Cantillon Classic Gueuze 100% Lambic: Difference between revisions
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==Red and Blue Label== | ==Red and Blue Label== | ||
[[File:Label-Cantillon-GueuzeMisc-10.jpg|40cl/80cl BC Logo Label|thumb|right]] | [[File:Label-Cantillon-GueuzeMisc-10.jpg|40cl/80cl BC Logo Label|thumb|right]] | ||
This label was used as a beer coaster as well as on glassware. The label says "''Catégorie Superieure''" or superior category, but according to Jean-Pierre Van Roy, it does not denote anything different about the beer because "labelling laws back then and brewers could put just about whatever they wanted on their labels." Regarding the | This label was used as a beer coaster as well as on glassware. The label says "''Catégorie Superieure''" or superior category, but according to Jean-Pierre Van Roy, it does not denote anything different about the beer because "labelling laws back then and brewers could put just about whatever they wanted on their labels." Regarding the 40 cL / 80 cL sizes, the brewery at the time was using hand-blown glass and "the volume authorized by the Ministry of Finance was 40 cL for small bottles and 80 cL for the large ones. In actual fact, the amount of beer rarely exceeded 75 cL because of the bottles' substantially recessed bottom."<ref name=CantillonNewsLetter> Jean-Pierre Van Roy, ''Grummelinkske'', Décember 2014 (Brussels Gueuze Museum Newsletter) </ref> | ||
==Delhaize Food Stores Label== | ==Delhaize Food Stores Label== | ||
[[File:LabelCantillonDelHaize2.jpg|40cl/80cl Bottling sold through Delhaize food stores|thumb|right]] | [[File:LabelCantillonDelHaize2.jpg|40cl/80cl Bottling sold through Delhaize food stores|thumb|right]] | ||
This label was used as a label for the grocery store group Louis Delhaize. As a client of the brewery, they labeled and sold the gueuze under the store brand LD label. The bottle contents note "''environ''" or about | This label was used as a label for the grocery store group Louis Delhaize. As a client of the brewery, they labeled and sold the gueuze under the store brand LD label. The bottle contents note "''environ''" or about 40 cL / 80 cL.<ref name=CantillonNewsLetter> Jean-Pierre Van Roy, ''Grummelinkske'', Décember 2014 (Brussels Gueuze Museum Newsletter) </ref> The version of this label pictured to the right does not bear the Cantillon name at all, which would be unheard of today according to Jean-Pierre Van Roy. Later versions of this label do prominently display the Cantillon name underneath the black banner. | ||
==Priba Stores Label== | ==Priba Stores Label== | ||
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File:Label-Cantillon-GueuzeMisc-9.jpg|39cl/78cl Brown Label | File:Label-Cantillon-GueuzeMisc-9.jpg|39cl/78cl Brown Label | ||
File:Label-Cantillon-GueuzeMisc-12.jpg|40cl/80cl Bottling sold through Delhaize food stores bearing the Cantillon name | File:Label-Cantillon-GueuzeMisc-12.jpg|40cl/80cl Bottling sold through Delhaize food stores bearing the Cantillon name | ||
File:Label-Cantillon-Gueuze375-2.jpg|37. | File:Label-Cantillon-Gueuze375-2.jpg|37.5 cL Blue Label (Europe - Undated) | ||
File:Label-Cantillon-Gueuze375-3.jpg|37.5cl Blue Label (Europe - 02/1994) | File:Label-Cantillon-Gueuze375-3.jpg|37.5cl Blue Label (Europe - 02/1994) | ||
File:Label-Cantillon-Gueuze375-9.jpg|37.5cl Blue Label (Europe - 02/1996) | File:Label-Cantillon-Gueuze375-9.jpg|37.5cl Blue Label (Europe - 02/1996) | ||