First Cantillon

Thank you for this and sorry for trolling with my last post.

 

My first (and only) Cantillon (so far) was Rose de Gambrinus. I walked into a beer store I visit whenever I am visiting my girlfriend's family in Riverside, CA. The person working the counter wasn't a total douche (for once) and she told me that she had some Cantillon sitting in the back. Now, having never tried Cantillon and not really even knowing what it was I said "I'll take one of each!" All I knew was that you guys never stop talking about it, so I figured fuck it, lets see whats up. I liked it a lot. I have a Kriek 100% Lambic sitting in my fridge right now that I have been saving. Its in the fridge cause I was supposed to drink it with some friends and that fell through. After this thread I think I may be cracking it open though.

Here's my first: (note, my DFH glass isn't super clean. I only wash it by hand and apparently I didn't do a great job the last time. Tasted awesome to me though.)

 

I like starting with all my beers cold then I sip them over time and allow them to warm up so I can try them at all stages (no matter the style, although it works best with stouts). Some styles I'll pour part of it and put the rest in the fridge to keep it cool (if its best served cool) but I'll allow the first glass to warm for the same reason stated before. Worked for me so far..

 

Mine was the same as yours. Cantillon Kriek at Toronado SD about 3-4 years ago.

 

I'd like to try that too. My white whale is ANY Cantillon though (apparently their distro hates us out West), but my holy grail, the one I really want to try is their Blåbær Lambik because I love blueberries and Cantillon.

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Post an ISO as I am sure you have the ammo to land at least the Gueze. Blabaer will take a bit though.

 

My first 'Loon was an 07 Kriek (in 2010) that I bought at a beer store in Mauritius (paid like 60 USD). The only other fruit beer I had tasted at that time was Lindeman's kriek, so the extreme sourness was a massive shock! It did however convert me to true sours

 

It's his first Cantillon, and he can drink it out of any glass he wants to. What say you Walt?

 

I used to be able to buy most Cantilons for $12-15 I wish everyone would hate the loons please.

 

Mauritius! That's very cool, I've never been there but my expectations would have been low for finding quality beer.

 

I am officially using this video all the time now.

I may give it a try. My first attempted trade (ISO Dark Lord) didn't go too well though, kind of soured me (no pun intended) to the experience.

 

I'll allow it....

 

i'm confused. Will this be overcarbonated or flat?

 

Man, when the hell did "loon" happen?

My first was a Rose de Gambrinus about 5 years ago, and I immediately spent a huge wad buying up every Cantillon I could find. I had quite a stash at one point - lots of Fou Foune - and I'd crack a bottle pretty much every time someone new came over to the house just to see their reaction. Now there's nowhere in this City where I can walk in and buy bottles off the shelf, so it's occasional mail order only

 

Why is there not a dislike button?

 

I had the same feeling, but there turned out to be a dedicated beer (the only one in Africa!!!) store called Lambic! They had about 130 different beers when I was there and it really opened up my eyes to the world of craft beer. They have recently opened a brewery too: https://www.facebook.com/lambic.mu

 

Oy vey. This is like Sideways when he drank the rare Pinot from a plastic cup at the fast food place.

 

My first Cantillon was Rose de Gambrinus in 1992 purchased at the Spirit Haus in Amherst, Mass. for, I believe, the ridiculous price of $4.99 for a 12 oz bottle. Ridiculous because that was the most I had ever spent on a small bottle back then and ridiculous because it shows how much the price has risen over the years. To say it was a shock to my palate is an understatement! There were very few sour beers around (almost all were Belgians like Boon Marriage Parfait (Kriek and Framboise), Liefmans Goudenband and Rodenbach Grand Cru) in the sea of pale ales, brown ales and porters and it sure as hell stood out. Definitely made me a fan of lambic from day one.

 

I really think that 90% of BA doesn't know how to clean a glass. The pictures in this thread reaffirm that.

 

I remember my first Cantillon (Gueuze 100% Bio). Made the mistake of drinking it side by side with Armand'4 Winter. Kind of took the wind out of my loon sail.

But I've had several others since then, all really really good.