Cantillon Groseille à Maquereau

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Deep orange body, white head, very small bubbled; Very well put together nose, some sweetness is balancing the acid very well; Softer textured body also with softer fruit acids; Quite long finish at first quite fruity acid, very clear gooseberry aromas arriving later, the berry is very well integrated but doesnt bring as much complexity as some other berries.

(Bottle, 2005 vintage, at One Pint Pub, Helsinki, on 2009-01-03 -- shared with mto, thanks) Hazy golden. Quite large and quickly disappearing white head. Fruity and flowery nose. Medium bodied, dry and stinging palate with medium carbonation. Sourness, flowery flavours, fruitiness, hint of bitterness, berry flavours and acidiness in taste. Berry flavours and sourness in aftertaste.

Thx Jeppe and Mikkel for pouring this hazy golden rarity with the tiny white head that looks like a million in my glass. Filling my nose with a very sweet combined with sour goosberrys and creamy mushy straws. The taste is a teleport to stables with wet cart-loads of straw spread on the floor, there is a light sweetness again combined with are fresh sourness and some spices and cream. The finish is long and sour-bitter. Lovely

Shared with fatphil (below). Orange colour, almost no head. Sour lemon aroma, berries. The taste is not right on the spot as with most Cantillons. It’s a bit fruitier with the yeast added.

Bottled at RBESG - thanks to Patrick? for bringing it. A hazy orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet and acidic with notes of gooseberries and a bit a lactic acid and cork. The flavor is acidic with strong notes of gooseberries as well as notes of wood, leading to a dry and acidic finish. The acidity prickles the palate.

375ml bottle (One Pint, Helsinki)
Dark orange, no head. Simple sour fruity berry aroma. Bitter and a bit woody, some phenols. Somehow not doing it for me compared with their better ones - no kick.

Hazy golden, headless pour, rather dull-looking frankly. The aroma leads you to forgive the poor looks as this lady unveils her perfumey juicy plump berries aroma. Very attenuated. The usual Cantillon harsh lemon, intense barnyardy, mushroomy yeastiness is there in force. Cheesy, the fruit does not appear as much as most. Very tart, but diplomatic palate. Short dry finish, astringent and cider-like. Not my favourite Cantillon I must confess.

Bottle generously shared at RBESG by...who was it? Per?. Hazy deepl yellow colour. Acidic barnyard aroma with red berries. Stiller, and softer than regular Cantilons with acidic, old-ish woody backbone.