Vin

Rosé de Gambrinus (2021)

1/5/21 bottle….Some nice raspberry, but way too sharp as is tradition with Gambrinus. Some vinegar, and ketchup acid especially as it warms. Still better than hommage tho. 3.4

Aronia Lambic

LCI from the Saturday 🐳 slay. Heavy dark grape, herbaceous funk, light yankee Christmas spruce candle, spice, and blackberry. Not sure why there’s so much hate on this one, we all enjoyed for the most part. Flavor was preferred to the nose though. 3.9

Tyrnilambic Baie d'Argousier (2018)

Sweet tarts, sea buckthorn, and ocean seed. Inner Sante/Hill sprees, chalky candy, house funk, magical Concord grape candy Anna. Highly Erotic treat from the sick fucks in Brussels

Trousseau Lambic

Ryan was right on the watermelon, but I also get some jizz stains, but just a couple….

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2010)

LPG 🙏🏻

Racine

Thanks Ryan. Horseradish, bitter grapefruit slices, blood orange. More acidic than other. Nose has some paint thinner and bad Vigneronne, but I dig the flavor for the most part. The chemical aroma doesn’t translate…. Really bright, and citrusy. 4.1

Menu Pineau (2019)

2019 bottle, thanks Al. The 18 at the brewery was one of my favorites of the 2019 TDG. Grape skins, oak, Brussels basement, grape juice, and musty, wet wood. Acidity is light. Lovely

Cuvée de l’Espérance

1/16/20. Another one of the bucket list. Thanks Ryan. Notes are perfumey florals, light cognac, Cantillon Gueuze, dusty blinds, lemon juice. Unbelievably complex bottle with a soft mouthfeel. Delicious. 4.6

Saint Lamvinus Grand Cru (2016)

Last one for this edition of Throwback Thursday from BE. At the Museum with Simon, and Jim. Nose is grapes, cream, oak, light vinegar, and currants. Flavor is better with so much wine coming through, and none of the sweetness of the nose. Oaky tannins….

Vigneronne (2013)

Apparently this ‘13 was not a good vintage. Acetone, and some paint thinner. Had this batch at Al’s somewhat recently and was also not good, but this is really rough for Cantillon.

Cuvée Moeder 10 Ans - Cab Franc

Last one for this edition of #TBT. Bottle at Moeder original. Nose is acidic fruit, cherry, cab franc grapes, and red vinegar. Flavor is pretty darn sour with fruit skins, light nail polish remover, lemon, and sweetness. Very underwhelming. Finish is…

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

Throwback Thursday (4/14/17). Fresh kriek at Moeder Fontainas in Brussels.

Fou' Foune (2016)

Throwback Thursday. Drank on 3/25/17 at Uncle Al’s.

Fou' Foune (2020)

So much more acidic than the 2010, less fruit, and a touch of acetone especially in the nose. Meh

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions) (2019)

Fou' Foune (2010)

Apricot, and peachy nectar. So good for the age, thanks Secret (Drew) S.

50 Degrees N - 4 Degrees E (2020) (Cognac)

3/10/20 bottle. Thanks for sharing Pete, but this needs so much time.

20 Ans D'Amitié

FLN, always preferred the bottles over the draft for this one. Nath shining over the LPF which is fine by me

Vinsanto 2020

Last night at Monk’s Cafe. Huge thanks to ryan for a pour of this 🍇 🐳. Rubber, grape skins, complex wine, house funk, herbals, and citrus. Light acidity. So fucking good….More vino than beer. 4.8

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

1/30/19 🙏🏻 🍒

Vigneronne (2020)

Stafford Woods: 10/12/20 bottle: white grape, green grape skins, Brussels airborne bacteria, light pepper, oak, organic cereal, cedar, and vinegar, and loon funk. Tasting nice this fresh, but could see this being 🔥 in a few years. 4.3

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2016)

Last one for this edition of TBT. Drank on 3/9/17. 🍒 🔥

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2019)

FLN. 1/30/19 bottle. Tart cherry, cinnamon cherry pie, lemon, wet wood, Brussels basement, minerals, and cranberry. Great batch of Kriek. 4.7

Rosé de Gambrinus (2019)

12/11/19. Ketchup acid, acetone, and painfully sharp raspberry. My least favorite bottle from Cantillon, and this is a really bad batch.

