold with no head other than extraneous large bubbles at the edge of the glass. Big sharp pungent lambic nose. Salty yogurt. Dry tannic oak, perhaps suggesting tea. A bit of fruity acetic acid, but not overwhelming. Carbonation is lacking, completely. Thin body, light and refreshing, like lemonade on crack. SO TART! Dry! Salty. big lactobacillus flavor. So tannic it almost tastes a bit like overbrewed tea. A bit of floral hops, surprisingly? Sharp with a good bit of acetic acid. A little sock-like. Lemon tart. Bracing. My first and hopefully not last unblended lambic.

Pours still with a somewhat murky blonde body. Aromas are as intense as any beer I have smelled. Nasty sweat socks, burnt rubber, horse blanket, a moldy mustiness and tons of acidity. The body was still and dry. The flavors are dominated by sourness. It is just intense. Finish is dry dry dry. Can’t say that I really enjoyed this, but it was an experience.

Draft, on handpump at Monk’s cafe. Pours hazy golden, with minimal off-white head. Aroma is mildly tart, with notes of mild citrus and wood. Flavor is tart, with notes of citrus, especially grapefruit, apple, and wood. Fairly flat. This is very drinkable, but I don’t find it as complex as most other Cantillons.

My last style of the 70 and thank god it’s over. What a stupid beer. no difference between this and gueze. I was told this was supposed to be a good one too. 25% is far from that. I’m glad I can’t remember how much money i wasted on this crap. I spilled my friends glass of this and gladly gave him mine.