La Dernière Cuvée Du 89
Brasserie Cantillon

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From:
Brasserie Cantillon
 
Belgium
Style:
Lambic
ABV:
5%
Score:
93
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 8.8%
Reviews:
14
Ratings:
22
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 01, 2016
Added:
Jun 28, 2005
Wants:
  104
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by Ilovebrew:
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Rated by Ilovebrew from New York

4.5/5  rDev +4.2%

Aug 09, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.93 by brian4beer from Indiana

Feb 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by jampics2 from Ohio

Jun 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by spycow from Illinois

Feb 08, 2014
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Reviewed by Sean9689 from Illinois

4.06/5  rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle acquired & brought to the tasting by me, 2004 cork. Poured into Cantillon tulip.

Pours a golden yellow color, white head, thin ring, wisps on top. Nose is citrus, funk, wet wood, medium tartness, musk. Flavor is funky citrus, floral, mineral notes, light tartness, perhaps a trace of light hoppy bitterness remains (but not much), oak. The age has smoothed out the dry-hopping and it's really come into its own. Light body, crisp & refreshing, tart dry finish.

This is exactly how I like my Cuvee des Champtions/St Gilloise, with lots of age. I don't really enjoy this beer fresh and I think 4+ years of proper cellaring is necessary to really get the most out of this beer. By then, the hops are fading and the funk/citrus can shine through a bit more. Overall, tasting pretty much like an aged Cuvee des Champions, which is just fine by me.
Feb 07, 2014
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Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York

3.57/5  rDev -17.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
From Mike. Who else? Thanks a ton buddy. 750ml unlabeled bottle into Cantillon stemware. Reviewed from notes at a tasting 1/18/14.

Pours clear yellow with a thin white head with moderate retention. Spotty lace with little stick. Decent.

Nose is oak, apricot, lemon zest, hay, cobweb and yeasty funk. Nicely balanced with a lot of robust flavor.

Opens with a surprisingly prevalent hop bitterness. Light lemon zest and yeast with a moderate tartness in the middle. Filmy and tart lemon on the finish with a lemon peel bitterness in the aftertaste. A little awkward but not bad.

Light bodied with ample carbonation. Prickly and lively in the mouth and goes down soft and filmy. Finishes clean and mellow with a lightly lingering aftertaste. Really enjoyable.

This is a dry-hopped version of Cuvee de Champions... and its honestly not that much different from that beer. The hop bitterness being present is a bit surprising but not all that appreciated. A decent beer but nothing special.
Jan 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by gn0sis from Massachusetts

Aug 01, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by GRG1313 from California

May 25, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by callmemickey from Pennsylvania

May 21, 2013
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Reviewed by BucketBoy from Pennsylvania

4.44/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks, Bill!

Looks like your typical Classic Gueuze, with a touch of haze in the otherwise translucent glowing lambic. Nice! The nose starts with a familiar time as well, though there is a pervasive acetone note that starts strong but fortunately fades over the several minutes durin which I enjoy my glass. There is a bit of hoppy dryness in the nose above the classic Cantillon aroma, which is just so well integrated right now. At first the flavor starts out with a deleterious acetone note, which again fades quickly over the course of my tasting. From there on, this beer becomes fantastic, with a lovely hop bitterness intermingled with lactic, mushroom, and wood. I can dig it - delicious stuff! And of course, as expected, the mouthfeel is smooth and crisp, clinging to the sides of my mouth with nice tannins from the oak. At first, again, the acetone contributes, though this time not in a bad way - a bit slick and almost tacky. This, too, recedes. Overall, I really enjoy how the hoppiness is still so present and contributes wonderfully.
Apr 06, 2013
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Reviewed by craytonic from District of Columbia

4.47/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Brought this to a 4/14/2012 tasting

Appearance: Slightly hazy yellow, nearly translucent. Slight glow to it. Small white head, minimal lacing

Smell: Very grassy, light funk, earth and hay. Bit of cheese, reminds me of 5-year aged Gruyere.

Taste: Grass, oak, hay, earth and funk.

Mouthfeel: Medium body, moderate carbonation

Overall: Very nice cantillon, good funk, balance and development.
May 17, 2012
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Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

4.35/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Shared by craytonic at our insane sour and wild ale tasting on April 14, 2012. Thanks Matt.

375 mL bottle
2006 vintage

The beer is straw yellow and mostly transparent with a small, white head. The aroma brings hay, a bit of cheese, earth, light citrus. The flavor is enjoyable. A pretty simple and straightforward beer. Light on the palate and very easy to drink. I feel very grateful and fortunate every time I get to sample a new beer from Cantillon.
Apr 22, 2012
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Reviewed by drabmuh from Maryland

4/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served in a Cantillon tulip. Another great Cantillon tick for me. 

Beer is yellow and mostly clear. White head. Small and medium bubbles no lacing. Moderate to high carbonation. 

Aroma is grassy and horse-y. Funky bright lactic. 

