Loerik (1996)
(Batch of Loerik)
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Special Out of Production|
Score
8.33
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Originial 1996 Bottling
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 10 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
1996 bottle generously opened by Will Shelton, 2/25/05. The cork all but disintegrated and we ended up having to punch much of it down in to the beer, but it broke cleanly and there were no cork pieces left floating.
To be honest, I found this to be pretty on par with what I would expect from an aged bottle of Cantillon Gueuze. Sourness toned down, with a lower amount of carbonation (though the Loerik, of course, had much less than I would have expected) and a mellow yeastiness with light acidity. Aroma is mild and lightly brett-like, with dusty, old yeast and mild horse blanket. Some lightly sweet malt is still apparent in the aroma as well. Flavor begins with light citrus and plenty of funky, lightly cheesy yeast. Departs from a younger Cantillon Gueuze with less bold, sharp tones, but it also had a distinct flavor that I could best describe as juicy apples and woodiness. It was highly pleasant and brought forth visions of an ancient apple orchard. Finish dosent quit or water down, and there is a delicious, lip-smacking malt and woodiness with that wonderful aged, mellow yeastiness. Appearance wise, it was a lightly rusty orange-golden, with a small white head that rapidly recedes to a small ring of bubbles and then nothing.
rouhlas (5047) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
750 ml bottle shared at the original Chez Moeder Lambic’s cellar (A Day To Sink All Sea Shepherds tasting). Hazy orange color with off white head. Malty and yeasty aroma, toasted bread, funky barnyard notes, grass, citrusy fruity, stone fruits, wood. Light sweet and moderate acidic taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
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Kermis (23416) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at A Day To Sink All Sea Shepherds tasting. Very hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma of deep dank cellar funk, basement, cobwebs, light mushroom, citric notes, mineral and slight mint notes. Flavour is light moderate sour. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation. So soft, refined and easy drinking. A great experience to be able to try this beer.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
@ A day to sink all seasheppards, Thnx for sharing !!! Pours unclear blonde, very small ring of white foam. Smell is super intense on funk and oak. taste is intense, funk, oak, brett. Typical cantillon, in all the foog ways. Funky grainyness, but in a super-complex balance. Good MF . Has gotten soft carbo at this time. Very nice !
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 9
Considering Cantillon’s quality, it would be a shame to throw away geuze bottles that show a fermentation going to slowly, so those bottles were cleverly marketed as ’Loerik’, meaning something like ’lazybones’. A geuze Cantillon "in development", so to speak. Due to the slower than expected refermentation, this one stays softer and ’flatter’ than the fully developed geuze Cantillon, but otherwise the main character is the same. Great, in other words. Which probably partially explains why this has become something of a ’white whale’ now that it is no longer produced, I suppose.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
ygtbsm84 has been talking about this one for years, so I just had to seek it out. It was worth the effort. Cloudy golden color, plenty of carbonation. Aroma of cobwebs, dust, pepper, summer fruit. Taste was dry and powdery, dried grapefruit, dried peach, pepper. Great stuff.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 17 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10
Bottle 750ml. [ As Cantillon Loerik ].[ My Rating #5000 ]Bottled in 1998. [ Courtesy of Hildigöltur (Jacob)]. Unclear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy almost creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy hoppy, grapefruit, citrus tart, moderate to light heavy yeasty, barnyard, sour, tart, woody. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, acidic and bitter with a long duration, and a dry dry finish. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat to soft. Wow, what a beer ! ;o)) [20080905] 8-5-9-4-19 Bottle 750ml. shared at [ A Day To Sink All Sea Shepards tasting. ], Brussels, Belgium. [ As Cantillon Loerik ].Murky medium orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair - virtualy none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate bread, sweet cookie, barnyard, leather, brett, minerals, cellar funk, citric notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, manure, minerals, light tart, light citric. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. Still very impressive and refined but not as good at i remember for previous bottles. [20160917] 8-3-9-5-18
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
I too never thought I would get a chance to try this, thanks for sharing. Poured yellow with a small head. Aroma is the signature acidic and sour Cantillon, no way could I tell this was almost 10 years old. Taste is nicely subdued for a Cantillon while still sour and acidic. A nice fruitiness has emerged and a nice herbal aspect to round it off. Sooo good.
caesar (10848) reviewed Loerik (1996) from Brasserie Cantillon 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
I can almost copy the rating of mesandsim actually. I met Jacob already the week before in Olbaren and we shared some nice bottles over there. But I wasn’t introduced to his private beer cellar yet. It seems that this ’bogan’ (why a bogan? although he wears metal bands- or (bad) beer t-shirts, he IS (trying to get) educated :P) has still got like 30 bottles of the retired Belle Vue Selection Lambic in his cellar. Anyways, he was happy to share some more beers in Plan B. And ofcourse I don’t want to be impolite turning such offers down ;). Hazy orange color, short head. Aroma of tart gueuze, horseblanket, oak wood. Sour tart taste, bit sweet, oak wood again. Good gueuze! Satan bless these friendly Danes!