Cuvée Saint-Gilloise
(has 21 batches)
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Untraditional Regular|
Score
7.93
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Cantillon Cuvée Saint Gilloise is a two year old lambic that is dry-hopped and bottled with a small amount of sugar-liquor to begin refermentation in the bottle. The dry-hopping happens in a stainless steal tank prior to bottling. It is bottled yearly in 75cl bottles, but has been available in 37.5cl on at least one occasion in 2010 and on tap at various locations.
Cuvée Saint Gilloise is the successor to Cuvée des Champions and generally thought to be of the same line of lambics. The name and color scheme for the labeling is derived from the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels near Cantillon. In 2013, Cantillon made a special bottling of Saint Gilloise in both 1.5L and 3L bottles for people who owned or purchased season tickets for the 2013-2014 season.
Saint Gilloise is widely believed to be dry-hopped with Hallertau hops however Jean Van Roy confirmed that the hop varieties change based on availability and as they have sourced hops from different providers
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9/10
Quintessence-blues relief. Crazy good! Very soft and balanced. Easily manageable acidity and just a hint of stinky cheese character from the hops. I definitely need to buy and age more S-G.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2020
at 23:47
8/10
Tried
on 10 Apr 2020
at 19:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home for some lockdown cellar cleansing. Fairly hazy orange with a big off white head. There’s quite some life in it. Aroma has a nice dry cellar funk with mineral notes, lemon and some more barnyard funk behind. Flavour is moderate sour and bitter. Medium bodied with light lively carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2020
at 17:24
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
75cl bottle (2016) 4 year aged, after a 33 mile XC jaunt to Pontesford and back. Pours a generally clear golden orange, large white head that takes its time to settle. Vibrant nose with an excellent floral fruity representation, some woody gueuze glimpses. Taste sees this blossom further, the woody notes not taking too much prominence, allowing those floral fruity elements to shine. Rounded off with a good tangy bitterness. Lovely gueuze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2020
at 15:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is full, very hoppy, grassy, bit fruity ( citrus ) , very mild. Taste is sharp, bitter, grassy, hay, tart, earthy hops. Relatively fullbodied. Medium carbo.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2020
at 11:59
9/10
Fresh bottle. Like a Hallertau tea, courtesy of Jean
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 26 Nov 2019
at 15:31
9/10
Great!... Good Cantillon needs age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2019
at 21:42