Beer has a light body, dry finish. Old hop flavor. Oily and grassy. It tastes like a c Cantillon that is to say it tastes fine. There is almost a coconut flavor to it. Odd. Good but not great. 
Apr 20, 2012
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Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York

4.1/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
From 04/14/12 notes. Had at our epic DC Sour Tasting, shared by craytonic; thanks Matt! 2006 vintage.

a - Pours a murky golden color with one inch of bright white head and low carbonation evident.

s - Smells of sour fruits, light funk, hay, earthy notes, light spice.

t - Tastes of funk, cheese, sour fruit, oak, earthy notes, hay. Taste has more funk then the nose.

m - Medium body and low to moderate carbonation.

o - Overall a pretty nice lambic. Nice funk, especially in the taste, and another nice beer from Cantillon. Would like to have it again.
Apr 19, 2012
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Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois

4.15/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle at the DC Lambic & Sour Tasting on April 14, 2012. Served in a Cantillon wine glass.

375mL bottle. 2006 vintage. Big thanks to craytonic for this one.

Pours a clear yellow color with a fizzy white head that recedes fairly quickly, leaving some sparse lacing behind.

The nose carries some light barnyard and cheese notes. There's a touch of lemon and oak, plus a light hay presence in the background. The body is fairly light with light-to-medium carbonation. Finish is quite dry with light oak and a touch of bitterness on the back end. Cheese and barnyard on the palate, for the most part.

Overall, this one was quite nice, though didn't live up to some of the better ones of the evening. Still, this is an excellent beer in its own right, and I'd love to try it again.
Apr 17, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by ygtbsm94 from Utah

Apr 14, 2012
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Reviewed by DaPeculierDane from Wisconsin

4.85/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
At a bar like Bier Circus that carries dozens of highly desirable, exceedingly rare beers it can be challenging if not downright impossible for a beer lover to make a selection. In this instance, however, I knew what I wanted months before I walked in the door. When a rarity from Cantillon is available, my mind is already made up.

Served in a wonderfully labeled, 375 ml bottle with a hobo-clown riding around all drunkenly on a Cantillon bottle. Awesome.

Pours into an appropriate glass a hazy orange-gold with a quickly reducing white, bubbly head. Aroma is immediately funky with powerful brett notes - lemon juice acidity, moldy wood, stale hay, barnyard muck, etc... It also features a more pronounced hoppy floralness.

Taste provides a wonderful balance of tart lemons, bready malts, floral hop character, and subdued barnyard funk. Simply sublime.

Mouthfeel is muscularly sour up front with a radiant bitterness in the finish. Spritzy and fairly light bodied. Dry.
Drinkability is flawless. I would happily session this. It's not easy to find a beer this sour and funky that this drinkable.
Nov 24, 2009
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Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)

4.4/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Bottle (750ml) from Bier Circus - 2004 vintage. Shared for Joe's birthday.

A - This is a pretty terrific looking lambic - nice couple fingers of off-white foam that dissipate to a cap and ring. A bit of spotty lacing. Slightly hazed golden color with tons of tiny bubbles racing up the middle.

S - Big sourness and vinegar, tons of funky attic, a surprising amount of lemon citrus and floral hop character for a beer that is five years old, some bready malt.

T - The taste is a little more muted, with a great deal of tartness, lemon, fresh bread, some funk, a touch of oak and sourness in the finish. It's a little less complex than I was expecting.

M - The finish is super-dry, with some nice residual tooth-coating candy sensations. Light-medium body, with light spritzy carbonation - I could have even gone for a few more bubbles.

D - Damn. This stuff goes down super-easy. I could kill a 750ml bottle of this stuff no problem. It's not super-different from Cuvee de Champions, but that's not such a bad thing as that's a pretty good beer to begin with.

Definitely worth trying/buying if you're in Brussels!
Nov 06, 2009
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Reviewed by francisweizen from Washington

5/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
In the bottle from the Bier Circus itself, the only place that it is available in all of Belgium. This was enjoyed the night before my best friend went back to France, and I went back to London. Great memories, great beer bar, great beer.

Dark golden with a billow offwhite/whiteish head of foam htat lasts and fizzles. Aromas are super funky with cob webs and spiders in the mix as well as brett, wild yeast, bready malt, and dead hops.

Taste is all super funky yeast, bread, and refreshment.

Mouthfeel is light, dry, spritzy, and acidic/sour.

Drinkability is superb. A hoppier, drier, funkier version of their flagship gueuze. Seriously an easy chugging true lambic. Awesome.
Jul 21, 2008
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Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)

4.65/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
No longer retired, this beer is a regular (but exclusive) feature at the Beer Circus in Brussels. It is also one of the best lambics I've ever had.

375 ml bottle, cost of seven euros, ABV 5%. An unblended lambic that is fresh hopped, matured, then again dry hopped before bottling.

A moldy looking white head. A steady stream of bubbles. A crisp, fruity orange colour. Vibrant colour, not toasty. The complexion is sharp despite some murkiness. Very handsome. The aroma is equal parts hoppy and funky. Fresh toasty malts and wheat. A mellow lambic, the oak evident. The mouthfeel incredibly smooth, an absence of spice and assertive hop bitterness makes for a clean presence. Easily the cleanest drinking lambic I've had. While still funky it is no where near pungent. Not sweet like a faro either, just right. A toasted, roasted feeling to the malts. Tasty caramel malt. Caramel malt and hops, great combo for this style! The hops with a tremendous (and unlikely) presence for the style.

Exceptional in every way. One of (if not the) finest lambic I tried on my trip to Belgium. It is super clean, super crisp, and super tasty. If you are fortunate to find yourself at the Bier Circus do consider ordering this.
Sep 11, 2007
La Dernière Cuvée Du 89 from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 22 ratings