Cantillon
Some very good friends returned from Europe recently and amongst other things, more on that in a later post, they brought me a bottle of Cantillon Gueuze. Here are a couple of pics I took of it:
I had not had this beer previously. The only Geueze I have had in the past was a Timmerman’s which I am told is not a great example. This beer was fantastic. Not as sour as I was expecting. However, the sourness and tarness made the beer really refreshing. To me it had fruity characters of green apple and lemon. Some of the funkiness you would expect from a lambic but I didn’t get the strong farm yard characters from it. Surprisingly easy to drink for this style of beer and the level of sourness.
I can’t wait to find some more of this as it was sensational. I really didn’t think it would be the kind of beer I could drink a lot of but I could easily do a session on this beer.