Brasserie Cantillon Crianza Helena

Crianza Helena

 

Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Gueuze Special Out of Production
Score
8.35
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 84
Cantillon Crianza Helena is a gueuze bottled in 2008. It is a blend of 40 month lambic from a new cognac barrel, 30 month lambic from a bordeaux barrel (for sweetness), and a 15 month young lambic. It is labeled as 5% ABV.

This gueuze was bottled on behalf of the owners of De Heeren van Liedekercke to mark the occasion of the birth of their daughter. Both 37,5cl and 75cl bottles were available for on-site consumption at the restaurant and 75cl bottles were also available for takeaway. Cantillon provided De Heeren van Liedekercke with unlabeled bottles; the label design and it's application was performed later.

Source : Lambic.info
 

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8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
At a tasting, many thanks DSG, smallish head, hazy light orange, aromas of dijon mustard, vinegar and vanila which might be from the barrels, flavours of sour apple, vinegar, black pepper and mustard seeds with hints of vanila and oakiness resembling Rioja wine barrels, short aftertaste. Subdued and extremely mellow.
Tried on 26 Jan 2010 at 05:27

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle. Good citric aroma, grapes and grapefruit. Nice dry earth aroma. Hazy orange colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is good and citric, a bit lemony. Nicely grapefruity, extremely clean. Actually very lemony, almost vinegary, but not quite. 8 3 8 3 18
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2010 at 13:59

9.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
750 ml capped and corked bottle. Shared by mreusch. Marked 23 oktober 2008 on bottle, blend per the description. Pour is a very slight haze golden orange with a one inch white head the fizzles out noisily. Nice upward stream of carbonation bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. Aroma of funk, lemon citric and wet - but clean earthiness. Really soft, complex and engaging nose. Taste is the citric tart funkiness, very alive, earthy, mineral with layers of flavors and complexity. There is an element of the oak wood are present, as well as a nice bright acetic vinegar character. Just so much going on in this beer, and so beautifully balanced. Finish is quite clean, snappy with brisk sourness. Palate is really alive with natural carbonation, tingly on the tongue and just incredibly satisfying. Certainly a World class beer. Matt, not sure what to say, sharing this with me was just unreal generosity.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2009 at 07:04

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle shared by the ever generous Jan and Charlotte (cheers you two) at Borefts Beer Festival, De Molen Brewery, Bodegraven, Netherlands 30-10-09 This pours light amber with a white rim for a head. Wonderful soft lemon, its like cooked preserved Moroccan lemons that I use in cooking from time to time, soft acidity, sourness is much blunter and therefore much more appealing to me than some of the Cantillon beers, its just bloody lovely nuff said really. A8 A4 F8 P5 Ov16 4.1
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2009 at 12:24

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle with Friends During weekend of De Molen festival ... Ok as we all know these are not my thing so HUGE thanks to Fonefan for still being ever so generous and letting me try this ... S its hazy yellow golden ... light fruity funky nose ... zezty sour tart lemon ... crisp. drinkable if i had to
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2009 at 09:12

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
I think this is the 3rd time I have had this, once shared by Phil at RBSG, then by MaxxDaddy at BCTC. Now this rating is particularly for a bottle shared by MatSciGuy and TytoAnderso. Thanks to everyone for letting me try this though. Aroma is dry, lightly rubbery with some cobwebs. Its not aggressive, just a mild but good gueze. Flavor is again mild rubber, and some mild barnyard. It is nicely dry but actually a thick finish. This is a very nice gueze but nothing that separates itself from the other fine guezes. I would like to see it with a few years on it.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2009 at 19:51

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle @ Heeren Van Liedekercke, Denderleeuw.Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a slightly sweetish malty tart barnyard aroma with some citrus hints. Very smooth fruity mild tart barnyard flavor with hints of citrus and grapefruit. Has a fruity tart citrus and grapefruit finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2009 at 04:55

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Kappldav123, thanks! Pinkish blonde color. Honey, grapefruit and hints of cognac in the aroma. Sour flavor with lemon, grapefruit, honey, oak, notes of brandy and pineapple. Relatively short aftertaste. Still a bit young, lacks some complexity, but a most pleasurable geuze.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2009 at 04:04

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cloudy golden with a rather large white lasting head. Aroma had brett, wood and lemons. Flavour had the lot. Horseblanket, wood, brett, lacto, lemons and leather. So smooth and refreshing. Finished sour. Nice stuff.
Tried on 01 Aug 2009 at 14:09

8.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle at De Heeren Van Liedekerke. Dated 23 Oct 2008. Served in a basket. Pours golden amber with a decent off-white head. Very mild sour/funk over pale stone fruit for aromas. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is moderate funk, with a little apricot, and some slight vinosity. Finishes smooth, mildly funky, barely sour and delicious. And Oaky. Definitely.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2009 at 13:54