Brabantiæ (2018)
(Batch of Brabantiae)
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Special Out of Production|
Score
8.18
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In March of 2016, Cantillon announced the arrival of freshly emptied Port barrels at the brewery. A total of fifty barrels of 500 liters each will be filled for a future release of the second batch of Brabantiae.
Jean Van Roy stated that "twenty-five years ago, in 1991, my father, Jean-Pierre Van Roy released a special Gueuze in response to a demand from the Province of Brabant. The "Brabantiae" was born. It was a Lambic matured in fresh Port barrels and refermented in bottles. To end this brewing season 2015/2016, we bought 50 Port barrels from 500 liters, freshly emptied. If everything goes as expected, after 2 years of maturation in these barrels and 1 year of secondary fermentation in the bottles, a new "Brabantiae" will be launched in 2019, 28 years after the first one !"
Jean Van Roy stated that "twenty-five years ago, in 1991, my father, Jean-Pierre Van Roy released a special Gueuze in response to a demand from the Province of Brabant. The "Brabantiae" was born. It was a Lambic matured in fresh Port barrels and refermented in bottles. To end this brewing season 2015/2016, we bought 50 Port barrels from 500 liters, freshly emptied. If everything goes as expected, after 2 years of maturation in these barrels and 1 year of secondary fermentation in the bottles, a new "Brabantiae" will be launched in 2019, 28 years after the first one !"
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
750ml. bottle shared @Himmeriget, Copenhagen (Denmark). 11/05/2022 [#4.835 Global - #156 Belgium - #14 Cantillon] Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma: oak, white wine tannins and funk barnyard. Taste: lemon, lot of yeasty funk and white wine barrels. So smooth and balanced that it hurts. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2022
at 09:41
8/10
0,75 litre Bottle, shared at Himmeriget. Golden with white head. Smooth, Fruity, Smooth, well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2022
at 20:43
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
75cl bottle (bottled 19 November 2018, 6%) from the brewery. F: medium, white, almost good retention. C: deep gold, hazy with orange hue. A: light sour fruity, woody, funky, bit peach, green plums, gooseberries, Porto wine touch, lemon. T: sour fruity, old lemon, woody, funky, gooseberries touch, bit Porto wine, nice tartness, grapes, medium carbonation, very nice balanced as I expected with Porto wine twist.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2022
at 19:25
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
750ml bottle thanks to toby. Pours out golden topped with a white fizzy head. Nose is great lots of funk barrel port notes. Taste is more of the nice funky complex notes port barrel wood dust some zest. I have wanted to try this for a long time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2021
at 04:13
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
750ml bottle at share. Pours out a cloudy, peach colored body with a light, airt head. Aroma is yeasty, funky, light citrusy/lemon notes. Taste is sour up front, citrus peel, lemons and yeasty funk, floral, fruity. Dries out towards the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2021
at 21:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Beau in London tasting, last group tasting for 7 months - who knew, big thanks to Dave 11/03/20. Lightly hazed orange with an off white cap that veers edgeward. Nose is funk, lemon tinged straw, damp alleyway, grass, barnyard tones. Taste comprises lemon rind, damp hay, funk, farmyard bite, light dried red berries, mellow barrel, acidic bite. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close with an acidic tickle. Decent but not best in show.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2021
at 13:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Vintage bottle @ Ma Che. Thanks Manuelle. 1979 bottle. Pours clear golden with bubbles on top. Deep and vinous. Port and wood. Dry, funky and tart. It was a delicious vintage bottle consumed in June 2010. Shared with Theis, Chistian, Kim Johansen and a few others.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2021
at 05:21
8/10
Sour, tart, dry. Sherry, dry oak, citrus, musty funk. Smooth, a little bit acidic. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2021
at 23:08
8/10
Hahaha a bit catty
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2021
at 12:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
750mL bottle, at SP LC Member party, 2025.
Not nearly as interesting as I remember the original batch being, but then, some ~30 years of difference will tend to do that. More apple and cherry than I prefer in my Cantillon, but still a very supple body like the original. Excellent lactic acidity with fruity Brett, maybe a bit more robust and acidic than many of their current offerings (though nothing like they used to be in the early 00's.
Not nearly as interesting as I remember the original batch being, but then, some ~30 years of difference will tend to do that. More apple and cherry than I prefer in my Cantillon, but still a very supple body like the original. Excellent lactic acidity with fruity Brett, maybe a bit more robust and acidic than many of their current offerings (though nothing like they used to be in the early 00's.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2021
at 17:24