Sang Bleu
(has 8 batches)
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Special|
Score
8.07
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For the past two years, we've been making a fruited blend with Camerise in small quantities. Also known as haskap or blue honeysuckle, these berries are slightly sweet with a beautiful acidity.
The beer's color is a deep, deep red. It's powerful and very fruit-forward, but still maintains a nice, mellow balance between acidity and astringency.
We didn't have to look very far for a its new name... a blue fruit that makes a blood-red beer: Sang Bleu. Our friend Ammo has outdone himself once again, creating a superb new label to go with its new name.
Maceration of 2-year old lambic with blue honeysuckle.
The beer's color is a deep, deep red. It's powerful and very fruit-forward, but still maintains a nice, mellow balance between acidity and astringency.
We didn't have to look very far for a its new name... a blue fruit that makes a blood-red beer: Sang Bleu. Our friend Ammo has outdone himself once again, creating a superb new label to go with its new name.
Maceration of 2-year old lambic with blue honeysuckle.
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9.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 10
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
16.06.2023: Taster from 0,75l bottle at Carnivale Brett, Amsterdam. Deep red color, small pink head. smells berry notes, super jammy, subtle fruit joghurt, berry goodness. Wow. full body, soft carbonation. tastes intense berry notes, jammy, marzipan, fruit tannins. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of berry notes, jam and tannins. Super, super lovely. I just love this beer, another great vintage
9, 10, 9.5, 9, 9.5
16.06.2026: 0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 13 February 2023. Big gusher this one. Deep red color, big off white head. Smells funky, baby diaper, light berry notes, earthy, tobacco. Nice smell. Full body, pearly carbonation. Tastes berry notes, citric, earthy, tobacco, jammy. Finishes lightly dry and light to medium sour with berry notes, citrus and earthy notes. Not as juicy as fresh, still rather bubbly, surprised by the gushing, overall still need good one, feels like it is in an in-between phase
8, 7, 8.5, 8, 8.5
9, 10, 9.5, 9, 9.5
16.06.2026: 0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 13 February 2023. Big gusher this one. Deep red color, big off white head. Smells funky, baby diaper, light berry notes, earthy, tobacco. Nice smell. Full body, pearly carbonation. Tastes berry notes, citric, earthy, tobacco, jammy. Finishes lightly dry and light to medium sour with berry notes, citrus and earthy notes. Not as juicy as fresh, still rather bubbly, surprised by the gushing, overall still need good one, feels like it is in an in-between phase
8, 7, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2023
at 16:24
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,75l bottle at home. Vintage 2021. deep red color, small pink head. smells funky, earthy, berry notes, spices. lovely smell full body, pearly carbonation. tastes berry notes, funky, spices, tannins, leathery, juicy. finishes lightly dry and light to medium sour with notes of berry notes, spices and leathery notes. love this beer, not as juicy as some of the fresher ones I had, but lovely complexity, berrys come through more after it warms.
8, 9, 9, 8, 9
8, 9, 9, 8, 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2023
at 07:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 6%, bottled 19 January 2023. Color: Clear dark red, pink head. Aroma: Sweetish blueberry, subtle funky. Taste: Very fruity mix of flavors of blueberry and some blackberry and strawberry, hints of raspberry, subtle funky, some oak wood, minerals and hay. Light to moderate sweetness, light tartness. Some subtle bitterness at the finish. Dry-ish and vinuous mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2023
at 20:00