Monk's Cafe Cuvee De Monk's Gueuze - Brasserie Cantillon

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rAvg: 4.32
pDev: 8.8%
Reviews: 73
Hads: 61

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Brasserie Cantillon

Belgium

Style | ABV
Gueuze | 5.00% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (45), on-tap (27), cask (1).

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Reviews by FievelGoesWest:

FievelGoesWest

Illinois

4.75/5 rDev +10%

02-20-2013 22:50:24 | More by FievelGoesWest

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djmichaelk

Florida

4.5/5 rDev +4.2%

05-08-2013 05:10:59 | More by djmichaelk

t0rin0

California

4.5/5 rDev +4.2%

04-26-2013 16:32:27 | More by t0rin0

comfortablynirm

Pennsylvania

4.25/5 rDev -1.6%

04-22-2013 14:20:59 | More by comfortablynirm

ChicagoNick

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev -1.6%

02-16-2013 20:56:04 | More by ChicagoNick

SpdKilz

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev -1.6%

02-16-2013 20:10:05 | More by SpdKilz

ROBSTARR

Michigan

4.25/5 rDev -1.6%

02-15-2013 14:56:22 | More by ROBSTARR

raythealeman

Connecticut

4.25/5 rDev -1.6%

02-03-2013 19:23:53 | More by raythealeman

spycow

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev +4.2%

01-10-2013 03:23:26 | More by spycow

Pennsylvania

4.48/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On tap at Monk's Cafe on New Year's Day

Appearance: Cloudy orange with a small pure-white head.

Nose: Sour lemon, orange zest, and funky hay-bale with some floral, piney hop aromas, acetic acid, and a hint of toasty oak.

Taste: Nice, bright, sour lemon balanced by over-ripe orange sweetness and more of a hay and grains barnyard undertone. Almost perfect amount of sourness. Some pineapple-y hop flavors are present along with a nice, subtle vanilla oak finish and lingering acetic acid.

Mouthfeel: Creamy, just about perfect.

Overall: Great balance, very easy to drink. An excellent beer. A little bit more depth and complexity could be had, but this could easily be an every-day sipper if it wasn't so expensive and limited.

Serving type: on-tap

01-03-2013 16:59:23 | More by fdig23

chippo33

Vermont

4.25/5 rDev -1.6%

12-21-2012 04:13:59 | More by chippo33

jaminjohnson

Illinois

4.75/5 rDev +10%

12-10-2012 20:56:20 | More by jaminjohnson

WillCarrera

Illinois

4.35/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

750 ml bottle, bottled on November 14, 2008, split this with Abe and Lauren at Belgian Cafe, poured into a gueuze glass.

A- Pours a slightly cloudy golden yellow color with a rapidly dissipating white head, leaves little lacing.

S- The aroma is just insane. Lots of citrusy acidity along with a complex funk that's a combination of barnyard/horseblanket notes along with an almost moist earthiness. There's also musty wood and a bit of very lightly sweet honey aroma. This is seriously one of the best smelling gueuzes I've had in a long time.

T- Similar to the nose, very sour with a solid dose of lemony and mild grapefruit tartness. Also a big earthy funkiness with barnyard and wet oak flavors. Some white grape fruitiness and dry grass/herbal flavors. Very tasty and complex.

M- Light-bodied, low carbonation and a smooth feel, bone dry finish.

O- Another really excellent gueuze from Cantillon, the flavors are delicious and complex and the aroma is just incredible, I think I slightly prefer this to the regular 100% gueuze, which is saying quite a bit. Great stuff.

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2012 06:22:07 | More by WillCarrera

SummitVA

Maryland

4.5/5 rDev +4.2%

11-19-2012 21:14:32 | More by SummitVA

woosterbill

Connecticut

4.13/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

750ml bottle from '08, served in a Cantillon tulip. Huge thanks to Tony for sharing this.

A: Hazy orange body with a thin but persistent head of fine white foam that settles into a solid ring and leaves delicate lace. Ok.

S: Funkier than usual Cantillon, with lots of earthiness and mustiness on top of the usual lemony, mustardy acidity. Some grassiness, too. Great.

T: More sour than the nose promised, with the crazy musty sourness funkiness pushed back to the very dry, lightly astringent finish. So, so dry.

M: Light, creamy, lively medium body. Great.

O: Yet another solid offering from Cantillon, although I don't think it's much better than the regular. Really glad I got to try this!

Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2012 19:19:17 | More by woosterbill