Cantillon Faro

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Faro
Brussels, Belgium

Jug. Yep, I drank this as poured out of a jug at the brewery. I asked the brewer if there was any Faro since it was listed on their chalkboard but not on the menu, and he said that he had just completed a batch the previous day and had some from his first sampling left that I could try. Toffee-amber color, no head at all. Aroma of fresh-cut vegetation, honey, apricot, nectarine. Very "young" tasting and complex. Honey, apples, grapes, and hazlenut in the wonderful flavor. Cantillon Brewery rocks!

Draught at the brewery. Cloudy golden coloured with a white ehad. Fruity aroma with of brett and yeast with notes of wood. Fruity flavour of brett and wood witj light acidic notes. Tart finish.

Bottle @ Cantillon. We were told that this can only be keepet in bottles for 3 to 4 weeks else it will explode because of the caramel and sugar that has been added to the Lambic. No head and not lacing. Somewhat copper like colour. Aroma was quit sweet for something that originate from Lambic. Dusty dry notes are there with the caramel and sugar notes as well. Hint of fresh fruit and wood blends in as well. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Flavour was light acidic with sweet notes as well. Dry and light tart finish. Belgium 25-05-2007

I have this while drinking Belgium beers tour in Belgium. At museum brewhouse is served. Wow! Another sweet Belgium beer, but is not so sweet like sugar stout. Sure it is like "gueuze" but I can drinking more of this because sugar helps remove sulfur and rubber taste that I am drinking in "gueuze". I would drinking with trappist beers!

From the jug at the brewery. Cloudy bronze coloured. Very sweet, almost like a sticky dessert wine but balanced by lambic flavours with a caramel finish. Drinkable.

From a jug at the brewery. Cloudy yellow. Sweet, peach-like fruit, but with the lambic sourness underneath. A bit too syrupy for me, more interesting than great.

Brownorange. Elderberry aroma with notes of muscovado sugar. Some acid. Elderberry flavour with notes of wort and icetea. Sweet. For me Faro is a good way of ruining lambic !

Sampled at Cantillon on public brew day. So this is probably one of the best faros to date.. but that’s only because there’s that insane Cantillon sourness beneath to balance out some of the sticky sweetness of the faro.. Much rather have the straight lambic.. faros always sems oily and cloying to me.