Cantillon Cuvée Saint Gilloise

Description

Cantillon Cuvée Saint Gilloise is a two year old lambic that is dry-hopped and bottled with a small amount of sugar-liquor to begin refermentation in the bottle. The dry-hopping happens in a stainless steal tank prior to bottling. It is bottled yearly in 75cl bottles, but has been available in 37.5cl on at least one occasion in 2010 and on tap at various locations.

History / Other Notes

Cuvée Saint Gilloise is the successor to Cuvée des Champions and generally thought to be of the same line of lambics. The name and color scheme for the labeling is derived from the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels near Cantillon. In 2013, Cantillon made a special bottling of Saint Gilloise in both 1.5L and 3L bottles for people who owned or purchased season tickets for the 2013-2014 season.

Cuvée Saint Gilloise received approved labeling for a draught version in the U.S. on April 15, 2011. ^[1]

Unsubstantiated Stories

Cantillon Cuvée Saint Gilloise is said to be dry-hopped with Hallertau hops.

Approximately 16 six-liter bottles of Cuvée Saint Gilloise are thought to exist.

Bottle Log

Bottle date (mm/dd/yyyy)	Cork Date	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Image Link
01/29/2010	2010	375mL		N/A
01/29/2010	2010	750mL		N/A
10/02/2010	2010	750mL		N/A
10/04/2010	2010	750mL		N/A
11/02/2011	2011	750mL		N/A
04/10/2012	2012	750mL		N/A
06/27/2012	2012	750mL		N/A
09/22/2012	2012	750mL		N/A
11/12/2012	2012	750mL		N/A
11/19/2012	2012	750mL		N/A
03/22/2013	2013	750mL		N/A
03/22/2013	2013	1.5L	Sold for Union Saint-Gilloise football club, best by March 2023	N/A
03/22/2013	2013	3L	Sold for Union Saint-Gilloise football club, best by March 2023	N/A
07/05/2013	2013	1.5L	Sold for Union Saint-Gilloise football club, best by November 2023	N/A
07/05/2013	2013	3L	Sold for Union Saint-Gilloise football club, best by November 2023	N/A
02/11/2014	2014	750mL	Best before January 2024	N/A
02/17/2014	2014	750mL	Best before 2024	N/A
01/05/2015	2015	750mL		N/A
02/06/2015	2015	750mL		N/A
03/09/2015	2015	750mL		N/A