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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
3393.93/5.03.91/5.0Special5%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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 oh6gdx (9008), Vasa, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 7, 2007  
Bottled. Hazy orange colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is enormously sour with some wooden and fruity hints. Flavour is very sour with slight hints of fruits. Very dry palate. Very wellbalanced, and pleasant gueuze.


 Magicdave6 (5551), London, Greater London, England
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/518/20
May 31, 2007  
Perhaps the finiest gueuze iv ever tried? Spontanious weekend 07. Notes say: Less sour than standard canti gueuze, more balanced than a regular gueuze, hints of apple and lemon, perhaps not the most complex of gueuze, but just stupendous, i was gulping this down like there was no tomorrow, outstanding just an amazing alround brilliance in a glass.


 mtoast (306), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/105/520/20
May 30, 2007  
On handpump at Bruxellensis beer festival, 9/10/06. How I ended up here, I can’t even describe., let’s just say Jan at Cantillon goes above and beyond. So anyway... poured in my brandy new Bruxellensis tasting glass by someone who speaks English (yay says my ignorant, non French speaking self) and tells me this is a dry hopped Gueuze. I shudder with delight! Big huge earthy hoppy aroma that disintegrates into typical Cantillon funkiness. First taste brings upon an onslaught of green leafy bitterness that holds off the barnyard for a few seconds only to succumb to the sour side. So complex, so delightful. Sitting in the sun at a beer festival somewhere just south of Brussels, drinking this nectar and about to embark on a 6 day beer tour. I wanna go back.


 thebeertourist (2822), Oslo, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 25, 2007  
Bottled in 2006. Cloudy orange with fine-bubbled white head that reduced to almost a film. Cheesy aroma, lots of wood, sharply acidic. Flavours are more acidic than ever, quite lemony, mingling mellowing cheese and dry woody flavours. A great geuze that is one of the more extreme of the bunch in terms of acidity.


 lgklotet (420), Singapore, Singapore
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
May 24, 2007  
Draught at Akkurat. Weird, I thought this was retired.. and to find it on draught at Akkurat. Might be a new batch? Anyhow, being dry-hopped, this will of-course remind you of Iris.. and it does. And that’s a good thing.


 CaptainCougar (5520), Rockville, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 5, 2007  
03-04 vintage bottle sampled on 3/14/07: Pours a transparent bright copper bronze with a thin, wispy white head. Dry, funky, horseblanket, earthy, cheesy, musty aroma has some tart notes. Body starts with a nice, full viscous tart sour earthy funky flavor with an acidic, warming complex cheesy finish. A good gueuze.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 2, 2007  
Bottle from Capone’s. Turbid golden pour with 1-finger white head. The head is very fizzy and loud, and dissipate quickly, much like champagne. The aroma is tart and funky, with some yeasty notes, and a peachy apricot hybrid being the fruit that comes to mind. Tastes very tart, carbonated and lively on the tongue, with apricot, lemon, orange rind, and some earthy yeasty notes.


 goldtwins (4084), Nesconset, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/517/20
Apr 25, 2007  
Poured a fairly clear golden color with a medium white head. The aroma is why I drink lambics. Leather and horse stable with some sweetness. The flavor was a mix of acidic and sweet with nice yeasty character and a hint of bitterness on the finish.



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