Cantillon Nath
Description
Cantillon Nath is a two year old lambic with rhubarb added. It is bottled in 75cl bottles and also available in 20 liter kegs and is listed as 5.5% ABV on the bottle label and 5.0% on the keg label.
History / Other Notes
The history of Cantillon's experimentation with rhubarb dates to the release of Zwanze 2008. Four years later, the brewery released another rhubarb lambic for Zwanze 2012. In the years between 2012 and 2017, at least two other batches of "Lambic Rhubarbe" were bottled and kegged, usually being sold and labeled as Zwanze 2012, or simply Z12. These rhubarb lambics happened to be Jean's wife Nathalie's favorite lambics, and he had previously stated that he intended to make the rhubarb lambic a semi-regular seasonal beer.
In the summer of 2017 the brewery received several shipments of freshly cut rhubarb. For the first time since Zwanze 2012, the rhubarb lambic received an official name: Nath, named after his wife. Nathatlie is also a kindergarten teacher, and the label was drawn by children from her classroom as a surprise. Going forward, the hope is to have the students design the label each year.
Bottle Log
| Bottle date
(mm/dd/yyyy) |
Cork Date | Bottle Size | Label / Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/22/2017 | Season 16/17 | 750mL | Black cap, no logo | 
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| 07/04/2017 | Season 16/17 | 750ml | Black cap, no logo | 
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| 07/04/2017 | Season 16/17 | 1.5L | 750ml rear label, black cap no logo | - |
| 06/14/2018 | Season 17/18 | 750ml | 
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| 06/26/2018 | Season 17/18 | 750ml | - | |
| 11/28/2018 | Season 18/19 | 750ml | Blended using frozen rhubarb. Per Jean: Classic Nath except one of the two tanks started to develop sulfur and needed to be emptied. It was then transferred to a recently emptied Rosé de Gambrinus tank with spent raspberries in it for a week and blended back with another tank of rhubarb lambic. Approximately 5% framboise. | - |
| 11/28/2018 | Season 18/19 | Key Keg | Blended using frozen rhubarb. Per Jean: Classic Nath except one of the two tanks started to develop sulfur and needed to be emptied. It was then transferred to a recently emptied Rosé de Gambrinus tank with spent raspberries in it for a week and blended back with another tank of rhubarb lambic. Approximately 5% framboise | - |
| 06/19/2019 | Season 18/19 | 750ml | - | |
| 06/16/2020 | Season 19/20 | 750ml | 
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| 06/17/2020 | Season 19/20 | 750ml | One tanke of rhubarb lambic transferred into a recently emptied raspberry lambic tank before bottling. | 
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Label
Cantillon Nath, 2017 bottle label
Cantillon Nath, 2018 bottle label
Cantillon Nath, 2019 bottle label
Cantillon Nath, 2020 label
Cantillon Nath, keg
