Cantillon Gueuze Lombard BXL-BD Grand Cru
Description
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 the release. Being for a special event, only a small numbers have been labeled that way, but the brewery didn't keep track of exact quantities.
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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 the spirits. The lights turn off, and once they are back a person is missing, later found dead inside of that very foeder...
References
Belgian Collector's List - http://www.jacquestrifin.be/brasseries_bieres/bruxelles_cantillon.php
Éditions du Lombard's official website : https://www.lelombard.com/