Cantillon Crianza Helena

Bottle shared by the ever generous Jan and Charlotte (cheers you two) at Borefts Beer Festival, De Molen Brewery, Bodegraven, Netherlands 30-10-09 This pours light amber with a white rim for a head. Wonderful soft lemon, its like cooked preserved Moroccan lemons that I use in cooking from time to time, soft acidity, sourness is much blunter and therefore much more appealing to me than some of the Cantillon beers, its just bloody lovely nuff said really. A8 A4 F8 P5 Ov16 4.1

Bottle with Friends During weekend of De Molen festival ... Ok as we all know these are not my thing so HUGE thanks to Fonefan for still being ever so generous and letting me try this ... S its hazy yellow golden ... light fruity funky nose ... zezty sour tart lemon ... crisp. drinkable if i had to

Bottle at the Tower of Sour Power etc. Cloudy hazy golden pour, nose is strong with tartness and dry funk, flavor is just as pungent with intense sourness, very very good, finishes clean and dry. Loved it.

Cloudy yellow with an off white head. Manure aroma, sour, funky as hell, lemon, and stoney minerals. Flavor is sour and fruity with wet hay, earthy notes, light lemon and finishes dry. Very very nice.

[Bottle] Pours slightly hazy gold with a medium eggshell head. Aroma of horse manure, lots of funk, lots of lactic character, yogurt. Flavor has the wine barrel evident and well balanced. Solid tartness, super dry, wine barrel is awesome, gravelly, huge funk, creamy mouthfeel, bitter grapefruit peel. I hope to be able to try this again in a few years, as it still has some residual sweetness that will turn into some killer acidity once the bugs can chew through it. Thanks again Jesper!

Grayish yellow hazed appearance. Super herby aroma; wet and dirty, but not really extremely funky; surrounded in lemon pith and aspirin.

Flavor is way more funky with a juicy citrus acidity, but overall is fairly laid back and young tasting. The wooden tastes and animal funk are beneath lots of minerals, and soft gravelly bitterness; the dryness of this example doesnt have as much character as the cheesy dryness of many of the best gueuzes. Still tastes great though obviously.

Body is slightly thin and not very textured. As before, it just feels a lot like it needs to sit for a while to gather itself together, and then texturally and otherwise it will surely be really great. A little touch of pineapple lingers after the finish; mildly dry; still not very intense.

A soft gueuze for right now that still has a lot more flavor than other such soft ones. Thanks Ty and Levi!

I think this is the 3rd time I have had this, once shared by Phil at RBSG, then by MaxxDaddy at BCTC. Now this rating is particularly for a bottle shared by MatSciGuy and TytoAnderso. Thanks to everyone for letting me try this though. Aroma is dry, lightly rubbery with some cobwebs. Its not aggressive, just a mild but good gueze. Flavor is again mild rubber, and some mild barnyard. It is nicely dry but actually a thick finish. This is a very nice gueze but nothing that separates itself from the other fine guezes. I would like to see it with a few years on it.

750ml bottle. I wish we wouldn’t have tormented Levi to open this one last at the tasting. My palate was pretty shot by then. Aroma is characterized by a blast of musty basement and dusty cellar. Slightly stony (gravel). Mild BO and cheese notes. Plenty of wood presence, although I get very little in the way of Cognac and Bordeaux. Sour fruits and a very small hint of mushroom-y earthiness. Pours a hazed gold with a quickly diminishing bright white head. Flavor is quite delicate and mild for a Cantillon. Gravel, tart fruits, wet oak. Very light leather and barnyard flavors. Slightly vinous. Plenty of wood influence on the back of the tongue. Slightly sweeter than I would like. Fine carbonation with a pleasant, aggressive acidic finish. A very well put together Gueuze, but lacking in the intense tartness and acidity that I love about some other Cantillons. Much more delicate... Still, though, wonderful stuff. Thanks Jesper!