Cantillon Fou'Foune 

Size: 750ml 

Vintage: 2009

"Blend of lambics aged 18 to 20 months and of Bergeron apricots. Very fragrant gourmet beer which perfectly brings across the flavours of Bergeron apricots. The apricots are sourced from environmentally-friendly and sustainable agriculture. The proportion is 300 g of fruit blended with one litre of lambic, and the soaking time is very short. Specifically, it will only take around five weeks for the lambic to extract the fragrances and flavours of the fruit. It is worthwhile to note that Fou’Foune kicks off the bottling season around the end of August."

"A marvellous wine grower’s house with a view on the Rhône river. A large table with a perfectly roasted young goat and delicious wines (Hermitage and Saint-Joseph).Around the table, only good friends.

It was 1998. There was a friendly atmosphere, the food was excellent, it was a perfect occasion to improve the world and let our imagination run away. Improving the world has remained an illusion, but one of our fantasies has become reality.

François Daronnat, an apricot grower nicknamed "Foufoune" was one of the participants.
He kept on singing the praises of his "Bergeron" apricots : they were the most natural, the most beautiful, the most delicious, sweet and acid at the same time.

"With those apricots, I could brew you a beer, dear François", I told him. But my spirits got bemused by the great Rhône wines and I forgot all the dreams and crazy ideas which pop up at these great moments.

Foufoune, however, hadn’t forgotten about the apricots and the beer : on a morning in July 1998, I discovered all of a sudden 300 kgs of deliciously mature "Bergerons" outside the Cantillon brewery.
Foufoune was obviously someone who kept his promises.

It was up to us now. The result was perfect and the limited production of apricots lambic was destined for a small part of the French market. Due to the success of our provençal beer, 1200 kgs of apricots are delivered now every year to the Cantillon brewery."