Cantillon Fou' Foune - Brasserie Cantillon

jrallen34

Illinois

4.83/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

750ml bottle, 2008 version...The beer pours dark peacy with a much darker center. The head is white, rises about a finger and is gone pretty quickly...The aroma is on the lighter side, light tart fruits, mixed with sourness. Not overpowering in either regard so its balanced giving some of what you look for in a fruit lambic...Holy moses, that's one sour beer. Didn't think it would be that tart from the aroma. Its got a huge tart bite sour, not a mucky horse blanker leather like a lot of Cantillon's. Here you get a lot more of the fruit not sweetness but the actual taste of apricots on the finish. Super balanced and flavorful...The feel is great, sticks to the mouth, very tannic...Drinkability is off the charts. It gives me everything I love about a lambic, sourness funk, but balanced enough that you can drink this all day, while at the same time not being such a fruit beer that's its super sweet or dominated by the apricot...Overall one of my favorite lambics, right up there with Blabear.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2010 23:51:58 | More by jrallen34

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