Cantillon Saint Lamivus on tap at the Hopleaf

For those of you out there that like a gueuze, a fantastic and rare example is on tap at the Hopleaf right now - Cantillon Saint Lamivus.

Here is the description from the Hopleaf's draft menu:

Limited Availability. Collaboration between the brewery and the vintners of the Libourne region of France. Merlot & Cab.-Franc grapes are soaked in Bordeaux barrels containing 2- to 3-year old lambic. Cloudy ruby red, classic lambic funk in nose, grapes & fruit & floral in mouth. QUITE SOUR—Warning! Not for everyone! 6%

This beer is beautifully complex and, if you have never tried a gueuze, makes re-think everything you thought you knew about beer. It is not cheap at $9 a glass, but given that it is next to impossible to find this stuff on tap anywhere, let alone Chicago, it is worth it. I highly recommend giving it a try.

Schenked is right that the St Lamvinus from Cantillon is a delicious and complex brew. However it's NOT a gueze. Gueze is old lambic blended with young lambic to create a secondary fermentation in the bottle, aka. "methode champenoise." The Saint Lamvinus however is NOT blended for before being bottled therefore it is not gueze.

Dave

the cantillion iris is a favorite of mine.

The Saint Lamvinus however is NOT blended for before being bottled therefore it is not gueze.

Excellent point. My bad.