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Cantillon Iris

Cantillon Iris

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A Lambic - Unblended brewed by
Cantillon

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
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Commercial Description:
The Cantillon brewery is closely linked to Brussels, a city which has the iris as its symbol. As the name indicates, the "marsh iris" is a plant growing in humid areas. The historical center of Brussels is built on swamps where this flower used to grow abundantly.
In 1998, the Brussels Museum of the Gueuze celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Cantillon brewery decided to make a new spontaneous fermentation beer for this occasion, named after this symbolic flower.
It is a completely original beer which, contrary to the other products of the Brewery, is not brewed with 35% of wheat. The Iris, which is only made with malt of the pale ale type (giving a more amber colour to the beer) conserves the typical flavour of the spontaneous fermentation, the complex aromas and the vinous taste.
The hopping is different too. Lambic is made with 100% dried hops, for the Iris we use 50% of dried hops and 50% of fresh hops. The latter cause a superb acidity, the former, due to their tannins, enable to conserve the beer while preserving all its qualities.
After two years in the barrel, the Iris undergoes a second fresh hopping two weeks before the bottling. A linen bag, filled with hops, is soaked in the beer for two weeks. This technique, called "cold hopping", gives the beer a more intense savour and makes the smell and the taste more bitter.

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 Jonte (365), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20

Jun 14, 2008    Updated: Jun 15, 2008
On-tap at The Rover, Gothenburg. Golden/orange color with a white head. The aroma is sour/acidic with notes of wood, horse blanket, lemon, and light sweetness. The taste is very sour, funky and vinous with notes of sour lemon, vinegar, wood, sour apples and tartness. Dry finish. Nice and different, but nothing I could drink a lot of.

 Palidor19 (1253), Brandon, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/511/20
Aug 17, 2008  
heavily herbal and floral in the aroma, the taste is fizzy taste is tart but not overpowering sour. The herbal come through the taste, for those who are reluctant against Lambics


 nick76 (2023), Tampa, Florida, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/58/20
Aug 17, 2008  
The aroma is woody with cedar, herbs, wild yeast, lactic bacteria, funky bathroom smells, and leaves. The appearance is cloudy red/tan with a nice head. The taste is like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall it’s not good.


 Gusgus (105), Tanumshede, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/105/514/20
Aug 14, 2008  
Bottle, 2005 vintage. Soapy and perfumy aroma, reminicent of a mens urinoir. Only then can you spot the hops. Sour and mouth-puckering palate. A bit one-dimensional. 3/4/6/4/11 - 2.8. Bottle, 2003 vintage Funky aroma of horseblanket and sulphuric acid. Very acidic taste with a hint of urin. Quite bitter aftertaste. Nice. 8/4/6/5/14 - 3.7.


 Soonah (483), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 12, 2008  
Pours a hazy orange color with darker brown swirling through. Lots of effervesence beneath an off-white head that had nice persistence. The aroma was tart, mild funk with the hops definitely coming through. The flavor was tart, mild funk, cedar, earth, floral hops, piney hops. Clean, dry mouthfeel and a razor sharp finish. Quite enjoyable.


 yobdoog (367), Woodridge, New York, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Aug 10, 2008  
2005 bottle. Aroma is of extremely dirty socks and funky molded moss and rotten wood. Taste has more sour than the rotten funky aroma but still not pleasant. Not what I was expecting and if this is not how it should taste I would like to try it again. Let me know.




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