Grand Cru Bruocsella Lambic Bio
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Unblended Regular|
Score
7.49
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When kept for a long time, its bouquet gets the fine flavour of roasted bread which, according to some, relates it to the white Burgundy "Chardonnay".
This aristocratic beer is to our national beer patrimony what Mouton-Rotschild, Petrus or Romanée-Conti are to the wines.
Just like these top quality wines, the Lambic Grand Cru Bruocsella is not drunk but savoured and it can be served with the finest dishes. Its subtle taste enhances the savour of stewed dishes, underlines discreetly the taste of fish and crustaceans and constitutes a strong support for the taste of fine meat. Combined with sauerkraut, it tastes to full advantage.
The taste of the Grand Cru Bruocsella Cantillon will change in course of time and the beer can be kept for years. We recommend our customers to savour this old Lambic in wine glasses (tasting glasses).
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Not super sour, a bit floral, non sparkling, unusual lambic, quite drinkable
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cloudy pale amber, minimal head of low retention. Pale malt, lemon, toasted notes, basement, vinegar, autumn leaves, leather, hay, grass. Bone dry. Pretty sour, light ending & aftertaste bitterness. Flat carbonation. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Gulbrun klar med noe flyktig hvitt skum. Lukter svovel og blomster. Middels fylde. Fruktig og sur. Smaker svovel, rabarbra og blomster. Lang.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle Saison 2016-2017. bottled 27 january 2020. Color: Slightly hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Fruity, bit vinuous, berries, tartness, funky. Taste: Farmyard funk, oak, tannins, fruity notes of citrus, berries, some bread, moderate tartness but also some vanille-like sweetness and a little bitterness. Dry-ish mouthfeel. Medium body. No carbonation. Nice complexity. Very nice.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Aus der Flasche (bottled 04.06.2025/bbe 04.06.2045) im 2025-08 getrunken. Dieses goldene Ale wirkt als non-sparkling Ale etwas "tot" im Glas. Die Aromen erinnert an ein fruchtigen Essig mit leichten Farmhousenote. Interessante Abfüllung, doch ich mag Ales lieber wenn sie durch Kohlensäure etwas mehr "Leben" haben.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Bottle 2021-2022. Nose is brie, floral, overwhelming brett, hits of soft fruit, very funky. The tart notes open as it breaths. Taste is wheat, leading to oak, slight vegetation, umami, very very dry, malt, white grape, body with the lightest lemon and green apple tartness in the finish. The mouthfeel is fuller than you might imagine, but I always find it being flat a bit disconcerting.
Superb beer and it changes as it breathes, becoming tarter I find.
Plat en weg..
Ystad Tasting (25/11/2023) - another 20 year old bottle thanks to Peter! Lingering tart sour fruity with intense orchard fruit, lovely oak wooden character, nice acidity and body, tangy tart fruity lingering close. Gorgeous.
EB: tart fruity with notes of apricot, tart green apple, funky and musty, wood accented tart lingering close.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
2014 cork date 750mL bottle shared by Willrunforbeer on 10/19/24. Not too sour! Woody, tea-like. Citrusy. Souch Chinese tea character. Soft, malty, wheat slick. Beyond complex. Lots of umami. The essence of Lambic. If you don't love this beer, you don't love lambic.