Saint Lamvinus 2020

11/23/20 bottle

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2012)

10/18/12 bottle last night. We were all pretty disappointed in this bottle. Maybe it was storage issues? Nose was rusty and metallic. Flavor had some pepper, light citrus, cereal, weird funk, oak, and spiciness. 3.7

Saint Lamvinus (2019)

Last night…Sent out the Compound with a proper tasting. Love this beer, but another loon that was slightly lacking compared to good batches of St Lam. Some rubber, vegetals, grape juice, mineral, rhubarb, and House funk. Not very jammy. Better as it sat

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2020)

Not very jammy: thin, and acidic with some cranberry, vinegar, light pool toy, ketchup, and lemon. Disappointing for my favorite Kriek, but it’s been very inconsistent the last few years

Iris (2012)

Thanks Eric. Arnold Palmer, funky cheese, oak, antique furniture, lemon, basement musk, Cantillon bugs, and Sherry type complexity. One of my favorite loons.

Lou Pepe Kriek (2008)

Throwback Thursday. Drank on 2/8/17. 🍒 pie goodness. Can never go wrong with LPK or LPG in my book. Oak, cherry jam, cinnamon, vanilla, tart lemon, and Brussels basement.

Vigneronne (2018)

Felt like popping an Italian 🍇 lambic for the Azzurri ⚽️. Let’s Go!

Lambic D'Aunis 2020

Cantillon House funk, berries, green grapes, minerals, cherry, organic cereal, and dark fruit. Acidity is super low. Really nice. 4.4

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions) (2015)

2/16/15. Not sure why people sleep on CSG

Iris (2015)

Thanks Peter, one of my favorite loons

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2016)

2-0 Italy. Bottled on October 4th. Loon house funk, wet oak, lemon, cedar, gun powder, iced tea, and pepper. Not bad for a prime global warming era gueuze. 4.15

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions) (2011)

Mamouche (2013)

Thanks Squirrel Master. “He’s my bitch, anybody gonna stab him, it’s gonna be me”

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2014)

6/19/14 bottle. Dumb

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2017)

12/18/17 bottle. Thanks Keith

Lou Pepe Kriek (2011)

Throwback Thursday: 12/1/16 share with Al, Siobhan, Lee, and possibly Jimbo. LPK is always an erotic experience: schaerbeekse jam, vanilla oak, airborne Brussels bugs, sweet/tart 🍒, leather, and lemon.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2017)

After a round at Stafford Woods. 4 year birthday of this bottle (4/19/17). Tart cherry candy, lemon juice, horseblanket, light leather, and minerals. The best kriek 🍒

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2018)

LCI from the Masters share. November 2018 bottle. Ultra young/bright at this point in time, but thanks for sharing Keith G. Lots of vinegar, burnt lemon, lactic acid, and twang.

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2016)

Masters Sunday: June 8th, 2016. Antique furniture, basement musk, organic cereals, loon bugs, lemon rind, mineral, Arnold Palmer, and airborne butt funk. Drinking nice right now

Lambic d'Aunis (2015)

TBT: B1 bottle on 11/14/16 at Sancho Pistolas with Eric, and Katie for their Cantillon lunch event. 5 ounce pour for $5. Dusty cedar blinds, grape skins, antique furniture, berries, tart cherry, leather, horse blanket, and dirty Earth. Total knockout.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2015)

Throwback Thursday at Sancho Pistolas in Fishtown. The best kriek 🍒 in the lambic game. Tart and jammy schaerbeekse cherries with the Cantillon house bacteria funk.

Classic Gueuze (2017)

Grand Cru Bruocsella Lambic Bio (2014)

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

3/2/20. Lively carbonation that dissipated before taking the picture. Some really nice perfumey & tart cherry similar to old paper labels of Oude kriek. It has a touch of the cinnamon cherry pie, but mostly floral cherry, lemon, house funk, wet oak, 🍒...

Rosé de Gambrinus (2020)

2/17/20 bottle bought from Etre. Nose is straight acetone, ketchup, umami tomato, battery acid, and raspberry. Flavor is nail polish remover, chemicals, acid, and sharp berries. Fucking Gambrinus.... this is why I never keep or age this beer.

Iris (2013)

12/24/13 bottle. Arnold Palmer, pale malts, light loon bacteria, lemon, wet wood, leather, grape, and dirty butt.

