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Cantillon Cuvée des Champions 3.91 339

Cantillon Cuvée des Champions

Percentile
99
overall
Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3393.94/5.03.91/5.0Special5%79.6Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
A new brew concocted by Jean Van Roy to celebrate the 2003-2004 Division III title for the local Union St. Gilles football team and its upgrade to Division II.

Cuvee des Champions is not a traditional 'gueuze,' in that it is made from only two year-old 2001 lambic, not from a blend of older and younger lambics. It is also dry-hopped in the cask for three weeks with fresh Styrian Goldings hops. Re-fermentation in the bottle is achieved with the addition of a small amount of candi sugar.
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 Miver (575), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 1, 2008  
The beer that brought in the new year. Nothing better to have in a glass at midnight , toasting with friends, getting toasted. Poured hazy golden orange with a thin white head. Aroma is of typical cantillon yeast, barnyard funky, and hints of fruits. Taste was tart, but not over the top. As "Stoutlover72" put it. It doesn’t give you a "nut-check" like other cantillons. Very drinkable cantillon product.


 axilla (962), New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jan 1, 2008  
06’ bottle courtesy of miver. Pours a hazy golden orange color with a small but dense white head. The aroma is lemongrass, basement funk, and some light fruits. Flavors are lemongrass, tart apples, pears, must, and some light hops. Not as tart as most cantillons but it was a little young.


 GG (1664), NorCal, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 26, 2007  
Another of the Christmas Eve beers shared by the family. This beer pours out a cloudy orange hue, with a fluffy white foamy head with some nice lacing. Aroma of lemonheads, aromatic cheeses, acidic, and a touch of wood. Mouthfeel is bright and lively with the liquid dancing on your tongue. Flavors was lemons, funk, Granny Smith apples, and stomach acid. Even with the acidity, it’s really nicely balanced and doesn’t give you a nut-check like some of the other Cantillon products tend to do.


 grandet (486), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Dec 25, 2007    Updated: May 5, 2009
Copying from my tasting notes. Bottle. Orange pour with a giant white head. smell is off and murkey. taste is sour and fruity. nice and refreshing. very good


 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Dec 19, 2007  
Bottles from Ughsmash and footbalm. Hazy golden-orange with huge white head, even after letting it breathe for quite awhile. Musty, sweaty, horsebalnket up front, big lemon tartness in the background. Flavor up front, tough to describe. I guess what sweaty feet must taste like. Funky cheese character, and then lemon/brett takes over. Mouth puckering sourness. Thirst quenching, finishes dry. Not as carboanted as I was expecting, soft billowy mouthfeel. Top notch geueze IMO.


 gnoff (3574), Göteborg, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 16, 2007  
(75 cl bottle purchased at Ölbutikken, Copenhagen) Almost clear golden color and first pur, turns shady with the second. Very big head for its style, white. Smooth acidic scent, rather subtle in comparison to some of its cousins. Some almond paste also. Acidic to sour taste, a bit metallic and bitter lemon peels. Spritzy mouthfeel. Higher bitterness than expected, but perhaps not so much from hops than fruit peels of some sort.


 ekstedt (2447), Göteborg, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 16, 2007  
Bottle (75 cl), thanks gnoff. Hazy golden with a large(!) white head. Green apples, some grapefruit, wood and faint horsestable notes. Light in body with soft mouthfeel. Not as dry as your usual Cantillon, and with a light peelish bitterness.


 KimJohansen (7136), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 29, 2007  
Pours hazy orange with tiny head. Grapefruit and classic lambic notes. Gentle bitterness in the end.



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