 JCB (1777), Durham, North Carolina, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 30, 2008 Bottle shared at the Carolina Crew tasting by ucusty - thanks, David! Now this is my motherfucking kind of beer. Funk is its own reward. Big lustrous pour, a beer just waiting to be poured into a glass. Buoyant carbonation and a lovely aroma with wood, tartness, and flowers in abundance. Beautiful flavor, mellow but without sacrificing complexity, fruity but not at the expense of the wood or the tartness. Complex and drinkable at once, this is superb.
redlight (1487), Winter Park, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 30, 2008 2006 vintage. Apricots, star fruit, grassy, very vinous, peaches, kumquats, apple skins, funky, with hints of vanilla in the nose. Pours slightly cloudy, a light amber gold with a thin white head. Funky chardonnay grapes, light citrus, kumquats, star fruit, funky tartness, very horsey, a nice fruitiness, there are hints of oak, but mosty tart fruits hints of grapefruit, and lemon peel. Very refreshing with a great dryness.
Beerlando (2341), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 28, 2008 2005 bottle, aged over 3 years. Initially only lightly hazy, each careful pour of the 750ml bottle results in a slightly cloudier, orange-amber colored body. A small, foamy white head settles to a thin but lasting film, a soapy wash leaving scant lacing spots on the glass. The aroma is beautiful, showing deep and complex notes of dried apricots, Chardonnay grapes, fresh peaches, and tart citric acids. Heaps of fresh oak impart sour wood and vanilla components, while a surprisingly ample **for a lambic** dose of dusty, floral hops adds a lightly bitter kick. Of course, it would not be a Cantillon without some farmhouse funk on the nose, though it is not exceptionally prominent in this gem of a brew. Flavors are softly oaky and vanilla laden up front, transitioning quickly to tart and fruity, before finishing vinous and tannic. Apricots and white grapes are abounds within. Dry and parching on the palate, with a lightly tingly effervescence, there is a good deal of body to this one, perhaps a result of the wheat component. This one feels like a bigger beer than it is, which is an interesting departure from the typically light and refreshing Cantillon palate. Overall, this is a phenomenal brew, right up there with Cuvée des Champions, Saint Lamvinus, and Blåbær Lambik as the best that I have sampled from this incredible brewery to date.
blutt59 (2146), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 26, 2008 2006 bottling, pours is a cloudy golden yellow with a white head, good dry aroma of sour fruits, hay and an old trunk, flavor is strongly bitter with excellent lemony and earthy highlights, well done but too sour for my taste
djtimeless (175), Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 25, 2008 Pours out gold with small white foam. Smells of sour wody funk. Taste is sour and funky. With notes of wood and slight bitterness from the hops. Great lambic very drinkable, not as sour as most.
Ungstrup (15336), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 25, 2008 Bottled. A dark golden beer with a slight haze under a huge bubbly off-white head. The aroma is tart with notes of wood, horseblanket, and flowers. The flavor is tart with notes of wood, brettanomyces, horseblanket, flowers, and a bit of caramel, leading to a tart finish. Nice.
bobinlondon (842), Harrow, Greater London, England
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 23, 2008 Bottle at St. Albans beer festival. Hazy amber with short lived white head. Musty but appertising aroma. Typical Canyillon taste explosion of woody sourness. Some hops detectable in a tart finish. You cant go wrong with this brewery..
tarjei (1753), Bryne, Norway
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 18, 2008 37,5 cl bottle, bougth at Bierkoning in Amsterdam. Vintage 2005. Shared with Roger and Kjetil B. Amber color, white head. Aroma is lovely fruit an sourness, wood. Flavor is sour with a touch of wood, dried fruit. I like it a lot.
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