Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

Bottle. Smber beer with no head. Funky aroma with some oak. Very low carbonation. Low malt and nice sour flavor - not overly sour. Some earth, citrus, oak. Nice palalte cleanser. Refreshing. Nice tartness. Oak and tartness are the main components

2002 Bottle. Golden lambic with no head. Nice sour aroma with notes of honey. Restrained sourness in mouth, with light horseblanket notes. Light bodied. Nice puckering effect. Sampled at Quintessence Cantillon 2005.

Bottle. The recent availability of Rodenbach Grand Cru has opened me to try other Belgian GCs. This had great promise to me from the info card at the store and the advise of the beer guy there. It poured fairly clear and with little head for a belgian, but so did the Rodenbach, maybe this is with the GC style. The color was a soft peach and the aroma was very good, although I am not sure how to accurately describe it, there is something different, something special about the aroma of Belgians. But, the flavor , while good, tart and twangy, was lacking a little. It was like it had good flavor but not enough of it. The flavor was too recessed, too subtle. I understand that they can’t all be as in your face as the Rodenbach, but this was a little too far the other way.

Bottle. Unclear orange body with no head. Dry sour grapes in aroma with some acid and wood. Bit sweet fruity flavour with notes of wood and acid. Medium bodied.

Bottle thanks to Woodsman52. All I can really say is "whoa". I first tasted a lambic style beer over a year ago and this is the first one I’ve tried since then. I forgot how intense these beers can be. Has a hazy yellow color with almost no head at all. Extremely sour, tart, flavor with some citrus backbone. Has a long lasting after taste that. If you aren’t used to drinking lambics, it’s difficult to get past the sourness of this beer. But I can appreciate the intensity and complexity.

In a bottle at the Stone Sourfest...the last pour of the last bottle apparently. Pours with a medium clarity gold body and minimal head. Aroma of must and lemon. Taste is sour, vinegar and lemon. Near flat, dry mouthfeel.

interesting, cask. a nice study in simplicity. slightly below average, shows us that lambic does take a fair amount of finesse. no so sour not much doing simple cirtus and mild in terms of the sour.

Bottle 2005, shared by plovmand. Pours an hazy yellow with a minimum head. Aroma is typical Cantillon and grapes - dry grape, dust, grass and a little humid cellar like. Flavour is a little weak but dry and acidic with notes of fruit and wood.