Cantillon Fou' Foune - Brasserie Cantillon

hawks10

Illinois

4.03/5  rDev -12.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml green corked and capped bottle - Bottled August 18th, 2011 - Poured into my Cantillon stemware (and even placed on a Fou' Foune coaster, loser) Really excited to try this longtime top want...

Pours a slightly hazy golden orange with some dark yellow around the edges. A thin cap of white head forms and quickly recedes leaving some haze behind...

Smells like a typical Cantillon fruit lambic...nose is full of semi-tart citrus fruits with a bit of sweetness coming from the apricots. However, like most Cantillons, funk dominates the nose, maybe even more so than their other fresh fruit lambics, with musty damp basement coming through strongly...

Taste starts with a quick apricot sweetness, that quickly turns tart and just as quickly finishes sweet with the apricots really shining through in the end. Kind of bizarre actually, how quickly the flavor changes and comes back. A strong, and I mean strong brett spice powers to the forefront in the middle of the drink and leaves a lingering funky spice throughout the finish. Of all the Cantillons I have ever had the pleasure to drink, this one has, by far, the most brett character yet, it actually starts to overpower any fruit flavors as I drink. Very light on the tart/sour flavors as well.

Medium bodied with a good amount of carbonation, feel is highly typical of all fresh Cantillon fruit lambics.

Overall this was a good beer but not any better than any other Cantillon fruit lambic, in fact, I prefer St. Lamvinus and Vigneronne to this beer. Good lambic and glad I go to try it, but not at all worth the effort/$$$ to pursue again...

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2011 22:03:12 | More by hawks10

noisefights

Texas

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-19-2013 05:37:15 | More by noisefights

nrs207

Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-15-2013 23:09:21 | More by nrs207

beerinNV

Nevada

4.75/5  rDev +3%

06-15-2013 17:42:30 | More by beerinNV

nollie77

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +3%

06-13-2013 16:37:19 | More by nollie77

jeonseh

Indiana

4.49/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

2012 Bottle as part of a sour tasting night

A - Dark hazy golden orange with a nice one finger white head

S - Lots of peach and apricots that lend a light sweetness to the nose

T - Tart lemon up front with lots of lactic acid. The peach comes thru in the middle to give it a sweet presence but the strongest flavor is definitely the tartness.

M - Lots of carbonation with a dry finish. Fits the flavor and the tartness well

O - Solid apricot / peach lambic that balances the light sweetness of the fruit with the tartness for the lambic. The tarter aspects defintiely dominate compared to the other flavors.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2013 16:40:36 | More by jeonseh

yancot

Ontario (Canada)

4.75/5  rDev +3%

06-12-2013 05:09:36 | More by yancot

CuddleZombie6

Illinois

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-11-2013 16:24:27 | More by CuddleZombie6

Honus1

Ohio

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-10-2013 13:00:51 | More by Honus1

tinypyramids

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +3%

06-10-2013 02:25:41 | More by tinypyramids

paulys55

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +3%

06-09-2013 14:43:28 | More by paulys55

chase2634

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev -2.4%

06-09-2013 14:06:33 | More by chase2634

ystazi

Illinois

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-08-2013 17:50:02 | More by ystazi

richardflyr

Virginia

4.75/5  rDev +3%

06-08-2013 16:11:22 | More by richardflyr

HoppyLuckyGoGo

California

4.5/5  rDev -2.4%

06-06-2013 18:14:08 | More by HoppyLuckyGoGo

Hotmetal1

Mississippi

4.5/5  rDev -2.4%

06-06-2013 15:20:01 | More by Hotmetal1

Hugonaut13

Illinois

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-03-2013 19:06:08 | More by Hugonaut13

Pecan

California

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-03-2013 06:19:13 | More by Pecan

itsiilegal

California

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-03-2013 02:33:58 | More by itsiilegal

NCBeerFan

North Carolina

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-02-2013 22:31:45 | More by NCBeerFan

sliverX

S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls.

5/5  rDev +8.5%

06-02-2013 21:30:25 | More by sliverX

spoony

Colorado

4.69/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

From a 750 ml bottle into a tulip.

A-The brew is cloudy and light golden apricot in color. A thin white head drops quickly to patchy cap of foam. A few streams of carbonation are visible.

S-The smell has strong apricot, as you would expect, to go along with the mild, earthy funk. There is a mild sweetness here that balances the sour white grape and vinous acidity. Quite tart.

T-The taste also has heavy doses of apricot. The funk remains mild, and sort of in the background; it works well with the apricot flavor. The sour factor is pretty high here, but there is a lemon-drop type of sweetness that keeps the brew from being a pure mouth-puckerer. The finish is quite long and vinous.

M-The carbonation is fine and more assertive here than in some other Cantillons. That assertive carbonation works well with the tartness of the beer and keeps it lively and crisp-drinking.

O-This is close to my favorite Cantillon and close to my favorite beer. The apricot integrates so well with the standard gueuze/lambic flavors...much better than cherry or raspberry, in my opinion. The result is balanced, complex, bracingly tart, drinkable, and delicious.

Serving type: bottle

06-01-2013 23:49:05 | More by spoony

VaTechHopHead

California

5/5  rDev +8.5%

05-31-2013 23:06:57 | More by VaTechHopHead

DanimalFL

Florida

5/5  rDev +8.5%

05-30-2013 17:57:31 | More by DanimalFL

Lare453

Florida

5/5  rDev +8.5%

05-30-2013 01:33:53 | More by Lare453