Cantillon Cuvée des Champions

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Brussels, Belgium

On tap at Churchills. Smells great. Funky peach sour. cloudy yellow amber color. Slightly sour. Very dry. Better with cheese, which I don’t have right now. Very good.

courtesy form mgumby10: pours a great golden colour very small white head. aroam is a great cantillion sour funk, fantastic fresh fruit, apple adn white grape. awesome. flavour is a great acidic sour perfect cantillion flavour. very citrrus grapefruit very good bitter tart finish

Courtesy mgumby10. Darkish straw color, thin white head. Tart aroma, but not crazy sour, classic Cantillon funk, herbs, slight sweet even. Smooth, even taste - mild tartness spread throughout the palate, nice and dusty and citric. Velvety and elegant.

Bottle, Merritt Island Throwdown. Thanks to Gumby. Hazed orange color with small white foamy head. Leather, citrus rind, fresh citrusy twang. Perfect soft palate, makes me want to drink more. Gentle sweet grain nectar in background. Mature, refined, sophisticated, dry and delicious. Creamy smooth citrus zest. Excellent gorgeous smooth balanced gueze could drink it every day if I could.

Gumby, you are a baller. This rarity poured a very hazy, light orange, perhaps apricot color. The aroma is amazing, grapefruits, lemons, summer stone fruits, meadow flowers, and yes, that Cantillon funk. The flavor is more than I expected, bringing me back to my childhood, beckoning a memory of grapefruit gummy candies. An amazing balance seems to be found between the sweet and tart, the earthy and the funky. Absolutely world class.

Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Alot of typical Cantillon sour funk and sweetened fruits show up in the nose. Not overbearing sourness though. The flavor had some typical cheek puckering sour tartness to it, along with some sweet fruits, grapes, and Chardonnay. Lemons seem to be always noticeable here as well. I got a touch of the hops in this beer, but it was certainly overpowered by the funk and sour that embodies this brewery. Another great offering.

Courtesy mgumby10....thanks Mike! Pours a hazy tangerine yellow color with a small, fizzy, bubbly white head. Jagged columns of lacing protrude from the body like solar flares do from the sun. First sniff.....WHOA! This smells fantastic! Strong notes of sour apricots and nectarines, two of my favorite fruits, explode into the nose. Fresh squeezed grapefruit, mild farmhouse funk, and lightly sweet candy sugar complete the aroma. The first sip stands behind the promise that the nose makes.....this thing tastes great. Funky as hell, sour, tart apricots and nectarines dominate again. Grapefruit is present again, playing more of a background role. Mouth puckering, but not as extreme as some other Cantillons. Balanced perfectly for my palate. Moderate carbonation levels match the dry, medium body perfectly. This is a mind-blowing beer. Second only to Kaggen (amongst dozens of incredible beers) at the infamous Merritt Island Throwdown, March 2008.

(3/11/08) Bottle at Bier Circus in Brussels as Cuvée du 89. Slightly hazy golden with a medium frothy white head. Aroma of barnyard. Citrusy, dry, sour flavor with soft bitterness in the finish. Medium-bodied. This is really good.