Cantillon Gueuze Lombard BXL-BD Grand Cru: Difference between revisions

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 == Description ==
-Very little is known about this beer.  It is briefly referenced on the link provided below.  If you can provide any additional information, photographs, or a bottle to help further the [http://lambic.info Lambic.info] initiative, please contact [[User:Matthew|Matthew]].
+It is a classic gueuze bottled in 1989 and using a different label at the request of a comic book publisher called Editions du Lombard. To the best of Jean-Pierre Van Roy's memory, it was labeled especially for the launch of the comic book "Rick Hochet contre Sherlock" ("Ric Hochet against Sherlock", volume #44 of the Ric Hochet series) which story happened to take place at the brewery, and was served at the publishing house during release. Being for a special event, only a small numbers have been labeled that way, but the brewery didn't keep track of exact numbers.
 ==Label==
 [[File:LabelCantillonGueuzeBXL-BD.jpg|300px|frameless]]
+== History / Side notes ==
+Photographers came to Cantillon to take pictures of the barrel room in order to reproduce it as faithfully as possible in the comic book, especially a big foeder that used to be there at the time.  In the story, a group is having a seance in the barrel room to get in touch with spirits. The lights turns off, and once they are back, a person is missing, and found dead inside of that very foeder...
 == References ==
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 Belgian Collector's List - http://www.jacquestrifin.be/brasseries_bieres/bruxelles_cantillon.php
+Éditions du Lombard's official website : https://www.lelombard.com/
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