Cantillon Loerik

Formerly brewed at Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Brussels, Belgium

Rerate, sampled on 4/6/06: Pours a slightly hazy golden bronze with a thin ring of white head. Semi-sweet, tart barnyardy and hay aroma has some cheesy funk to it. Starts with a touch of sweetness, turning more citric and tart toward a drier crisp finish. Nicely-balanced and lightly fruity body.

Sampled at the RBSG ‘05 bottle tasting courtesy of Goldorak: Pours a hazy dark golden with a thin white head. Aroma is dry, tart and barnyardy with some earthiness. Body starts with a faint hint of sweetness, turning more dry, tart, cheesy and puckering toward the finish. Somewhat balanced brew with lots of tartness and mild complexity, yet enjoyable and refreshing.

First rating @ RBSG Montreal, July 2005 (7 years old)
Golden murky color, extremely spicy nose, almost burning the eyes as I’m trying to sniff this one, like standing over a chopped onion. Full of lemon, ginger and farmhouse-esque burlap flavors, and also very smooth, even if it is acidic. Bitter but not a palate killer, buttery perhaps at times, but no that bad. A lot of lemon, grapefruit and strong peaches, oily and smooth texture. Another awesome Cantillon lambic.
9/5/8/4/16 = 4.2

Second rating, 750ml shared by kramer, July 2008 (10 year old bottle)
Nose is hugely dry and full of cobwebs, with a massive barnyard, acidic, funky, dry, parches note... downright amazing aroma, so well held togethor.... Flavor is syrupy, prickly and massively sour up front, but has some greeness and some freshness still after all of this time. Acidic for sure but still quite calm, and overall very complex and deep. The finish is amazingly prickly and long-lasting, coating the mouth with a wonderfully rich and full presence, and an abundance of dry, cobweb-covered horseblanket, amazingly dry. This was had at cellar temperature and it’s just amazing how the body holds tight so well, unlike some of the more recent American attempts at lambic or sour ale. Truly a gem.
10/5/8/4/17 = 4.4

Pour was honey orange colored with a smallish white head...aroma was super funky with dirty, mildew, sugar, lemons...taste was beautifully sour and quite delightful...

(750ml bottle) Sampled at the RBSG 2005 in Montreal. Cloudy, peppered and mildly carbonated, amber body. Nose of strong lemonpies, spice. Very sour in flavour with a dry and happy fondue. Lasting tart tongue. Very good.

RBSG 05 Pours a cloudy orange color with a ring of white lace. Amazing aroma of cheese, fruits, bubble gum, it’s very dusty too. Amazing, acid flavor with cheese, fruits and bubble gum with the usual attic repertoire of dust and cobwebs. Amazing, merci Martin !

(750ml bottle, 1998 vintage) Pours a lightly cloudy maize with a small white head. Mild tart citrus aroma. Clean, refreshing mildly tart flavor. Mildly acidic. Gritty towards the bottom of the bottle.

Pale yellow with a slender-but-lacing head, the aroma is vinuous leaning towards vinegary. The taste is tart and citrusy with a bit of old hay, barnyard funkiness. It’s got a long dry finish. Not bad.

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the aroma had a slight vinegar, very winey quaility. it poured a cloudy apricot with a slight head that stuck to the side of the glass. less sour than many lambics, with a hint of fruit in all the mustiness. it drinks slightly oily. not a delight, but not offensive.