Amazing how much fresher this is. Everything the 2012 is, but fresher.

Decaying everything! Wonderful. Left.

[2012 Vintage] On tap at Moeder Lambic Fonteinas for the Olambic Games. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Musty old barrels and some funk on the nose. Flavour has huge dry barrel character, lots of herbal grassy bitterness. Very nice.

Floral, touch of apple funk. Elegant classic

Ook nog steeds prima

Ahhh, cuvée des champignons at long last! ;)

The boring (but ever so important) details: 2004 750mL bottle, consumed 3/31/05 at room temperature in a Lindemans Lambic flute.

I should just say "Five" for appearance and not waste any more time. What more could you ask? Beautiful, immediately noticeable, burnished copper shine to a body that runs the spectrum from orange to yellow. Hazy, without being muddy. Rapidly moving, miniscule bubbles rise incessantly. Large amount of white (with a slight yellow sheen to it) head is lasting and leaves the glass permanently laced (meaning until I wash it out; that’s some low filtration!).
The nose comes alive from the minute the cork is pulled, with playful yellow fruits (pears, nectarines, apricots), soft and restrained, aged hops, vibrantly funky yeast and light pepper atop green apples. Light woody/oak nuances are distinctive, but never overdone. I’m not smelling any eggy farts, though of course there is sulphur. . . .

Hardly being able to wait, I drink greedily and my mouth is alive with a very much lively, engaging, chatterbox of a lambic. Soft fruit flavors, plenty of farmhouse character. Lipsmacking brett adds the tartness, with plenty of lactobacillius to balance, adding a sour, cheesy note to the flavor. Ripe cheese, musty wood, moderate acidity (by Cantillon standards), with light orange zest, some white pepper, tea leaves/herbalness and a very dry/sour finish.
Body and mouthfeel are so stunningly executed, you don’t really even think about them, you just drink and enjoy the flavors and feel refreshed at having done so. Soft, easygoing, natural carbonation adds just the right amount of texture, while a rich, but yet not-too-full body provides a perfect serving vessel for these plentiful flavors.
As I drink more and finish the bottle, all too quickly, I have a long-lingering flavor of rustic cheese mixed with light green apple tartness, on my palate. Quite delightful. This stuff has aged so well and with such care. There is a bit of a lapse of flavor, upon first sip, as Schropfy notes, but the palate quickly gets used to it, and the beer is rendered that much more refreshing.

Outstanding funk! Love the aroma! So much old funk barn!! Citrus, lemon, FUNK!!! Love it!! The flavor is just more great funk, but the sourness is quite tame compared to many other cantillons ive had. Its still awesome though!

Bottle as "Cuvée de Saint-Guilloise" at Cantillon, Brussel. Aroma of sour fruits, peach, gooseberry, oak, some apricot, funk, some hoppy notes. Flavour is medium to heavy sour with a hint of hoppy bitterness in the dry finish. Body is medium, pleasantly carbonated. Excellent balance and high drinkability. Lovely complex fruity Lambic.

Floral, sour and dry