Last wednesday, I had to be in Brussels for work together with a colleague and friend who is also a lover of spontaneous beers. Around 4, we hopped over to the Cantillon brewery for a quick (foto)tour, but more importantly to try a beer on the list, we've never had before. At the little bar in Cantillon, they sell some bottles which are no longer available in the shop. You can buy those in 75cl bottles, on condition you drink them in the bar. We ordered the cantillon Fou' Foune, a apricot-Lambic: a wonderfull beer, with lots of dry abricot in the taste, and a long aftertaste.
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| the copper coolship beneath the ceiling |
For those of you not familiar with
Cantillon. Check them out! They're absolutely beyond category. They are producers of the most pure, authentic Lambic, using traditional methods, and at the same time, the most experimental of all the Belgian Lambic producers. Next to the regular gueuze, kriek and framboise (rosé de gambrinus) versions, they offer versions of Lambic with white grapes (vigneronne), red grapes (lamvinus) and as said apricots (fou' foune). They also have a elderberry-flower macerated Lambic (mamouche), and a spontaneously fermented pale ale dryhopped with fresh hops (Iris).
This blog isn't about famous breweries. I just wanted to mention Cantillon for they are truly the pinnacle of wild brewing; this is how perfection tastes, letting wild yeast and bacteria flourish.
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| some old delicous bottles |
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| an active fermenation |
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| Lamvinus - finally got to buy some bottles |
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| Fou' Foune - apricot lambic |
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