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Cantillon Cuvee Saint Gilloise 5% abv This beer by Cantillon is not a traditional gueuze as it is made from un-blended two year old lambic (spontaneously fermented), rather than from a blend of older and younger lambics. It is also dry-hopped in the cask for three weeks with Hallertau hops. The brewmaster and blender Jean Van Roy originally produced this beer in 2004 to honor his hometown football…

Cantillon Gueuze Lambic 5% abv Please note: Only 1 bottle per customer The Lambic beers from the Cantillon brewery, which are conserved in oakwood barrels, are called "young" after one year, but they will reach their full maturity after three years. The young beers contain the sugars which are necessary for the second fermentation in the bottle. The three years old beers will contribute their tast…

Cantillon Iris 6% abv The Cantillon brewery is closely linked to Brussels, a city which has the iris as its symbol. As the name indicates, the "marsh iris" is a plant growing in humid areas. The historical center of Brussels is built on swamps where this flower used to grow abundantly. In 1998, the Brussels Museum of the Gueuze celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Cantillon brewery decided to make…

Cantillon Kriek Lambic Organic 5% abv Please note: Only 1 bottle per customer On a warm summer day, a lorry coming from the auction at Sint-Truiden delivers 4.000 kgs of fresh Kellery cherries to the brewery. The brewery staff will then put about 150 kgs of fruits in oakwood or chestnutwood barrels which can contain 650 litres of lambic and which have been cleaned some days before. These barrels a…

Tilquin Oude Gueuze 6.4% 75cl Thanks to Des de Moor for this description: This is the first release of new lambic blender Tilquin’s Oude Geuze, or Gueuze à l’ancienne as the Wallonian-based enterprise prefers to label it. A little controversially, the oldest component lambic in it is only two summers old, rather than the more normal three, but the taste certainly doesn’t seem to suffer for it. It’…