poolboy (66), Lafayette, Indiana, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 30, 2008 Sour. Flowery. A little sour. A good but not outstanding Lambic. Pours golden with a very white head. Acidic.
 beerbill (1979), Laurel, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 30, 2008 2004 Vintage. 750 ml bottle. Pours a very hazy antique gold with a thin linen white head that completely disbursed after the first sip and left scant lace. The aroma is very bright and funky with some lemon notes. I was able to pick up the aroma well before moving the glass up to my nose. The flavor was funky as well, but had less of the lemon than the aroma and was accompanied by a musky flavor I wasn’t all that crazy about. Lingering tartness at the swallow. Lambic is a style I admit that I am still working on understanding and appreciating. More sampling and reading...
DrHomolka (731), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 28, 2008 750ml with no date. Pours with a surprisingly dense eggshell white head that has good retention for the style. A beautiful sunshine orange color that glows is underneath. Funkiness detectable as soon as the cork comes out. Aroma shows intense floral notes, esters, fruity, earthy and peppery with some strong brettanamyces notes. This almost seems like a Bretted Saison, it’s certainly unique for a Cantillon brew. Lemon, urinal, and earthiness of normal Lambic nature are also evident. Slightly soapy as well. The beer is smooth, slick on the mouth, lowly carbonated and surprisingly subtle in the acid and sour department. This is sessionable. I would like this to be a bit more sour. I had another beer recently that this reminds me of but I can’t pinpoint it. This is good but the flavor is a little one dimensional and uninspiring.
AskForJenny (656), Ontario, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 19, 2008 0.75l - Fleeting cream colored head over orange liquid. Wild, acidic nose. Spicy palate, hoppy finish. Really bizarre.
santos999 (318), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 2/5 | 19/20 |
Nov 18, 2008 Pours a cloudy bright orange with a little off-white head. Incredibly musty aroma with hints of lemons, oranges, and acid. The taste is damn near abrasively acidic with a huge dry finish. Lemons in the mouth for sure, but also lots of must and oak. The wild yeast character is very big. My only complaint is the slightly watery palate. Aside from that, this is yet again another classic from Cantillon.
davidpl (435), Santiago, Chile
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 2, 2008 Bottle from La Cave à Bulles - Paris.
Appearance: dark golden to amber. Medium to big head, white color, some rocky and lasting.
Aroma: complex lactic and citric smells, a lot of aromatic reminiscences like quince, green grapes, green apples, flowers of lemon, honey with lemon, cedar and chardonnay wine. Pale malts touch.
Flavor: sour start, lactic notes like natural-yogurt, a lot of citric-fruitiness similar to lemon, quince, grapefruits and green apples. Intensive wild yeasty, ’’older’’ notes and bicarbonate hints. Also, the wood and the flowers. The slight dry-hoppiness (but lasting) and the sourness give reminiscences of peel of citric fruits.
Palate: medium body and low carbonation.
Remark: I’ve had a great experience with this beer. A complex and intensive beer with own-character and multidimensional sourness. Lovely beer
durhambeer (1233), Durham, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Oct 21, 2008 Updated: Oct 29, 2008Bottle, not sure what vintage, but I’d guess at least 3-4 years in the bottle. Golden orange pour; hazy and getting to cloudy as we kept pouring from the bottle. Surprisingly large bubbly white head. This beer was amazing, and every sniff yielded new aromas. Through the course of splitting a bottle, we started with soapy and bitter lemon notes, hitting next on old wood and dirty strawberries, a bitter hop presence. Next notes of gun leather and then cherries, with pits and skins included. Also big floral (lilies) and vinous qualities. There were times when I closed my eyes and could have thought I was drinking certain floral Italian red wines (Nero D’Avola, maybe? Barbera d’Asti or Alba?). In short, an amazing beer. Shared with gueuze_is_god.
AtlAggie (139), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 19, 2008 2004 vintage from Bier Circus in Brussels. A murky golden color, with a strong aroma of sour hops. Surprisingly balanced flavor considering the sour aroma, with the sour balanced by sweetness of fruit, particularly grapefruit. Very very drinkable, just a lovely lambic.
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