Rarest of the Rare Cantillon

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  1. eandersen

    eandersen Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 New York

    So obviously I know of the Loeriks and the DQs of the world, but every once in a while I see trade threads on here that put other Cantillons that I've never heard of in this same stratosphere.
    Anyone have a list of these crazy rare small batch Cantillons? Not that I could ever acquire them, just out of a curiosity for what I can never have :wink:
     
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  2. eandersen

    eandersen Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 New York

  3. CityofBals

    CityofBals Initiate (0) Sep 12, 2012 Illinois

    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/388/?sort=revsD&view=beers&show=all

    pretty much anything with less than 150 reviews on this list is going to be a very difficult bottle to locate, much less trade for, anything with less than 30 reviews, unless you really like beer you will never see in person.

    just noticed the ghst wjål's at the bottom of the list with 0 ticks, good luck trying those. they're super .rar :wink:

    for a much more complete list of cantillon beer through the years, refer to this.
     
  4. eandersen

    eandersen Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 New York

    Thats awesome thanks CityofBals!
    Some of the stories on these are pretty damn cool. What a brewery!
     
  5. rlcoffey

    rlcoffey Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2004 Kentucky

    Zwanze.

    Of course, if you manage to acquire it in a trade, something really weird has happened.
     
  6. DJButters

    DJButters Initiate (0) Jun 23, 2010 California
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    Supdog. It's traded in the past, check the forums
     
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  7. eandersen

    eandersen Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 New York


    Only thread that I could find was your closed trade thread lol. What exactly is the Supdog? You have me intrigued.
     
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  8. thegoon55

    thegoon55 Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2012 Massachusetts

    Just go look at some of the bottles grumpyoldtroll posts. None of us know what the fuck they are, but all of us think they're cool as shit
     
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  9. joel66

    joel66 Initiate (0) Sep 1, 2012 New York

    yeah they are awesome bottles. I love the cartoon labels especially.

    akkurat specials.(goldackerl, reed muscat, reed pinot) loerik, and one pint pub exclusives(grosielle, grosielle macquereau, tyrni lambic and pikku) for anybody who doesnt know what they are looking at( not in any specific order)
     
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  10. joel66

    joel66 Initiate (0) Sep 1, 2012 New York

    had some bottles from the 1980's that were pretty bad... other than that not inmy experience
     
  11. Luk13

    Luk13 Initiate (0) May 25, 2009 Canada (QC)

    I found Lambic d'Haute Densité (Portland Festival) to be the only bad (not mediocre) one I've tried.
     
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  12. westcoastbeerlvr

    westcoastbeerlvr Grand Pooh-Bah (3,751) Oct 19, 2010 California
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    I can honestly say that the Reed Gueuzes were easily some of the greatest lambics I've ever had. Can't say the same for Goldackerl.

    Seriously though, not to denigrate an awesome pic and an awesome tasting, but all of those beers were available for anyone if they took a small trip through the Scandinavian countries a couple of years ago. Sounds like there will be a ghost whale tasting happening soon that will put that to shame.
     
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  13. 77black_ships

    77black_ships Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2012 Belgium

    I believe that there was another somewhat different batch of Cantillon Feestbier HB different from the one that is rated here. I am not to sure.

    Also 1900s Cantillon bottles?

    Has anyone had Cantillon beers from like 1900 – 1960?
     
  14. joel66

    joel66 Initiate (0) Sep 1, 2012 New York

    These bottles are for one tasting only.. although their are some incredible bottles being opened, we have had the majority of the bottles being opened there during the last couple tastings. The majority of these bottles are not for sale on site any longer, and you can pretty much say the same thing for any bottle over the course of history. I dont see how the word shame can even be thought ofqhen looking at this picture...
     
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  15. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,215) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Even Zwanze 2010 and 2012 were pretty poor. I didn't care for the 2012 on Zwanze day but finished my glass. At The Festival I got a bottle sample and dumped it out after the first sip. I heard people were dumping Densite so I didn't even bother.
     
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  16. joel66

    joel66 Initiate (0) Sep 1, 2012 New York

    Densite isnt in the same league and i suspect zwanze 2013 will be the same. Get a bottle of pinot di aunis and i think you will feel much diff about the zwanze. Not to say every beer cantillon makes is amazing, but the majority are..
     
  17. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,215) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    I had that a few years ago. I liked it but it's not the best of their grape lambics. Its re-incarnation as Zwanze 2011 wasn't as impressive either.
     
  18. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    http://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/cantillon/1069/

    Anything European you're best of looking on RB, stronger European membership than on BA, hence nearly always more beers listed.
     
  19. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
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    Zwanze 2013.
     
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