Cantillon Gueuze (Classic/Organic/Bio)

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Brussels, Belgium

Dégusté avec french tickler, parozoid et agaguk le 20 fevrier 2008. Cloudy golden poor with a tiny head that quickly fades. Aromas of apple cider, rhubarb, unripped bananas, white wine, alcohol and herbal hops. Acid, sour, salty... Great balance and a lighter lambic compared to its other brews. Added flavors of light white wine, rhubarb and sour apples.

375 ml bottle. Hazy orange body with almost no head. Aroma is sour, acidic and fruity. Flavor is sour, acid, lemon and some wood. This is the classic gueuze, it’s refreshing, tart and complex. The feeling of drinking this is almost difficult to describe, I found this different every time I had one depending on the surroundings and the day-to-day form. It can be a bit rough but it can also just be refreshing, the champagne of beer.

A genuine highlight of a tasting a couple months back, from notes.... This is very lightly carbonated and pours a hazy gold. I love the flavor very sour and dry, some citrus and certainly some apples. This is funky and dry the dryness reminds me of champagne. Aroma had some clear horse blanket but also presented earthy and oaky aromas. 4.2 Second rating; on cask at Monk’s Cafe as Monks Cafe Cuvee Cantillon. I was informed that this beer was not for sale by the bartender. He must have sensed that I really wanted some because he generously GAVE me a 3 or 4 oz sample about a half hour later. My rating came out exactly the same this time around, but I thought the beer was different enough to merit another rating. Pours a hazy reddish color and is fairly flat. The aroma is corky and oaky with a nice horse blanket funk you can smell how tart this is. The Flavor is of sour lemon rind and is funky and tart with lots of pronounced woody notes. 4.2

Bottle. Very tart aroma. Cloudy orange amber body, very little head. Flavor is aggressively sour and acidic, about as different from stereotypical "beer" as possible. Refreshing and tasty.

12.7 oz bottle pours a clear yellow gold, apple juice anyone? Big, yet quickly diminishing white head. Aromas of barnyard, dust, cobwebs, all around funk, with some acidity. Flavors are sour and acidic, with some citrus and a nice dry finish

Bottle pour to flute glass. Classic Gueuze. Golden body. Hazy. Smells sour, citrus, champagne-like. WOO! How tart! Interesting. I need another bottle because I had this one on new years and wasn’t able to taste again until it had been open 48 hours. So, it was probably a little flat, plus the cork disintegrated into the bottle...

Bottle. Courtesy of hallinghansen. Hazy golden body with a thick creamy head. Citrus, dust, madicine and sour dry notes in aroma. Soft carbonation. Fresh sour citric notes in flavour with some grapefruit. Great.

2006 bottle. Pours opaque golden blonde. Crisp white head and minimal lacing. Aroma is big on dry sour notes. Flavor is packed with woodsy oak and sour sweat. Very drinkable and immensely enjoyable. Heavenly.