Cantillon Quandary

I too wonder this, as Cantillon lists them separate on their website as well. And we've seen both labels in the U.S. so while they might be the same recipe one has to wonder is organic and one is not? Otherwise why and how did both labels make it to the shelves in the U.S.?

 

Same beer.

 

Same beer. All the barley Jean uses is organic, I don't think all the fruit is

 

So why does BA have two pages for them and not aliases?

 

Because the site admin. have decided to keep them as separate entries given the naming difference and the label differences.

 

Name & label does not a different beer it make. Thus not warranting two ratings. It's contradictory and illogical, based on the logic for other beers with multiple names and labels.

Looks like another case of "because the site admin decided X"

 

It is easier to get organic status in Belgium than it is in the United States(and more fees I would imagine.) Same exact beer both are organic, he just can't "certify" it organic on his labels here.

 

Yea, that's been stated, but that does not explain why both labels are on the shelves in the U.S. If he can't certify it as organic in the U.S. than how is beer under the Bio label being sold?

 

For a second, I thought there was a new beer released called Cantillon Quandary.

 

How does any limited-supply high-demand product end up being sold where it shouldn't be?

 

Same beer, I emailed Cantillon and asked them.

 

Actually the gueuze that's filtered by the Manneken Pis is so much better....more funk.

 

I'm just pointing out the contradiction of "can't sell it in U.S. as organic" yet clearly it's being "sold as organic" if the bio labels are on the shelves.

Well then I don't see how BA has any leg to stand on having two ratings for the same exact beer.

I mean seriously, one rating is a 92, the other is a 96/100 world-class rating. Apparently the different label makes the beer taste different, lol.

 

I was here to post an impromptu ISO:FT - Cantiloon Quandary ... Damn!

 

Or simply different people have rated the 2 beers, there are myriad reasons for the discrepancy in the 2 scores, aside from the aforementioned possibility is the simple fact that such things are subjective.
Moreover, who cares?

cheers

 

score discrepancy is from small sample size. also, lambic is a polarizing style of beer. also, there's a good chance that the people who try "organic" (ie mostly people in belgium) have tried more lambic.

re: shelf hypocrisy, it's not hypocrisy; the organic bottles are obviously being sold illegally.

re: BA's policy, i think they should be combined, but i'm sure there's more pressing issues to attend to (for example, pretty much any issue).

 

Pretty much said it. There are plenty of reasons why the scores would be different, especially considering they are sold in different markets. And any bio bottles you see on the shelf in the US have illegally bypassed commerce laws. Whatever, the scores aren't so different as to be glaringly odd.

 

Beer ratings shouldn't be based on where the beer is sold. Come on, if it's the same beer it should be the same rating.