Cantillon Gueuze 2025 | Lambic Gueuze from Brussels, Belgium

Technical Details

Tasting Profile

4.2Untappd

Cantillon Gueuze (2025) pours a radiant golden-yellow hue with faint orange highlights and a delicate, fine-bubbled white head that settles gracefully into a persistent collar — a hallmark of patient, traditional méthode gueuze. The carbonation is lively yet refined, rising in elegant streams through the crystal-clear body. On the nose, the 2025 vintage delivers a captivating layering of green apple, fresh lemon zest, damp hay, earthy oak, and a characteristic Cantillon funkiness — faint barnyard notes interwoven with an almost mineral, stony quality. The palate is medium-light in body, animated by prickly effervescence that carries a brisk, lactic acidity front and centre.

Flavours of tart citrus, unripe pear, wheat bread, and a delicate sourness unfold in measured waves, underpinned by dry, vinous complexity. Bitterness from aged hops is subtle but present, lending structure to the finish. The finish is long, bone-dry, and impressively clean, with lingering citrus peel and earthy mineral notes. At 5.5% ABV, it is eminently drinkable young but rewards cellaring — Cantillon recommends enjoyment within 20 years of bottling. A benchmark of living, evolving spontaneous fermentation. Rated 4.2 on Untappd.

Food Pairing

Cantillon Gueuze 2025 is a sublime match for aged Belgian cheeses such as Aged Gouda or Herve, whose creamy sharpness echoes the beer’s lactic acidity and barnyard complexity. It also pairs beautifully with oysters on the half-shell or other briny shellfish — the cantillon gueuze 2025’s bone-dry finish and mineral acidity acting as a natural palate cleanser between bites, rivalling the finest Champagnes at the table.

Cantillon Gueuze (2025)