Cantillon Lou Pepe Pure Kriek

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Bottle I picked up at the Cantillon brewery, drunk at the RB London & JoeT Gathering. Pours a gorgeous colour - red and higly carbonated, cloudy with a little head that dissapates fast. Aroma is wonderfully woody and sour fruit with traces of the cork. Flavour is dry and very much cherry like and fairly sharp. It being a young example has seemingly not yet fermeted out completely and retains some residual sweetness that keeps it very drinkable. Unfortunately like every other Cantillon it may be traditional but it’s not the best example.

Bottled at The London/Joet Gathering Chez Chris_O. A bright purply, red coloured lambic with medium carbonation and no head. The aroma is on the sour side with cherries and a little bit of smoke. The taste is raspingly sour. There are good cherry fruit flavours. Very throat-smacking.

The Kilburn Gathering. 2002 bottle. Raspberry deep appearance. Woody aroma - some baby vomit and a pinch of prickly clean sourness. Head shakingly dry. Lingering cotton wool. Too dry for my palate.

What a nice surprise! Lovely red color with a pink head that quickly fades. Pleasent cherry aroma. Very enjoyable tart sour cherry pie flavor. I mst have more!

2001 Bottle. Red with pink tints and a head that soon disappears. Aromas are musty and sour cherries with wood and spices. Flavours are musty, woody and sour cherries with floral notes. There is some sweetness but not much, this is about acidicy but there are fruity notes. Tastes of the barnyard - wheat, mustiness and other agricultural detritus. That yeast really is magic.

2001 bottle purchased @ Premier. The more cantillon I have the more I fall in love with the brewery. Pale pinky red colour with a minimal white head. Great aroma and taset of wonderful sour cherries. A little bit of lambic funkiness to go along with it. I think I am converted completely to the sourness.

2001 Bottle. Opaque pinkish red color with thin pink head with pretty lacing. Sour cherry wheaty aroma. Strong sour cherry flavor. I don’t like sweet lambics, but this old style pure lambic is pretty damn good. It’s hard for me to rate it against other beers, but it’s a tasty drink so I have to rate it pretty high. However, I have to drop down the overall rating a bit because it’s so damn expensive. Granted I didn’t pay for it, but it cost my buddy $30.

cloudy pink color, pinkish off white head that goes quickly. nose is leather, sour, slight cherry. yeasty. flavor is sour, mostly dry, less cherry flavor. Big up to HopDog for cracking this late in a tasting.