UPDATED: JAN 1, 2022
[ As Cantillon Lambic Jaune - 2021 ].
Clear yellow orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, caramel - sweet malt, moderate yeasty, barnyard, funk, apple - grapes - white wine, oak, cellar. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, apple, grapes, white wine, citric, funky, leather, barnyard, barrel, oak, dry. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20211112]
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UPDATED: NOV 12, 2021 Gylden klar skum lidt Citrus lys malt vinøs drue Sur modrate sød lidt Vandede flad

UPDATED: OCT 24, 2020 Keg at Arrogant Sour Fest 2019. Pours clean golden with medium white head. Sweet white wine, canned peaches, strawberries, light lemon, medium funk. Overall, great

UPDATED: OCT 3, 2019 The tap version of Cantillon’s famed ‘vin jaune lambic’, lambic aged on vin jaune barrels, a kind of deliberately oxidized wine from the French Jura region; this lambic has – in various forms and under various names including the current name La Vie Est Belge – been bottled as well, with stunning results. From tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas during Zwanze Day. Egg-white, thick and frothy, fluffy, stable head on a misty yellow-straw blonde beer. Aroma of lemon rind, sour green grapes, unripe plums, raw cucumber, stale sweat, crushed green gooseberries, very dry sherry. Crisp, fruity onset, lime juice-like acidity alongside sour grape and green apple impressions, acidic edges but not too harshly puckering, fizzy carb, slick bready malt ‘underbuilt’ made bone dry by lemony and strong lactic sourness; light hayish Brett touches in the end along with rhubarb and cucumber aspects, followed by light woody tannins and a deeply buried, late earthy hop bitter note. Nice, very crisp, ‘yellowish green’ top quality lambic, yet lacking in the immense depth, originality and maturity I experienced in bottled La Vie Est Belge last year.

UPDATED: SEP 6, 2019 Draught at Cantillon. Slightly hazy golden color, white head. Sour taste with citrus, oak, grapes, ripe fruits, earthy notes, a bit of tart and gooseberry. Sour finish with citrus, gooseberry, oak, grapes, ripe fruits, tart, white currant and earthy notes. Exquisite lambic.

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2019 Draught @ Cantillon, Brussels. Smooth, soft and vinous with some sour funkiness, cheese, farmyard, yeast, earthy notes, grapes and soft notes. Interesting, quite complex and super smooth.

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2019 2017 vintage. Aroma is cheesy, very farmhouse barnyard, sweet oak, vinous. Hazy orange with white head. Taste is dry, oaky sweetness, funk, cellar. Light body, oily feel and cheesy funky finish.

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2019 On tap at Cantillon. Pours a cloudy orange gold with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is strong funk, grape skin, barnyard, earth. Slick body, similar flavors to nose, light tartness, musty, enjoyed this.

UPDATED: JUL 28, 2019 On tap at Arrogant Sour Festival 2019. Hazy orange with white head. Lots of funk, barnyard, grapes, vinous, musty, wood, soft texture. Medium sourness.

UPDATED: JUN 6, 2019 0,15l from tap at Arrogant Sour Festival. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells earthy, musty, herbal, horseradish, estragon, grassy, some wood. nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, grassy, horseradish, estragon, peppery, herbal. finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of horseradish, earthy and grassy notes. very nice one, not super complex but very good to drink. 7, 4, 8, 3, 16