Cantillon Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Brussels, Belgium

(03 Jan 06) 2001 vintage. Pours a deep yellow-gold, misty, with no carbonation or head. Lemon aroma with plenty of vinegar along with some salt and iron. The body is complex with an alkaline softness. It tastes like an unripe plum and features lemon in the body and the long drying finish.

Pour is hazy orangey amber with a still appearance and no head...smell is sour and funky which I expected...taste is slightly sour with lots of apple...I don’t think this is as refreshing as a regular lambic due to the stillness...interesting though...

2004 bottle acquired in Secret Santa (Thanks Brandon). Pours out a brown yellowish color without a head at all. Figured the bottle was bad, but after reading reviews it seems that this beer has very little if any carbonation. Smell is oak, earth, apples, lemons, and tart sourness. Taste is pretty tart, and interesting. Fruits and some sweetness comes out. Not bad really. Not my favorite lambic by any stretch of the imagination, but its decent. Would be alot higher rated if it had some carbonation.

Pours clear, light, golden orange with absolutely no head and just about zero carbonation. Aroma: Sour, yeast, lots of wood, earth, sour grapes, almost wine like, unripened tangerine, dandelion, sweat, barnyard. Taste: Initially slightly puckering, sour, some acidic oak-like notes, almost citrus (lemon, tangerine, lime), has many characteristics similar to wine, vanilla, watery. I don’t like the complete lack of carbonation here; some carbonation would make this beer crisper on my palate, though maybe my bottle was just off by some chance. Sticky palate, finishes almost like you have a coating on your teeth and mouth. My first unblended and this is pretty good.

Thanks to Shadey for this one. Cloudy yellow, no head. Sour lemon candy nose w. funkdafied wood. Stroungly sour, wood, lemon, wheat, funk. Tart finish. Yum.

750 mL from ClarkVV. Pours hazy orangy gold with no head. Oak and musty malt, yeast (straw) aromas with fruity lemon notes. Sour and tart lemon acidic mace flavor with musty oak notes. Light and fizzy palate, almost chalky.

Courtesy of Pailhead. Light golden in color with no head. Very nice musty/sour aroma. Initial flavor is all sour lemon-esque, little vinegar through the middle, but fades to nothing quickly. A little thin. Underpar for these guys.

17 Jan 2007 bottling date. Hazy orange with no head. Great smell is hay, grassy, dandelions, wood. Flat mouthfeel with no carbonation. Flavors are wood hay grass cracker malt grains. Really not that sour up front or mid palate, with an acidic aspirin burn in the finish.