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Open the door of the 56 rue Gheude.
Cantillon ? That’s the time machine. You’ll leave the modern civilization, goodbye to the noise, goodbye to the world.

"But where are we ?", you will ask yourself.
Well, you are in a family brewery where Lambic, Gueuze, Faro and Kriek are made and where nothing has changed since 1900 when it was founded. The Van Roy-Cantillon family welcomes you and invites you to discover a fabulous world. Beers, tools and brewing process are still the same as in the beginning.

Red copper containers, barrels, some of them more than 100 years old, and walls of bottles constitute the scenery for your visit.

Maybe you’ll be lucky to see the brewing or the bottling, maybe you ’ll see how barrels are cleaned or how fruit beers are made in summer. Maybe you’ll be lucky to see the brewing or the bottling, maybe you ’ll see how barrels are cleaned or how fruit beers are made in summer.
Anyway, you’ll be able to taste a real traditional Gueuze-Lambic and if you would like to know more about the Kriek or the Framboise, just ask the brewer.
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8.3/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
2002 Draught at Moan and Dove on 8/19/2005 with Eyedrinkale and Dan Shelton. Pours a vibrant, opaque, strawberry-pinkish red, with a bit of a ruddy-orange glow to it on the edges. Head is thin and filmy and pinkish-cream colored, but well-retained and provides ample lacing. Aroma is lemon juice, lemon rinds, oranges, very yogurty/lactobacillius notes, quite sour, with some sweet cherry pulp, a touch of very dry cask wood. Thoroughly pungent and quite lovely. Flavor begins with a woody dryness coupled with the signature lacto/pedio mix of Cantillon. Eminently drinkable right off the bat, I waste no time in downing a glass and have to go for a second to finish my thoughts. . . and then a third later. Anyways, the cherries were not as tart and were, perhaps, a bit too apparent for my liking. Adding to my displeasure, somewhat, was a note of what I would best describe as "coconut liqueur". I couldnt shake this taste from all three samples. It had a syrupy, fruity, yet dryish/sour flavor to it that I havent found in any other Cantillon beer. Could this be the syrup addition? Maybe. The flavor ends with plentiful cherry juice notes, more lemon and lacto notes and large dose of tartness lingering. Mouthfeel was spot-on, as always, from this brewery. Tiny bubbles, providing a wash of flavors over the palate and just tingly and perfect on the tongue.
I don’t really like that much fruit in my lambics, so I’m not entirely surprised that I wasn’t floored by this, but none the less, it’s damned good and fantastically drinkable. Not to mention, I’m sure I will enjoy an aged sample from the bottle significantly more. That is, if I ever let myself open one.
2009 sticker, drunk 12/1/17.
Tried from Draft at Moan and Dove on 24 Aug 2005 at 22:15

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Red currant red. Pink, lively head. Lambic-ish barnyard aroma with a touch of brie cheese. The flavour brings grape skin and red currants. Tasty.
Tried on 21 Aug 2005 at 11:29

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle 75 cl) Reddish, unclear - no head. Looks almost like a red wine - if it wasn’t for the cloudiness. Extremely sour nose - just to get close to the fluid is quite an achievement because of the sharp, vinegary aroma. Surprisingly soft considering the acidity. Sour flavour, yes - but not overwhelmingly so. Very interesting. 120805
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2005 at 07:50

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle 75 cl) Unclear, pale golden - no head. Usual sharp Cantillon nose. Flavours are even more sophisticated and refined than we’re used to from Cantillon. Fruity, almost honeyish notes - I believe I can taste the noble grapes. Truly an experience. 120805
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2005 at 07:09

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, at Plan B, Copenhagen. Cloudy golden colour. Funky and sour aroma and flavour, feels quite strong. Some hops too (more than in other gueuzes, anyway).
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2005 at 14:43

8.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle, at Den Tatoverede Enke, Copenhagen. Incredibly intense farmhouse aroma combined with an equally intense sour fruitiness. Intensely sour gueuze flavour, lemony as hell. Funky and lemony aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2005 at 13:28

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, vintage 2002, RBESG 2005 Grand Tasting. Golden to amber colour, no head. Overwhelming barnyard aroma, hints of lemons too. Sour flavour with lemony notes.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2005 at 16:54

8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Corked and capped "champagne" bottle, vintage 2002, RBESG 2005 Grand Tasting. Hazy red colour. Sour cherries and horseblanket aroma. Flavour is sour, oh so sour - very sour cherries dominate, but there are lemon and grapefruit notes too. Spritzy. Sour aftertaste. Moreish indeed - one of the few beers at the tasting I found hard to leave for the next sample.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2005 at 16:36

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, RBESG 2005, Grand Tasting. Cloudy reddish colour with brownish tones. Intense barnyard and "fruits of the forest" aroma. Intensely sour flavour, lemons with notes of raspberries and blackcurrants. Overpowering and delightful at the same time.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2005 at 18:04

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle 75 cl) Hazy golden, almost no head. Sourish nose. Typical sour Cantillon character, but even so it comes with a surprisingly softness. I cannot really detect the Bourgogne-notes. 120805 & 031205
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2005 at 10:28