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== Underground Cellar ==
== Underground Cellar ==
In 2011, Jean started a long-term lambic aging process in cooperation with the city of Brussels. The city is providing the underground cellaring space free of charge where Cantillon plans to eventually age 60,000 - 80,000 bottles in long-term storage over twenty years.  He plans to focus primarily on aging Gueuze, Bruocsella Grand Cru, and Lou Pepe Kriek but also try smaller aging initiatives with other Cantillon beers <ref name=LambicInfoConvo>Lambic.Info Interview with Jean Van Roy and Jean Pierre Van Roy, May 2015</ref>
In 2011, Jean started a long-term lambic aging process in cooperation with the city of Brussels. The city is providing the underground cellaring space free of charge where Cantillon plans to eventually age 60,000 - 80,000 bottles in long-term storage over twenty years.  He plans to focus primarily on aging Gueuze, Bruocsella Grand Cru, and Lou Pepe Kriek, but will also incorporate smaller aging initiatives with other Cantillon beers <ref name=LambicInfoConvo>Lambic.Info Interview with Jean Van Roy and Jean Pierre Van Roy, May 2015</ref>


This cellaring project is the largest of its kind for aging lambic. Chuck Cook at [http://drinkbelgianbeer.com/breweries/cantillons-bomb-shelter-cellar drinkbelgianbeer.com] visited in 2014 and wrote of his experience.<ref name=“BombShelter”>Chuck Cook, [http://drinkbelgianbeer.com/about/charles-d-chuck-cook-the-belgian-beer-specialist Cantillon’s Bomb Shelter Cellar], 2014</ref>.
This cellaring project is the largest of its kind for aging lambic. Chuck Cook at [http://drinkbelgianbeer.com/breweries/cantillons-bomb-shelter-cellar drinkbelgianbeer.com] visited in 2014 and wrote of his experience.<ref name=“BombShelter”>Chuck Cook, [http://drinkbelgianbeer.com/about/charles-d-chuck-cook-the-belgian-beer-specialist Cantillon’s Bomb Shelter Cellar], 2014</ref>.