Cantillon Tyrnilambic Baie dArgousier

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

My 1000th Belgian rating. Bottled. An unclear orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is acidic and tart with notes of grapefruit and berries. The flavor is acidic and tart with notes of grapefruit, lactic acid, and sour berries. Nice acidity. Thanks Patrick

[Bottled, thanks oh6gdx!] Cloudy pale yellow, rich airy head. Distinct citric Cantillon aroma with some perfumy soap added. Expectedly dry and vinegary with lively mouthfeel. I have not tasted these berries, but the berry character in this lambic is less evident than the one in Soleil de Minuit. It does however have an additional light fruitiness and a light bitterness.

Bottle, Vintage 2001 @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Hazy with small particles, light yellow color with virtually none head. Aroma is fruity vinegar, sour, refreshing. Flavor is moderate acidic, sour with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watey, carbonation is flat. ;o))

Bottled. Yellow a bit hazy colour, white big foamy head. Sea buckthornberry and hops + a bit of malt in aroma. Authentic Sea buckthorn flavour. I usually pick some 10+ litres of these berries every year, which kind of hurts on the hands .)

At One Pint Pub, Helsinki; vintage 2003, 4 years old
Hazy blond color; no head, but a thin foamy collar. Strong aroma, where the Lambic mixes with the persistent aroma of a French creamy cheese. The mouthfeel has probably been softened by the age; there is some round malt flavor, with strong citrusy character (mix of lemon and pink grapefruit), without being extremely sour (for a Cantillon, of course). The final as well is quite round, with a crescendo of astringency. An easy Cantillon; deep and pleasant, as usual.

37,5 @ One Pint Pub, Helsinki. Slightly cloudy golden with a medium white head. Aroma was quite sour with barnyard, leather, lemons and those sour tyrnil berries. Flavour was very sour with tyrnil berries, wood, leather, barnyard and lemons. Finished kick assed sour. Lovely. Thanks Patrick!

Vintage 2002, bottled 37,5 cl
Hazy orangy yellow, small head. Strong acidy and sour nose: earthy (cork) with barnyard aroma. As to expect: dry. Very carbonated, acidy sour flavor. Fruity, earthy notes are in the background, not much buckthornberry. Fruityness makes this almost enjoyably refreshing. Otherwise quite "ordinary" Cantillon. (7/3/7/3/13 3.3)
Re-rated, made from vintage 2003 lambik, bottled in 2005
Hazy golden, decent head. Sour Cantillon nose. Very sour, much drier than Cantillon Groseille à maquereau sampled just before this. Sea buckthorn is dominating the flavor quite nicely. (7/3/8/4/15 3.7)

A Mes rate: 37.5cl bottle at Chris O’s Shindig. I had the option of trading this with Pat but I said he should just bring it along to Chris’s do and open it there. How I was kicking myself when I tasted it. Superb stuff. All the Cantillon character you would expect with an unusual hit of fruit from what I guess is the sea buckthorn. I have no idea what they are supposed to taste like by the way. Amazingly drinkable considering the trademark Cantillon sourness. Lovely orange notes and sharp puckery vitamin c. Wonderful stuff. Slightly mellower than a lot from Jean but I guess a lot of that would be down to the age this bottle being from the first batch made for One Pint. YUM.