Cantillon Alliance
Description
Cantillon Alliance is a beer made from 2-year-old lambic aged in a whisky barrel provided by the Michel Couvreur house, and which previously held Vin Jaune from Domaine Tissot (who also provides the Vin Jaune barrels to Cantillon for La Vie est Belge). Cantillon, Michel Couvreur and Stéphane Tissot all collaborated together in the past exchanging barrels for experiments in a direction or another, so it made sense to all of them to bring to life a very unique and special beer, which displays and brings the characteristics of each of their own craft in one bottle, going full circle.
History / Other Notes
Michel Couvreur was a Belgian born blender of exceptional whiskies located near Beaunes in Burgundy, France. He passed in 2013 at the age of 85, but his business lives on. Most of all, he was known for his use of experimental barrels, which still remain the benchmark of the company, with barrels such as Vin Jaune, Vin de Paille, and even amphorae. According to him, 90% of the quality of a whisky comes from the cask rather than the spirits supplied by the distilleries from which he sourced. Therefore, each barrel must be of the highest quality and character. The house worked previously with Cantillon providing the barrel for the beer known as Couvreur.
Stéphane Tissot, owner of the winery of the same name in the Jura region of France, famous for Vin Jaune (or "yellow wine"), a unique oxidative wine aged at least 6 years and 3 months in barrels leaving evaporation happen without topping off (as it is usually the case with wine), creating a one-of-a-kind profile displaying flavors of walnut, fenugreek, curry, ... He is a long time collaborator and friend of the brewery, providing, among other things, the barrels for La Vie est Belge.
Bottle log
| Bottle date
(mm/dd/yyyy) |
Cork Date | Bottle Size | Label / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/04/2024 | Season xx/xx | 750 mL |