7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Thanks Alex. 2018. Pours hazy Golden with bubbles on top. Heavy brandy, Wood, tannic, vinous. Dry finish. Sesame for sure. Wet Wood and unfermented malt

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Probably picked up at a loon factory online sale. Might have been at the factory, 1per person job. Clear, orange gold. Slim ring of white. Nose has a big hit of cardboard, first off, which is a bit unsettling. Gets a bit woody and dry sherry like. Some dried peach stone. Taste is dry and pretty bitter. Some oaky sweetness. Mouthfeel is tart and dry. Medium body. Low carbonation. Finish picks up some acidity. Not keen, to be honest. That cardboard thing is not good.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange gold with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is strong funk, oak, earth, brandy, mineral, apple skin. Thin body, citrus, oak, funk, nice sweetness from the brandy, enjoyed this.

8.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Clear golden with no head. Aroma comes across quite vinegary up front developing into big woody notes, vanilla, brandy, vinous notes, wheat, light nutty notes and cellar funk. Flavour is light moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with very soft carbonation.

9.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

The fifth and, to date at least, most recent batch of this Cantillon specialty, containing lambic that was aged on brandy barrels. This latest version is made a bit differently from the earlier ones, which contained either cognac barrel aged lambic (first three batches, 2007 up until 2015) or armagnac barrel aged lambic (fourth batch, 2017): the wort was placed directly in brandy barrels to mature this time, creating a more outspoken brandy presence, which indeed remained quite subtle in the earlier batches. Noteworthy, too, is that this time Cantillon speaks of 'brandy' without specifying whether it was cognac, armagnac or another type of brandy: I assume it was neither cognac nor armagnac but indeed a more 'generic' form this time. Snow white, bubbly, irregularly mousy, lacing, opening head, hazy ochre-tinged apricot-golden robe. Powerful, distinct bouquet of peach kernels, grass silage, butter or even vague butterscotch, indeed some brandy clearly distinguishable (also in a kind of caramelly scent), minerals, ozone, dried grape skins, musty cellar, old wood, ripe pear. Estery-fruity onset, pear, green apple and white grape as well as sour whitecurrant, tart but not too sharply so, minerally carbonation, full and vinous, supple body; lactic sourness grows stronger and stronger with drying effect, deeply penetrating a smooth white-bready core, further dried by woody tannins and a more crisp, fruity, berry-like sourness, up until the brandy sets in, adding a vague grapey sweetness, nuttiness and caramelliness. Long, sour finish, citrus peel and sour berries playing along and going down in an elegantly, but thoroughly drying end phase. Indeed different from the other variants, in being more outspoken in the brandy department, with a kind of buttery-caramelly effect that I do not recall from the others. Absolutely stunning, a true Cantillon masterpiece - once again.

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Pours clear blonde. Small white head. Scent is woody, refined, clear cantillon funk, old oak. Taste is full, sharp, intense oak, citric, mildly acetic. Relatively dry' very refined. Lovely edition, best one so far.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

750 ml. bottle shared @ brewery. Brandy is massive in nose with alcohol warmth, sweetness & walnut. Taste is all weird lambiek-wise heavy sweet yoghurt, the barrel is great with walnut, almond, strong brandy, spice but too much with the sweet yoghurt lambiek profile. Not a fan maybe age will clear it up.

9

Magus, kuiv, pirn, puuviljane, puit, viinamarjane, natuke konjakit. Lõpp on väga kuiv ja natuke magus. Väga hea. --- Beer merged from original tick of 50°N-4°E (2018) on 14 Dec 2021 at 23:17. Original review text: Sama mis 3452474.