Cantillon Expansion

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  1. jelllo

    jelllo Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2013 District of Columbia

    Posted on facebook

    Dear Friends,

    Great news, Cantillon is expanding.
    Since last year, we are looking for a new space and we got it.
    The new building is located at 300m far from the brewery and, as you can see on the picture, it welcomed till the sixties a Lambic blender, Brasserie Limbourg.
    The new space is big enough to dubbel the Cantillon's production.
    Because we can't disturb the balance between new and old Lambic in our blend, we will increase the production each year to finally dubbel it in the four next year.
    The wort, brewed at the Cantillon's brewery, will be transfered the day after the coolling and will matured for years in the new location.
    As you know, we need at least two or three years to produce a beer. In this way to work, the next production increasing will take place during the season 2016-2017.
    The building will be at our disposal next October, more news will follow.
    Cheers,

    Jean
     
    #1 jelllo, Aug 1, 2014
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  2. atrocity

    atrocity Pooh-Bah (2,264) Dec 18, 2013 Virginia
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    Fantastic news! With double production in a few years hopefully we'll see more of it stateside.
     
    #2 atrocity, Aug 1, 2014
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  3. kevanb

    kevanb Pooh-Bah (2,705) Apr 4, 2011 Illinois
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    If only Shelton didn't hate Chicago
     
    #3 kevanb, Aug 1, 2014
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  4. DouginCMH

    DouginCMH Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2014 Ohio

    Great news! Visiting Cantillon on one of their open brew days remains one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. So happy to see they're doing so well they need to expand, and that they're doing it in this way.
     
    #4 DouginCMH, Aug 1, 2014
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  5. Christopper

    Christopper Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2012 New York

    or Buffalo
     
    #5 Christopper, Aug 1, 2014
  6. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    I'd say the fact that their beers sell out instantly was proof enough they are doing well and would be a good candidate for expansion :astonished:
     
    #6 evilcatfish, Aug 1, 2014
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  7. BucketBoy

    BucketBoy Zealot (649) May 6, 2008 Pennsylvania

    So awesome - thank you, Jean!!!
     
    #7 BucketBoy, Aug 1, 2014
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  8. DIPAfiend

    DIPAfiend Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2011 New York

    YAYAYAYAYAYAY! I read this on FB and jumped for joy! Plus my 2 750's of Iris arrived just after I read this! Its a good Cantillon day!
     
    #8 DIPAfiend, Aug 1, 2014
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  9. baybum

    baybum Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2011 Pennsylvania

    Outstanding news!
     
    #9 baybum, Aug 1, 2014
  10. wrw5031

    wrw5031 Initiate (0) Dec 21, 2011 Georgia

    FTFY
     
    #10 wrw5031, Aug 1, 2014
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  11. tommyz

    tommyz Initiate (0) May 28, 2007 Michigan

    sweet, that will probably give them a reason to pull out of more states....
     
    #11 tommyz, Aug 1, 2014
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  12. MarshallBirdhouse

    MarshallBirdhouse Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2013 Kentucky
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    Hope this means I can start to find bottles of Classic Gueuze in gas stations stateside in a few years!
     
    #12 MarshallBirdhouse, Aug 1, 2014
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  13. Giantspace

    Giantspace Grand Pooh-Bah (3,043) Dec 22, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    Once its more available no one will want it........

    I remember these collecting dust back in the day........

    Enjoy
     
    #13 Giantspace, Aug 1, 2014
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  14. Kurmaraja

    Kurmaraja Initiate (0) May 21, 2013 California
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    Do you think? I recently saw stats that the number of microbreweries in the US has virtually doubled in the four years since 2010. At around that rate of expansion in demand their expansion in production is just about right ... though I presume the demand for highly sought after beers has increased faster than baseline.

    In short, I bet the demand quadruples in the next few years while the production doubles making it roughly twice as hard to get the Cantillon we want. ;-)
     
    #14 Kurmaraja, Aug 1, 2014
  15. readyski

    readyski Pooh-Bah (1,557) Jun 4, 2005 California
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    And if I remember my multiplication tables correctly, this will double my chances at getting some.
    2 x 0 = 0 :slight_frown:
     
    #15 readyski, Aug 1, 2014
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  16. briang01

    briang01 Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2009 Maryland


    It appears the glass is half empty and the non empty half is not full of lambic....
     
    #16 briang01, Aug 1, 2014
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  17. halo3one

    halo3one Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2014 Georgia

    or Atlanta
     
    #17 halo3one, Aug 1, 2014
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  18. Cubatobaco

    Cubatobaco Pooh-Bah (2,057) Jan 27, 2013 Virginia
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    Would be nice to walk into my local shop(s) one day and purchase Cantillon....
     
    #18 Cubatobaco, Aug 1, 2014
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  19. Doomcifer

    Doomcifer Pooh-Bah (1,665) Nov 10, 2005 Rhode Island
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    Phenomenal News!!!! Thanks for sharing. I used to be able to grab Cantillon off the shelves any time I wanted. I haven't seen it on the shelves in years.
     
    #19 Doomcifer, Aug 1, 2014
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  20. rowingbrewer

    rowingbrewer Maven (1,420) May 28, 2010 Massachusetts
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    Well if its not rare I don't want it anymore. someone send me a 7 shipping labels and 7 12 bottle shippers I'm out of the cantillon game
     
    #20 rowingbrewer, Aug 1, 2014
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