Cantillon Brabantiae: Difference between revisions
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== Indeterminable Bottle Date == | == Indeterminable Bottle Date == | ||
There is conflicting information regarding the bottling date of this beer. Piet Sierens at ''[http://www.wiels.nl/Opa-gids.txt www.wiels.nl]'' presented the three lambic brew dates referenced above and declares that Brabantiæ was bottled in December 1990.<ref name=Opa-gids>Piet Sierens, http://www.wiels.nl/Opa-gids.txt</ref> However, according to Raymond Buren in [[Books#Gueuze, Faro et Kriek|''Gueuze, Faro, et Kriek'']], | There is conflicting information regarding the bottling date of this beer. Piet Sierens at ''[http://www.wiels.nl/Opa-gids.txt www.wiels.nl]'' presented the three lambic brew dates referenced above and declares that Brabantiæ was bottled in December 1990.<ref name=Opa-gids>Piet Sierens, http://www.wiels.nl/Opa-gids.txt</ref> However, according to Raymond Buren in [[Books#Gueuze, Faro et Kriek|''Gueuze, Faro, et Kriek'']], Brabantiæ was bottled on May 16, 1991. <ref name=GFK>Raymond Buren, [[Books#Gueuze, Faro et Kriek|Gueuze, Faro et Kriek]], 1992</ref> | ||
==New blends== | ==New blends== | ||
In March of 2016, Cantillon announced the arrival of freshly emptied | In March of 2016, Cantillon announced the arrival of freshly emptied port barrels at the brewery. A total of 50 barrels of 500 L each will be filled for a future release of the second batch of Brabantiæ. | ||
Jean Van Roy stated that "twenty-five years ago, in 1991, my father, Jean-Pierre Van Roy released a special Gueuze in response to a demand from the Province of Brabant. The "Brabantiæ" was born. It was a lambic matured in fresh port barrels and refermented in bottles. To end this brewing season 2015/2016, we bought 50 Port barrels from 500 liters, freshly emptied. If everything goes as expected, after 2 years of maturation in these barrels and 1 year of secondary fermentation in the bottles, a new "Brabantiæ" will be launched in 2019, 28 years after the first one!" | Jean Van Roy stated that "twenty-five years ago, in 1991, my father, Jean-Pierre Van Roy released a special Gueuze in response to a demand from the Province of Brabant. The "Brabantiæ" was born. It was a lambic matured in fresh port barrels and refermented in bottles. To end this brewing season 2015/2016, we bought 50 Port barrels from 500 liters, freshly emptied. If everything goes as expected, after 2 years of maturation in these barrels and 1 year of secondary fermentation in the bottles, a new "Brabantiæ" will be launched in 2019, 28 years after the first one!" | ||
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