Lambic d'Aunis
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
8.15
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In collaboration with Les Vins Contés. Brewed with the Pineau d'Aunis grape, but not dry hopped like the previous batches.
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9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
03/08/2018 - 75 cl bottle @Cantillon (my contribution to this year's international beer day. Nice red color, medium white head fading until a small head. Nose is first barnyard, a bit cheesy, than some fruits, wood and funk. Taste is very gentle red fruits, funk, sourness and hints of sweetness, wood, bit red wine, dry. Damn very nice. As the Vigneronne, also in this one, the sourness is gentle ( the lambic is less outspoken) and subtle which makes it "drinkable" for lesser sour lovers, than again they one pay the price for it (which they easily pay for champaign or wine. Don't know how to rate this because my preference goes to other Cantilllon beers but all in all it's a very very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2018
at 11:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 2017 version (thanks harri). Pours red. Aroma is sour, berries, funk. Flavor is sour, oak, tannins, red grapes, funk, dryness, berries. Finish is dry and bit watery. Overall: great, but would have loved bit more hops in the finish, at the moment the finish felt bit watery and boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2018
at 11:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle at Kump’s during the Pink session. Batch #2, bottle on 2017-11-13. Pours a bit hazy purple with a rose head. Aroma is very funky with grape juice notes. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2018
at 03:22
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
0,15l from tap at Arrogant Sour Festival. Reddish cloudy colour, small white head. Smells of grape must, citric, some horse blanket, some wood, grassy, bit citric, earthy. Lovely smell. Medium body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes earthy, grape notes, bit grassy, peppery, citric, wood. Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of grapes, earthy and citric notes. Very lovely one, very smooth to drink. Great beer! 9, 4, 9, 4, 17
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2018
at 09:29
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
0,15l from tap at Arrogant Sour Festival. Reddish cloudy colour, small white head. Smells of grape must, citric, some horse blanket, some wood, grassy, bit citric, earthy. Lovely smell. Medium body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes earthy, grape notes, bit grassy, peppery, citric, wood. Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of grapes, earthy and citric notes. Very lovely one, very smooth to drink. Great beer! 9, 4, 9, 4, 17
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2018
at 09:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Quintessence. Unclear red. Fruit stone, almond, funk, yoghurt. Medium, straight bitter and sour, almost offensive. Fruity, some grapes, but mostly stones still. Yoghurt, quark. Good, but not outstanding.
Tried
on 08 May 2018
at 17:13
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sample at Quintessence 2018. Ruby red with a brief pinkish head. Red grapes, citrus, redcurrant and cranberry. Red berry forward. Slight funk. Very clean.
Tried
on 04 May 2018
at 19:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(2017 on tap @ Moeder Fontainas/bottle @ Cantillon, May 1/18) Pours basically clear pale red with a small whitish head. Notes of bright zippy red grapes, tart red forest berries, grape skins, grass, light herbs, soft vinous acidity, a little lemony tartness, bit of dry earth, soft wooden tannins, lightly to moderately tart overall and pretty dry into the finish with lingering tannins. Light to medium bodied, a bit slick, with soft carbonation. Feels fairly young, soft and wine-like, lacking the punchy complexity and heft of the earlier bottling I had with pineau d'aunis. I think this will develop over time nicely but I'm also not convinced it will reach the heights of some earlier bottlings.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 May 2018
at 19:51
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled at Quintessence 2018. Hazy pinkish ruby pour with a pink head. Smells a lot like a berry yogurt. Taste notes include blackberry yogurt, berries, lactic acid, light funk, berry tartness. A bit difficult for me to identify the grapes, or maybe I have never had grapes like d'aunis. A very interesting fruited lambic.
Tried
on 03 May 2018
at 12:21