A real delight 😋

Tasted at Snallygaster 2025.

LCI. Kicking off a massive Cantillon sharing with this one. It is, as described, classic. Sharp funk, fruity notes, concentrated. Much better than the 2021 from a couple of weeks ago.

Bottle. My first in more than decade I was stunned to find. I hope this heralds more availability again. Nose is rich damp wheat, brett, funk, cherry pie, touch of green apple cutting through, a touch of caramel sweetness. Complex and balanced notes. As it breaths the funk and woody, leafy notes come out. There is so much depth.

Taste is brett, pastry leading to damp wheat, and a much more intense puckering sourness than in my memory. Bone dry sour vinious, vinegar finish. A second taste brings out green apple, cheese. It's so refreshing and complex, a phenomenally balanced beer.

It says drink within 20 years, I managed 1 day with it in the house. I've no idea how you can keep this in the cellar without wolfing it down. Absence may have made the heart go fonder, but it's stunning.