Cantillon Faro

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Faro
Brussels, Belgium

Faro truly is an aquired taste. A taste that I have yet to aquire. Faro is unblended lambic in which caramel and candy sugar is added during bottling time. I believe that Cantillon uses 1 1/2 year old lambic when making this one. I sampled this at Spinnekopke in Brussels, Belgium. Brown. Sugars overpowering the "lambicness" in the nose. Flat (to style). Overwhelming sweetness. I expected sweet, but not this sweet. The style, at this point, is not for me. Still though, with the rarity of this beer these days, I think I’ll try it again the next chance I get.

Just prepared this morning by Jean, at Cantillon Brewery, with a 1½ year old lambic and sugar
Hazy dark amber color. Nice aroma, reminiscent of vin cuit (apples and pears cooked for a looong time), and caramel. Very sweet, covering pretty much the sourness; easily (dangerously) drinkable!

Red/brown. This is a very good faro. Great complexity. Sourness and sweetness in a nice balance. Quite bitter actually.

Red, bronwish body. Sweety aroma. Ligthly sweet, lightly sour initial flavour. A very soft mouthfeel (in contrast to most of the other Cantillin beers, which are quite ’offensive’ :))

Brown color. The taste is sweet with a wellbalanced sourness. Strong notes of brown sugar. Sampled from a bottle Jacob Lövenlund brought home from the brewery.

Sampled from a bottle blended two days earlier at the brewery and brought home to Denmark by my Cantillon supplier Jacob Lövenlund - Thanks a lot :-)
Pour an unclear brown beer with a red gleam and no head. Little sourness in the aroma but sweet and sugary in the middle. Quite mild. Flavor is sweet, dry and woody with obvious notes of grapefruit and brown sugar. Nice sourness from the wild fermentation behind the sweetness. Reminds me of a Flemish Sour Ale, just sweeter. An excellent and very complex beer and a great surprise, I didn’t think Faro could be so tasty...!!

Made the night before, sampled at the Cantillon Open Brewing Day March 2004. Deep amber, no head or condition. Sweet caramel and tart lambic notes in the nose. Manages a good balance of caramel sweetnes and dry woody tartness in the mouth, without overstratching itself either way. Long refreshing sweet finish with a faintly lambic dryness. A good way to start the day.

Brown/orange coloured. This is by far the best faro I have had. It is not as cloyingly sweet and unbalanced as they most often are. Flavour of grapes and grapefruit with a little sugar. Very well balanced and pleasant.