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Brabantiae
Brasserie Cantillon
- From:
- Brasserie Cantillon
- Belgium
- Style:
- Gueuze
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.27 | pDev: 9.84%
- Reviews:
- 46
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 30, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 11, 2011
- Wants:
- 127
- Gots:
- 21
Brabantiae is a gueuze that was finished in Port wine barrels.
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Ratings by alfrantzell:
Reviewed by alfrantzell from California
3.36/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.36/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to Mike and Jeroen for this dusty delectation.
Old lambic is a time capsule. From this particular cache I can infer the following:
1) In the olden days, beer was stored in port barrels. This was due to a wood shortage or poor reading comprehension. Regardless of what the liquid looked like prior to embarrelment, it's now copper-colored and cloudy.
2) Breweries shared quarters with livestock. Or else they offered internships to farmhands. It explains the smell. 21 years of encapsulation and the beer still reeks of oak stables.
3) Yellow woodsorrel and apple trees once infested Brussels. This lambic tastes like sour grass and old cider. Something -- probably port leached from the -bals -- insulates my throat from all the acid.
4) Belgians were unconcerned with hygiene. When my glass was drained, solids became visible. Historical dandruff?
Mmm.. artifacts.
Aug 14, 2011Old lambic is a time capsule. From this particular cache I can infer the following:
1) In the olden days, beer was stored in port barrels. This was due to a wood shortage or poor reading comprehension. Regardless of what the liquid looked like prior to embarrelment, it's now copper-colored and cloudy.
2) Breweries shared quarters with livestock. Or else they offered internships to farmhands. It explains the smell. 21 years of encapsulation and the beer still reeks of oak stables.
3) Yellow woodsorrel and apple trees once infested Brussels. This lambic tastes like sour grass and old cider. Something -- probably port leached from the -bals -- insulates my throat from all the acid.
4) Belgians were unconcerned with hygiene. When my glass was drained, solids became visible. Historical dandruff?
Mmm.. artifacts.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
4.49/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.49/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2018 vintage, bottled on 25th November 2018. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very nice clear golden orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention, and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Apple skin, funk, dusty, musty, sweet grapes, plum, oak, lemon zest.
Taste: Lightly sour, sweet grapes, raisins, port barrel, oak, funky, dusty, lime, lemon zest.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable flavours with good barrel and funk complexity.
Jan 30, 2024Appearance: A very nice clear golden orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention, and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Apple skin, funk, dusty, musty, sweet grapes, plum, oak, lemon zest.
Taste: Lightly sour, sweet grapes, raisins, port barrel, oak, funky, dusty, lime, lemon zest.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable flavours with good barrel and funk complexity.
Reviewed by 5toutman75 from Illinois
4.45/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled 11/19/18
Consumed 1/13/23
Can I say that I am surprised that I love a lower abv beer as much as this? Usually I prefer a higher abv as they have more oomph. This is so wonderfully complex and soft and pillowy that would be impossible at a higher abv. I don't get much on the nose though, so that's a negative. I can smell a bit of funk and bitterness, but not a lot. On the pallet I love the soft smooth feel. There's some bitterness but it's not too tart. There's a bit of funk, but not overly so. I will drink this entire bottle so quickly tonight.
Jan 15, 2023Consumed 1/13/23
Can I say that I am surprised that I love a lower abv beer as much as this? Usually I prefer a higher abv as they have more oomph. This is so wonderfully complex and soft and pillowy that would be impossible at a higher abv. I don't get much on the nose though, so that's a negative. I can smell a bit of funk and bitterness, but not a lot. On the pallet I love the soft smooth feel. There's some bitterness but it's not too tart. There's a bit of funk, but not overly so. I will drink this entire bottle so quickly tonight.
Reviewed by joaopmgoncalves from Portugal
4.53/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Brought from my home cellar to share it with my best-beer-friend Mario, after an Other Half can. This bottle was cellared for 4 years after being bottled on 2018.
Poured into a BrewDog snifter.
A: Body is light yellow with not that much solids as expected. Head is white but fades quickly.
S: The aroma is very mellowy and soft due to the port wine barrels. It brings you memories of molasses, honey, yellow sugar, lighter fruits jams. The funkiness, though present, is way too faded.
T: The taste is very interesting as the sharp edges of a Geuze are now a lot rounder due to the residual sugars that a port wine barrel aging inputs to a beer.
M: Body-wise, it's light - not as light as a regular Gueuze for that matter but it's still very drinkable, soft but with a light acidity kick.
O: Would love to have this once again in the future. Not sure how am I going to do that.
Apr 11, 2022Poured into a BrewDog snifter.
A: Body is light yellow with not that much solids as expected. Head is white but fades quickly.
S: The aroma is very mellowy and soft due to the port wine barrels. It brings you memories of molasses, honey, yellow sugar, lighter fruits jams. The funkiness, though present, is way too faded.
T: The taste is very interesting as the sharp edges of a Geuze are now a lot rounder due to the residual sugars that a port wine barrel aging inputs to a beer.
M: Body-wise, it's light - not as light as a regular Gueuze for that matter but it's still very drinkable, soft but with a light acidity kick.
O: Would love to have this once again in the future. Not sure how am I going to do that.
Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon
4.49/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
25 Nov 2018. Slight copper-hued body, a touch darker than bio. A mild sherry background throughout, lemon, cobwebs and that signature brewery funk. Damp hay. Lighter medium bodied, good carbonation. Has a mildly oaky, slightly oxidized finish.
Jan 02, 2022Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4.26/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
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.
Dec 18, 2021Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts
4.3/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a deep golden, bordering on amber, touch of redness to it. Nice creamy head as well. The aromas of red pepper, funk, and lacticity are all there coupled with a subtle hint of sweetness from, I'd assume, the port barrels. It's got the funk you'd expect from a Cantillon, but not as much of that red pepper, it's less sharp or acidic. It's got kind of cherry pie undercurrent that provides both sweetness and tartness. There's some wine barrel oaky tannins as well. In some ways, this errs flavor profile wise more towards an Oud Bruin or Flanders Red without any of that harsh acidity or major cider notes. It does in a subtle way. In the best way, this is so unique. I really enjoyed this.
Nov 07, 2021Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.84/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750 mL bottle. Bottled 2019. Pours with almost no bubbles. Lightly hazy golden. Smells of dried grass and sour citrus. Stone fruit acidity and oak. Tastes more acutely of red wine. Oak. Sour citrus. Dried grass. Cheesy funk in the finish with lingering oak. Low carbonation. Really low. Strong sourness. A little more sluggish and sour than their standard gueuzes. The port isn't immediately apparent, but it does differentiate it. Good.
Jan 22, 2021Reviewed by fehrminator from North Carolina
4.27/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
2018 vintage. Generously shared by my bro at Thanksgiving. I am truly thankful to try this beer. Plenty of cantillon funk. Lemon. Hay. Port on the finish. Tastes young. A delight but I’d suggest cellaring this beer for several more years.
Nov 27, 2020
Brabantiae from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
108 ratings
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