Iris (2012)

Throwback Thursday (10/22/16). One of my favorites from Cantillon: old hops, antique furniture, horseblanket, herbals, lemon, funky cheese, apricot, and damp 🌎

Classic Gueuze (2014)

#TBT (drank 10/22/16)

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2013)

6/7/13 bottle: Heavy chlorine, Spanish cedar, stone fruit, leather, and slightly oxidized funk. Maybe storage or possible global warming issues. Better as it warmed, but not the best vintage

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions)

2/15/19 bottle. Arnold Palmer, herbal hops, sea soaked wood, minerals, Brussels basement, lemonade, oak, and airborne bacteria. People always sleep on CSG, one of my favorites and somewhat easy to attain for a decent price.

Magic Lambic (2020)

2nd time trying this batch. Vanilla is too strong for me in this bottle. Other notes are some raspberry candy, overripe blueberry, more vanilla bean, wheat, perfume, and berry smoothie. 4.1

Lou Pepe Kriek (2017)

Black cherry, cherry jam, cinnamon, cherry pie, vanilla oak, cherry water ice. It’s not very funky or acidic which I’m fine with, but very different than other LPK batches. Wanted more Cantillon house character

Nath (2018)

Ultra funky rhubarb, and Cantillon yeast on the initial nose and flavor. Some vinegar, citrus, flowers, lemon, wet cedar, cheese, and barn. It’s nice, but I really like the 17, and 19 vintages

Grand Cru Bruocsella Lambic Bio (2015)

FLN. 11/6/15. Amazing stuff like most bottles of GCB. Thanks ryan

Initiale B&b

Bottled 10/1/18. Woodsy herbals, foreign spices/hashish, cardamom in the nose, juniper, lemon lime, airborne bacteria, almond, lemongrass, and iced tea. Love the mouthfeel on this one.

Divin Lambic

Thanks for sharing this 🐳 Ryan. Nose and flavor of fresh farm manure, sweet grape, bramble berry, vanilla oak, hibiscus, rooibos, strong vino, cherry, grape skins, and loon bugs. 4.4

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2019)

June 19 bottle. I’ve been enjoying this batch, but after an ‘11, It’s lacking some depth. Subtle nose, flavor is Arnold Palmer, chalk, sweet tarts, oak, and bright flowers. Going to age my other bottles another 2-7 years.

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2011)

8/31/11 bottle. Nose is so dusty and complex with some leather, wet oak, and house funk. Flavor is still impressively bright at over 10 years old. Grapefruit, barn, cedar closet, lemon, and flinty minerals. 4.6

Rosé de Gambrinus (2015)

LCI. 5/20/15. Such a pretty looking beer with lively carbonation. Nose has the Museum cellar funk, leather, ripe raspberry, wet wood, and flowers. Flavor is tart raspberry, lemon juice, minerals, berry jam, and house bacteria. 4.3

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

3/16/20. Basically that start of Covid batch, but unlike the virus, this is really, really, nice. Cough drops, wood, basement, light leather, minerals, bright citrus, and vanilla oak. Thanks Franky

Jean Chris Nomad (2011)

TBT (6/29/12). Bottle care of Jeremy, thanks for knocking this 🐳 off the bucket list. Hazy glowing gold with small white head. Wood, wine, ultra lactic funk, flowers, lemon juice, lemon, and musty rich, and Earthy gueuze flavors. Impeccable Sour

Gueuze 100% Lambic (1996)

#TBT: my favorite gueuze/vintage of all time. Frank used to crack this and the ‘94 on the regular. Oak, peach, basement, horseblanket, vanilla, lemon, cedar, and airborne lactic bacteria, clove, and yeast funk. Medium to strong acidity. Perfection 🙏🏻

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2016)

2/1/16 bottle for Pat’s birthday session last night. Wet oak, pepper, burnt lemon, horseblanket, leather, firecrackers, Arnold Palmer, and funky yeast. Restrained acidity with a silky mouthfeel.

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions) (2011)

Throwback Thursday: crushed a couple 5 year old loons on this day (9/24/16). Wood, herbal dry hops, Canty butt funk, light leather, lemon, 🐎, airborne bugs, and Brussels basement. 4.6

Saint Lamvinus (2011)

#TBT: (9/24/16 share). Cantillon 🍇 lambics are in a league of their own, and this is one of my favorites. Nice vintage a few years before the global warming issues at the brewery.

Magic Lambic (2020)

Thanks Keith

Rosé de Gambrinus

11/22/18 bottle. Acetone nail polish remover nose. Flavor is pure battery acid, sharp raspberry, paint thinner, red vinegar, and heart burn. Drained....happens all the time with Gambrinus.

