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Cantillon Reed Gueuze Muscat

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== Description ==

Fill me Cantillon Reed Gueuze Muscat is a blend of 2 year old lambic with dried Muscat grapes from Willi Opitz and aged inBordeaux barrels. Opitz also provided the grapes for the [[Cantillon Goldackerl Gueuze|Goldackerl Gueuze]] and the [[Cantillon Reed Gueuze Pinot Noir|Reed Gueuze Pinot Noir]].  The grapes were dried out using process is called appassimento or rasinate (to dry and shrivel) in Italian. This is traditionally done on straw mats following a method used to make Italian Amarone wines. The drying process typically takes around 120 days. Do so results in the grapes losing 25-45% of their weight and it concentrates the remaining sugars and flavors. This process produces a raisony, full-bodied flavor with low acidity.

== History / Other Notes ==

Fill me in == Unsubstantiated Stories ==Fill me Cantillon Reed Gueuze Muscat was created specifically to celebrate Akkurat's 10th anniversary in2005.

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| 11/14/2008| 20082005

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<u>Label Text (Translated):</u>

This is yet another unique beer to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Again we have used sweet grapes mixed with the spontaneous fermented original beer.

In Cantillon Reed Gueuze, we use Willi Opitz Muscat grapes that he had let dry on straw beds in months. These are then mixed with the finest Cantillon lambic and matured on Bordeaux barrels for 3 months.

A fermentation in the bottle gives the true feeling of champagne.

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