Cantillon Lou Pepe - Gueuze - Brasserie Cantillon

mkobes

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Shared with a friend. Bottle. Golden and clear in color with a nice thick white head. Slightly sweet aroma. Well balanced and not overpowering. Not to tart. Really nice. Sweet and sour flavor. Nice and refreshing flavor. Smooth palate. Wow. Really nice.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2005 22:47:25 | More by mkobes

taylor714914

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +5.8%

06-18-2013 23:10:32 | More by taylor714914

Beerdy

Heard & McDonald Islands

4.25/5  rDev -5.3%

06-16-2013 17:41:30 | More by Beerdy

Hopbully

Virginia

4.75/5  rDev +5.8%

06-11-2013 05:25:15 | More by Hopbully

jarrgal

North Dakota

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

06-10-2013 11:55:46 | More by jarrgal

zonker17

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

06-08-2013 00:16:17 | More by zonker17

coffygrinder

Illinois

5/5  rDev +11.4%

06-07-2013 14:08:44 | More by coffygrinder

HoppyLuckyGoGo

California

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

06-06-2013 18:51:40 | More by HoppyLuckyGoGo

sliverX

S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls.

5/5  rDev +11.4%

06-02-2013 21:24:47 | More by sliverX

montrealbcr89

Quebec (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

06-02-2013 17:34:45 | More by montrealbcr89

oldp0rt

Quebec (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev -5.3%

06-02-2013 14:13:19 | More by oldp0rt

Geuzedad

Arizona

4.75/5  rDev +5.8%

06-01-2013 03:14:00 | More by Geuzedad

phingdong

New Hampshire

4.25/5  rDev -5.3%

05-30-2013 22:45:13 | More by phingdong

jkane101

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

05-30-2013 00:02:15 | More by jkane101

Jslay013

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +5.8%

05-29-2013 00:33:00 | More by Jslay013

mtrog313

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev -5.3%

05-27-2013 23:33:02 | More by mtrog313

paulys55

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +5.8%

05-27-2013 04:43:05 | More by paulys55

ajzy

Wisconsin

4.75/5  rDev +5.8%

05-27-2013 00:34:52 | More by ajzy

cfrances33

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

05-26-2013 19:22:39 | More by cfrances33

Kreko7

California

4/5  rDev -10.9%

05-26-2013 04:35:45 | More by Kreko7

POTABLE83

New York

5/5  rDev +11.4%

05-24-2013 04:31:13 | More by POTABLE83

SpdKilz

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -5.3%

05-22-2013 13:16:35 | More by SpdKilz

Bearded_Infamy

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

05-21-2013 14:57:37 | More by Bearded_Infamy

ShawnMH

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +0.2%

05-19-2013 15:24:52 | More by ShawnMH

laituegonflable

Australia

3.55/5  rDev -20.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

2008 vintage.

Pours a pale golden colour, quite clear, with nice fluffy head, off-white, dense, sinking slowly enough but doesn't leave a great amount of lace residue behind. Not bad, but quite standard beer-look.

Smells bretty and funky, but yeah, really on the acidic side. Slight vinegar edge to it, slight raspberry aroma and some horse blanket, but mostly just sour. Am tempted to mark it down for the simplicity, but the fact is I like it, and am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt at this stage.

Taste is also very sour and funky. Has a slight grainy sweetness upfront that gets quite - actually make that extremely - sour and bitey early on. Lots of vinegar astringency that grows to a slight organic barnyard character on top of that, but it still retains that acidic, almost bitter, bite. I don't hate it of course, but still it seems like there's very little to this, like it's the basic 'let's infect the shit out of this' on an otherwise very simple base recipe.

Quite astingent, so it pulls your gums back over your teeth. Not a bad amount of substance and body to it, though.

This is such an off-putting beer to the uninitiated. I've had many beers of this style that I like, so I'm happy to sit here, drink and enjoy, but the fact is there's nothing special to really recommend this, so I almost feel like the sourness has an arrogance to it, like "if people don't like this then they're wrong and fuck them" whereas there should be more offered for 'lay' people to enjoy rather than just pure 'off', funky acidity.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 08:20:35 | More by laituegonflable