Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

WOW the aroma alone makes my mouth start to salivate due to the thought of tart/sourness. The aroma is oakey, slight citrus/lactic note with hay/wet leaves. Carbonation is very minimal. First taste is an explosion of complexity with a good sourness that I truly enjoy in a lambic. Very tart, yeasty and smooth. Temperature served around 55ºF. Nice if you can find it buy it and sip slowly over a good conversation.

Orange color, small head, grassy aroma, sour, still nice.

Interesting appearance - in my glass, it looked like a hazy amber gold core surrounded by a thinner and lighter yellow outer level. Aroma was strong - summer fruits (apples - thanks, Alicia), musty oaky wood, yeasty; a ton of aromas that I can’t think of actual words for. Taste was vinous - very smooth and thicker than the other Cantillons I tasted (at Buckeye Lambic tasting 6/12/04). Medium sour and tart, some vinegar; oak at the end with a thin sweetness that lingers on and on. There’s a spicy peppery flavor that tingles the back of the throat. This stuff is complex - will have to revisit this again later.

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!

2002 Vintage - Clear golden body with a white head that leaves very nice glass lacing. Sour acidic nose, some oak aroma also. Flavor is sour apple, oak, lemons, etc... verfy complex and yummy. Very dry, almost puckering finish. Very nice lambic.

On tap at the Blind Tiger In NYC. Hazy, golden/orange color with almost no head. Tart, yeasty aroma of grapefruit, and sour apples. Flavor also sour, but not overly so. Hints of grapefruit and other citrus fruits along with a strange, but not unpleasant, copper taste. Finishes beautifully with a crisp, clean aftertaste. I wish I could get more of these beers.

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

2003 bottle, cloudy orange with almost no head. Aroma is very acidic, wet hessian, and mild raw apple... there are also some woody earthy notes playing in the background. The mouthful was ferociously sour, felt on the back of my nostrils, more raw wood and fruit in there too. The finish is acidic and outrageously dry. Very enjoyable.