Grand Cru Bruocsella Lambic Bio (2018)

FL backlog. June 2018 bottle: Complex oak, Brussels basement, Cantillon house bacteria, leather, cedar, brine, vanilla, lemon, peach iced tea, and light pepper. Incredible still sipper.

Iris (2011)

Goodbye 2020

Initiale B&b

JVR looking kinda erotic on this label. Perfect amount of cardamom mixed in with classic loon bugs, wood, citrus, and foreign hash/spice. Silky mouthfeel, and unbelievably complex. 4.6

Classic Gueuze (2013)

Thanks Al

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions)

12/27/17 bottle. Bright lemon, dry hops, organic cereals, flint, grapefruit, vinegar, and Belgian basement minerality. 4.4

Blåbær Lambik (Blueberry Lambic) (2019)

I opened one of these in June and it was so much better than this bottle that Al got from Europe. Nose is heavy bandaid and latex. Flavor has the blueberry, wine barrel, and loon bugs, but also that plastic/adhesive funk. 4.75 to 3.75

Oude Geuze Boon à l'Ancienne - VAT 109 Mono Blend

FLN: Boozy, and spicy. Slightly better than the last bottle I had, but I’ve never been a big fan of Boon. 3.6

Vigneronne (2013)

10/22/13 bottle. Thanks Al. The nose is off and somewhat metallic/acidic. Flavor is better with some Brussels basement, lemonade, oak, grape skins, and peach skins.

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio

1/23/19

Lou Pepe Kriek (2007)

Thanks Barry. I preferred the 05 we had in VT last FoFa, but this has some nice sour cherry, old wood, lemon, and more vintage oak.

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2012)

October 16 bottle. Metal nose, and spicy wood. Some really weird off funk for Cantillon. Last bottle from 12 was also bad, but it could be Barry’s cellar

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio

4/15/20 care of Keith, just too fresh right now.

Nath (2020)

Just as good as the 19, but slightly under the 17 for me. Stone fruit, bright rhubarb, strawberry, lemon skin, sweet tart, and nectarine

Classic Gueuze (2013)

Nothing like a Belgian Flag gwayzzee. Had this same 8/27 batch in May, and it’s tasting just as nice. Thanks Al

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio

June 2019 bottle.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

4/26/16 bottle. Nose smells like Cantillon’s cellar: dusty wood, leather, and basement funk. Flavor is unbelievably bright cherry and lemon juice, cherry candy, horseblanket, and Brussels airborne bacteria. Heavenly batch of my favorite kriek. 4.7

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

2/22/16 bottle

Saint Lamvinus

Throwback Thursday: 6/4/16. Not sure what year, but Saint Lam is always a pleasure.

Cuvée Saint-Gilloise (Champions)

2/15/19 bottle @ Monks. Burnt lemons, herbal hops, white grapefruit, minerals, oak, and horse blankets. Moderate acidity

Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio (2017)

This 17 loon is dedicated to Elliott Smith who passed away on this day 17 years ago. R.I.P. buddy

Rosé de Gambrinus

3/3/20 freshie. Lemon, raspberry jam, light wood, and salty earth on the nose. Flavor has some nice raspberry candy, minerals, hibiscus, oak, cranberry, and the slightest touch of organic cereal as it warms up. Doesn’t bite hard like a lot of Gambrinus

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

4/22/16 bottle. Funky cherry, loon bacteria, lemon juice, chlorine pool toy, vanilla oak, and more 🍒 goodness.

Saint Lamvinus (2008)

Almost would say it’s Saint Lam, but it’s so fucking beautiful. Loon cellar, antique furniture, light grape skinnage, oxidized Sherry, old iris, and layered oak. Christ

Vigneronne (2019)

Very bright grape skins, loon bugs, stone fruit, light vinegar, lemon juice, and oak.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

#TBT: (4/26/16) good way to finish out the Euro trip. Probably a 15 bottle, but who the hell knows. Purchased at Bierkoning: Cherry pie and candy cherry goodness as is tradition with this one.

Gueuze 100% Lambic (2000)

Huge thanks to Secret (Drew) S.

Fou' Foune (2018)

No bite, with some Juicy apricot. Thanks Mark

Saint Lamvinus (2015)

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2013)

Thanks peter. Brussels basement, antique furniture, horse buttholes, and Arnold Palmer. LPG 🙏🏻