Cantillon Nath

Description

Cantillon Nath is a two year old lambic with rhubarb added. It is bottled in 75cl bottles and also available in 20 liter kegs and is listed as 5.5% ABV on the bottle label and 5.0% on the keg label.

History / Other Notes

The history of Cantillon's experimentation with rhubarb dates to the release of Zwanze 2008. Four years later, the brewery released another rhubarb lambic for Zwanze 2012. In the years between 2012 and 2017, at least two other batches of "Lambic Rhubarbe" were bottled and kegged, usually being sold and labeled as Zwanze 2012, or simply Z12. These rhubarb lambics happened to be Jean's wife Nathalie's favorite lambics, and he had previously stated that he intended to make the rhubarb lambic a semi-regular seasonal beer.

In the summer of 2017 the brewery received several shipments of freshly cut rhubarb. For the first time since Zwanze 2012, the rhubarb lambic received an official name: Nath, named after his wife. Nathatlie is also a kindergarten teacher, and the label was drawn by children from her classroom as a surprise. Going forward, the hope is to have the students design the label each year.

Bottle Log

Bottle date (mm/dd/yyyy)	Cork Date	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Image
06/22/2017	Season 16/17	750mL	Black cap, no logo
07/04/2017	Season 16/17	750mL	Black cap, no logo
07/04/2017	Season 16/17	1.5L	750ml rear label, black cap no logo	-
06/14/2018	Season 17/18	750mL
06/26/2018	Season 17/18	750mL		-
11/28/2018	Season 18/19	750mL	Blended using frozen rhubarb. Per Jean: Classic Nath except one of the two tanks started to develop sulfur and needed to be emptied. It was then transferred to a recently emptied Rosé de Gambrinus tank with spent raspberries in it for a week and blended back with another tank of rhubarb lambic. Approximately 5% framboise.	-
11/28/2018	Season 18/19	Key Keg	Blended using frozen rhubarb. Per Jean: Classic Nath except one of the two tanks started to develop sulfur and needed to be emptied. It was then transferred to a recently emptied Rosé de Gambrinus tank with spent raspberries in it for a week and blended back with another tank of rhubarb lambic. Approximately 5% framboise	-
06/19/2019	Season 18/19	750mL		-
06/16/2020	Season 19/20	750mL
06/17/2020	Season 19/20	750mL	One tank of rhubarb lambic transferred into a recently emptied raspberry lambic tank before bottling.
06/21/2021	Season 20/21	750mL	Similarly transferred on to spent raspberries as in years past.