Cantillon Classic Gueuze 100% Lambic: Difference between revisions

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==Red and Blue Label==

[[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 ~~40cl~~ / ~~80cl~~ sizes, the brewery at the time was using hand-blown glass and "the volume authorized by the Ministry of Finance was ~~40cl~~ for small bottles and ~~80cl~~ for the large ones. In actual fact, the amount of beer rarely exceeded ~~75cl~~ because of the bottles' substantially recessed bottom."<ref name=CantillonNewsLetter> Jean-Pierre Van Roy, ''Grummelinkske'', Décember 2014 (Brussels Gueuze Museum Newsletter) </ref>

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==

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 ==Red and Blue Label==
 [[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 40cl / 80cl sizes, the brewery at the time was using hand-blown glass and "the volume authorized by the Ministry of Finance was 40cl for small bottles and 80cl for the large ones. In actual fact, the amount of beer rarely exceeded 75cl because of the bottles' substantially recessed bottom."<ref name=CantillonNewsLetter> Jean-Pierre Van Roy, ''Grummelinkske'', Décember 2014 (Brussels Gueuze Museum Newsletter) </ref>
+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==