Fab formeg

Le Plaisir formeg

Eurhop Session 17/32: Soft and not very sharp, unlike the Cantillon average. Still good.

Scarabée formeg

Eurhop Session 16/32: Barnyard, chicken coop, animal hints: very nice! Made with Gewürztraminer threshers.

Classic Gueuze (2015) formeg

Eurhop Session 15/32: A historical find! I approach it with devotion and respect: poignant.

KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa formeg

Founders may not be what it used to be, but this series of beers is still fabulous. You can detect each adjunct: coffee softened by milk chocolate, the sweetness of vanilla, a light spicy note of cinnamon that blends with a dash of wood dipped in bourbon.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2022) formeg

What delicacy, what top-notch class!

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions) formeg

Ah, that bitter finish...

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio formeg

Wonderful. Truly one of Cantillon's flagships.

Nath (2022) formeg

Quite gentle on the palate. There should be rhubarb, but I only find out by reading it. More than pleasant.

Lambic Grenache Blanc (2021) formeg

White wine at full throttle.

Brabantiae formeg

Fresh, balanced, round. This beer spends some time in Porto barrels but it is not fortified/liquorous or strongly vinous: a marvel!

Grenache Noir 2021 formeg

Red wine. Sweet, just a bit tannic (think of Lambrusco). Moderate acidity.

Techno Viking formeg

At first honey with sweet and sour raspberry and mango hints, then a bit dry yuzu finish. I like it very much!

Magic Lambic 2021 formeg

I had already drunk it in 2019 (old, dear world...) at Macché before the last edition of Eurhop: a confirmation of the usual high levels for Cantillon.

Lambic d'Aunis formeg

I don't know what the fruit is in this beer, but it tastes like strawberry to me! Controlled acidity, in contrast with the Cantillon tradition. Same crazy intensity. Awesome.

Kriek 100% Lambic formeg

Best Kriek ever, probably.

Iris (2020) formeg

As an aperitif and then to clean the mouth between the black bombs! Intensity. Top stuff as usual.

Black Hole (2015) formeg

War remnant of 2015. 97% dark chocolate. Roasty and bitter yet complex. Merciless. Intense to the bone. It's not easy at all.

Nemesis (2021) formeg

Barrel and whiskey at the entrance, some dates, with a bitter/hoppy and hot/spicy finish! Very original Barleywine, I deeply like it!

Unraveled IPA formeg

More dry than juicy! Hoppy and bitter, almost a West Coast IPA.

Oktoberfest formeg

Too much sweet caramel and honey. It's not bad, it's just too much. Balancing is lacking.

Bottle Shop Series Highball Drifter formeg

A rather spiced Imperial Scotch/Brown Ale. Tasty and refined, also thanks to the passage through bourbon barrels. Rather Christmassy for its dried fruit and candied orange hints.

All Day Vacay formeg

Too much wheat, too little taste. Too much sweet hints, not enough hop or spices to balance everything. It's not bad, it's just useless.

Visions Lager formeg

Really fresh, crisp, fragrant and tasty to be a simple Pale Lager! Easy but not flat.

Beer Geek Cocoa Shake BA Whisky Vanilla Rum formeg

Stunning stuff. Every single ingredient and every production step - oat, vanilla, cocoa, a passage thru the barrels which contained both whiskey and rum - has a clear role in this complex yet delicious Imperial Stout.

Saint Lamvinus (2021) formeg

The sweetest and least acidic/sour Cantillon beer I've ever drunk! The aroma is that of a Lambrusco, actually they use Merlot grapes. My first time at Diorama!

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge formeg

Wow: a new interpretation of my beloved KBS! This contains coffee, maple syrup, obviously chocolate: yes, it'd be a sort of mix between base beer, Espresso and CBS. Actually tastes a lot more like the original version than the two variants: that's good!

KBS Espresso formeg

Coffee gives a bit of acidity to the base version. The barrel contributes in a balanced manner. The sip is quite agile just like the body, that's rather thin for a 12% ABV bomb.

Marvelroast formeg

"An Imperial Golden Ale with coffee, cocoa nibs, vanilla and milk sugar". The official description of the beer this time says it all! Intense Cappuccino taste, another great beer from the mighty Founders.

Don't Bring Me Down formeg

A lot of sediments floating. This beer has passed its quality peak, I can taste only sweet malt notes and just a vague hint of fruit.

Panther Cub formeg

A lot of bourbon, wood and vanilla, then dark chocolate and hints of licorice and light maple syrup. Bitter finish. Great!

Moon Rambler IPA formeg

A nice West Coast IPA! I don't understand why they added lactose, which luckily you feel little or nothing (just a bit in the finish): without it, this beer would have been even more bitter and dry, and therefore even better!

Organic German Pilsner formeg

Not that clean, a bit rustic, but rather in style with its dry and bitter finish.

George! formeg

Awesome! Vanilla and coffee give deepness and complexity to a yet fantastic Imperial Stout base with roasty and bitter hints softened by oat and enriched by a final spiced edge (cinnamon?). For the coffee-addicteds like me!

American Dream Extra Dry-Hopped formeg

Mmhm, not that good. Graceless bitterness on the finish, taste is meh. A strong oxydation note. Hey Mikkeller, thinks about making good beers instead of questionable propaganda, because the competition is ever-increasingly fierce...

Big Lushious formeg

I don't like berries in Stout, generally, but this is another thing: it is full of raspberries and offers a strange but nice taste. You'll hardly feel the roasted/toasted part, or hoppiness/bitterness, or maltiness: only tart and fruitiness.

Stedsegrøn / Evergreen formeg

Very watery and not very bitter but with a nice citric taste on the sweet. Easy-drinking as an IPA Session should be.

Side Hustle formeg

Here's the line-up for our New Year's Eve! Let's start light and easy with this nice little thing by Mikkeller: sweet, tasty, a good (New England?) Session IPA. E insomma, du' cosette ce le beviamo anche stasera, nonostante tutto! Auguri! Happy New Year!

Flea For All formeg

A lot of ripe continental and exotic fruit like, for example, grapes and pineapple. A tasty Oceanic Pale Ale!

Oude Geuze Boon (2016-2017) formeg

Soft, delicate, but tasty and totally drinkable. The body lost weight but the complexity somehow increased. A bit sulfureous on the nose, at first it is sweet but it ends rather dry and tart. This Friday starts good!

Más Agave Grapefruit formeg

I totally agree with my dear friend Salvatore P.! Not bad but a bit too sweet, the base version with lime was a lot better.

Beer Geek Dessert formeg

On the nose I detect something like raspberries. The same in the mouth: there's a little fruity tartness and a bit of sourness. Not that sweet like often Pastry Stouts are. I don't taste vanilla, just dark chocolate, roasty notes and a nutmeg/spicy hint.

Mikropolis Whiskey Sour SpontanAle formeg

A delicious Imperial Lambic (!) brewed with lemon zest and aged in bourbon barrels. Malty, sour, fruity. Really great stuff!!!

Beer Geek Vanilla Maple Shake formeg

Vanilla mixed with maple syrup. Bitterish finish. Complex aroma with floral and herbal hints. Great "old school" Imperial Stout, one of those sweet and luscious things before the Pastry Stouts took over.

Water Series Denmark formeg

Interesting project based on a Pils brewed with different waters from all over the world. The rest of the receipt always remains the same. This was brewed with Danish water: it's nice and gentle, not that bitter.

Side Eyes formeg

An orange/tangerine-oriented American Pale Ale, well balanced in bitterness. Walking on the edge between the new and the old way of brewing this style.