Cantillon Iris

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Description

Iris is a spontaneously fermented beer made yearly by Cantillon outside of the realm of traditional lambic. Instead of using a traditional 35% wheat base the beer is brewed entirely with pale malt. It is dry-hopped with a 50/50 blend of both aged and fresh hops and is then barreled for approximately two years. After the maturation period, Iris is "cold hopped" one more time before bottling to give it a fresh-hop bitterness and aroma. Though the brewery states that Iris is available only in 75cl bottles, many vintages have been bottled and distributed in 37.5cl bottles as well as in 20L kegs.

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Bottle Log

Bottle date (mm/dd/yyyy)	Cork Date	Vintage	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Image Link
N/A	1998	2000	750mL	Vintage date is hand-written by brewer ("Iris" is offset on label)	N/A
N/A	2000	N/A	375mL	Label is centered with "Iris 2000". Black foil. Lost the cork date.	N/A
N/A	N/A	2004	750mL		N/A
N/A	2003	2005	375mL		N/A
N/A	2003	2005	750mL		N/A
N/A	2004	2006	750mL		N/A
N/A	2005	2007	750mL		N/A
N/A	2005	2007	375mL		N/A
N/A	2006	2008	750mL		N/A
01/09/2008	2006	2008	750mL		N/A
01/29/2009	N/A	2011	750mL	Bottled on year and cork year are different	N/A
04/02/2009	2006	2009	750mL		N/A
04/02/2009	2007	2009	375mL		N/A
02/12/2010	2007	2010	750mL		N/A
02/17/2010	2007	2010	750mL		N/A
12/15/2010	2007	2010	750mL		N/A
01/26/2011	2007	2011	750mL		N/A
01/27/2011	2009	2011	750mL	No year on label	N/A
03/03/2011	2009	2011	375mL	No year on label	N/A
03/08/2011	2009	2011	375mL	No year on label, brewed January 13, 2009	N/A
12/15/2011	N/A	2011	75 mL	No year on label	N/A
02/20/2012	N/A	2012	750mL		N/A
01/28/2013	N/A	2013	750mL	No year on label	N/A
03/19/2013	N/A	2013	375mL	No year on label	N/A

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