Blåbær Lambik
(has 20 batches)
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
8.16
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Cantillon Blåbær Lambik a lambic with bilberries added and produced for Ølbutikken in Copehagen, Denmark. It is produced in very limited quantities and is generally released sometime during the summer. It is released in both 37,5cl and 75cl bottles and is 5% ABV.
Blåbær Lambik was first released in 2005 and has been released every year since then except 2006, and 2008. Though the word blåbær translates in English to blueberry, the fruit used in this lambic is the European bilberry which is very similar to the American blueberry. The fruiting process for this lambic consists of putting fresh bilberries directly into the barrel with the lambic.
Source : Lambic.info
Blåbær Lambik was first released in 2005 and has been released every year since then except 2006, and 2008. Though the word blåbær translates in English to blueberry, the fruit used in this lambic is the European bilberry which is very similar to the American blueberry. The fruiting process for this lambic consists of putting fresh bilberries directly into the barrel with the lambic.
Source : Lambic.info
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9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bttle, completing all Top10 Fruit Lambics as of now. Deep ruby color with pinkish head. Aroma is leathery, blueberry skin, very Lambic. Taste is super Lambic, earthy, horseblanket, leathery, dry, lots of tannins. Oily mouthfeel with natural carbonation. Wow, I had not much expectations on this, but this is fantastic!
Tried
on 10 May 2018
at 06:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
2015 750mL bottle drunk 9/20/17.
A beautiful robe of violet-magenta shows good clarity in the light, leaving the plentiful sediment behind. Pink-tinged white head shows modest retention for the style, eventually fading to ring.
The nose is just filled with beautifully expressive fruit, side-by-side with tart bacteria/yeast creating wonderful layers of complexity. Sniffable to perpetuity, it's both tart, juicy, tannic and even somewhat vinous, yet never "sweet" or "sugary". Nor is it too sour, achieving a good mix of both fruit and bacteria acid while lively Brett adds band aid, light lime and other soft funk and mineral. No alcohol or flaw. Very high strength of aroma.
Similar fruit flavors abound, tickling the tongue as plentiful Brett and lacto add a lightly puckering character and both fruit and barrel tannin soften the blow (though it's never terribly sour), mostly just very tart. The fruit is well-integrated again and the carbonation quite engaging, but it's markedly thin, seemingly over-attenuated and phenomenally bone dry, to the point of fault. It's pretty rare that under-malting and/or thin, washed out texture is a thing I get from Cantillon (or 3F for that matter) so this was even more disappointing. Just didn't have enough malt depth/suppleness. Obviously I'm not expecting it to be sweet, thick and richly malty, but it was noticeably less than the standard and caused a lot of astringency to build up on the finish. Assuming this is just a bottle or batch variation and still enthused to drink more Blabaer.
A beautiful robe of violet-magenta shows good clarity in the light, leaving the plentiful sediment behind. Pink-tinged white head shows modest retention for the style, eventually fading to ring.
The nose is just filled with beautifully expressive fruit, side-by-side with tart bacteria/yeast creating wonderful layers of complexity. Sniffable to perpetuity, it's both tart, juicy, tannic and even somewhat vinous, yet never "sweet" or "sugary". Nor is it too sour, achieving a good mix of both fruit and bacteria acid while lively Brett adds band aid, light lime and other soft funk and mineral. No alcohol or flaw. Very high strength of aroma.
Similar fruit flavors abound, tickling the tongue as plentiful Brett and lacto add a lightly puckering character and both fruit and barrel tannin soften the blow (though it's never terribly sour), mostly just very tart. The fruit is well-integrated again and the carbonation quite engaging, but it's markedly thin, seemingly over-attenuated and phenomenally bone dry, to the point of fault. It's pretty rare that under-malting and/or thin, washed out texture is a thing I get from Cantillon (or 3F for that matter) so this was even more disappointing. Just didn't have enough malt depth/suppleness. Obviously I'm not expecting it to be sweet, thick and richly malty, but it was noticeably less than the standard and caused a lot of astringency to build up on the finish. Assuming this is just a bottle or batch variation and still enthused to drink more Blabaer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2018
at 23:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Deep blue amber color with a pink ish head. Good intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a mellow carbonation level. Balanced sweetness and a fine acidity. Dry ending. Lasting flavor with blueberries, wood, yeast and fruity notes. Nice tasty stuff.
Tried 2010, 2011 and 2017 version. All of them were a bit different. Also varied if you got some of the bottom sediments in the glass. Two different bottles were also different.
[Bottle at Himmeriget in Copenhagen, Denmark – Blueberry release 2017]
Tried 2010, 2011 and 2017 version. All of them were a bit different. Also varied if you got some of the bottom sediments in the glass. Two different bottles were also different.
[Bottle at Himmeriget in Copenhagen, Denmark – Blueberry release 2017]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2017
at 03:58
8/10
Surprisingly astringent. Still very tasty!
Tried
from Bottle
at
Himmeriget
on 11 May 2017
at 16:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,375l bottle at Himmeriget shared by me. Vintage 2015. bourdeaux like color, small pink head. smells cheesy, blueberries, grassy, funk, berry notes, green apples. very nice smell. Medium Body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of grass, funk, some berry notes, green apples, spices, peppery. finishes medium sour with notes of funk, grass and peppery notes. very nice one, could use a bit more fruit notes, but overall very nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Himmeriget
on 10 May 2017
at 15:37
8.8/10
[1/2] Kermis the cellar digger just levelled up! Thanks for sharing. A bottle labeled "16". Hazy dark purple with light pink head. Big sweet and sour berries, similar to (but apparently not the same as) bluberries, hay, grapes, grape most, big funk. ... | [2017-05-01 21:50:17] - Locatie: Mauritskade - Comment: [2/2] ... Grape stone bitter. Moderate sweet and sour and bitter. Over medium body, very very juicy, soft carbonation, lovely stuff. | [2020-02-21 16:12:06] - Locatie: Brasserie Cantillon Brouwerij (Cantillon - Brouwerij en Brussels Museum van de Geuze) - Score: 4.4 - Comment: 37.5cl Bottle shared with Maakun. No vintage on label. Dark purple with thin offwhite head. Massive blueberries, jammy, with some iron metallic notes, fruity, earthy, iron, grape, hint of raspberry. Medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2017
at 21:50