Bottle shared at Cantillon. Very slight hazy amber with off white head. Light sweet malts, caramel and soft rye notes. Green leaves, hay, light funk and herbs. Then there’s some white wine notes with white raisins, light peach and gooseberries. Light sweet, sour and bitter in almost equal amounts. Medium bodied with sparkly carbonation.

Bottle at Cantillon. Hazy orange/amber with a white head. Aroma and taste of funk, oak, grapes, some caramel, berries and some hay. A bit bitter and with a rather sweet finish. A solid one

From tap at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Hazy dark amber color with off white head. Sweet malty aroma, fruity, light yeasty. Sweet and light acidic taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.

Zwanze edition of 2013, for sale at Moeder Lambic Fontainas during this year’s Zwanze Day. Apparently a ’coupage’ of abbey tripel (hence the name) with 10% Cantillon lambic, further ’lambicized’ by wild refermentation. Sticky, off-white, thick and irregular head over a hazy orange amber coloured beer. Strong and surprisingly unusual, yet appealing aroma of old sherry, wet hay, gooseberries, peach, fresh orange, wet leather, honey sweetness peeping through, medlar, yoghurt. Very estery onset, green plum, orange, redcurrant, sherry vinegar sourness forming a thin line of acidity from beginning to end but the overall profile is softly tart with sedated lactic acidity, albeit very refreshing; bready malts and wheaty ’soapiness’ make up the backbone, there is a certain citrus peel freshness to it, and in the end a deep, earthy echo of hops can be felt from underneath the tartness; lambic ’funkiness’ further dries the finish. One of the most unusual ’versnijbieren’ I had so far but certainly pleasing.

(750ml bottle @ the Cantillon brewery, July 28 2015) Pours lights hazed deep amber with a small white head lingering with lace. Aroma is stewed pears, dates, candy sugar or Demerara, tart. On the palate, an unholy collision of sweet, sour acid and serious bitterness. Notes of citrus juice, especially grapefruit, underripe apricot, lactic, some grainy and caramel malts, finish is bitter and tannic with a lot of wood, grain and a bit of pith. Light to medium bodied with a higher than average carb. Well, it’s definitely odd! It’s not bad, though it’s not what you expect from Cantillon going in. If you suspend that it is a fairly interesting if not excellent beer on its own merits. Glad I tried it.

Darker than usual orange color. Funky and aroma hops. Caramel. Toast. Bitter. Sourness fits in well. A crazy beer, so complex. Doesn?t really give a bigger picture. I appreciate it, but it?s just too much...

Bottle @ Cantillon Brewery. Pours a hazyy golden with a white head. Aroma is sourness, malty, yeast, barn, dusty, wood, some citrusly like hops. Flavor is malty, suorness, caramel, wood, dust, barn, citrus, grapefruit. Medium body, soft carbonation, lasting light sour finish. 290714

From notes. Draft during the Zwanze Day 2013 event at ChurchKey. Pours a dark reddish brown with off-white head. Aromas of tart fruit, vinegar, funk, citrus. Tasting notes of tart fruit, sour notes, vinegar, some bitterness, grapefruit citrus. Medium body with a dry finish. Probably my least favorite Cantillon that I’ve had, the tripel/lambic thing didn’t really work for me.