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Cantillon Lambic Vin Jaune is a current small batch experimental lambic being refined by the brewery through various batches and techniques listed discussed below.

==Lambic Jaune (experiment 1)About The Wine==During Before talking about the 2011-2012 brewing seasonbeer, Jean received a freshly emptied and uncleaned it is important to understand the wine that came out of these barrels. Lambic Vin Jaune is aged in Vin Jaune barrel barrels from Stephane winemaker [http://www.stephane-tissot.com/ Stéphane Tissot from ]. Vin Jaune, French for ''yellow wine'', is a wine made in the Jura region of France. For this initial experiment, Jean placed wort directly into The wine is produced from Savagnin grapes that are harvested late in the season. During the uncleaned barrel aging process for the wine the barrels are not topped off and a maturation period film of approximately two yeast forms over what remains. The wine is left to age for six years. This experimental batch was and three months before being traditionally bottled but never released, though some in 62cl bottles were used at a dinner for cooking purposes.

==Lambic Jaune / Symbiose (experiment 2)Initial Experiments==Lambic Jaune (also known as Symbiose) is Between the 2011-2012 and the second experiment done with 2012-2013 brewing seasons, Cantillon received freshly emptied and uncleaned Vin Jaune barrels from Stephane Tissotin France. For In the May 30, 2013 Basic Brewing Radio podcast, Jean Van Roy discusses this experimentbeer: <ref name=JVRPodcast>[[Brasserie_Cantillon#Podcast|Basic Brewing Radio Podcast, lambic that had previously been in oak barrels at Cantillon for approximately two and a half years was finished in a Vin Jaune barrel for a little over four months and bottled in May of 2014. This experiment was served at a charity fundraiser in California labeled as Lambic Jaune and at a restaurant in Lille30, France labeled as Symbiose. A bottle of Symbiose was also auctioned for charity in Portland, Oregon for the Brews for New Avenues event.2013]]</ref>

==La Vie est Belge (experiment 3)==La Vie est Belge is : ''Normally we clean the barrels completely, but for some special experiments, we use the third experiment barrels unclean. And we did it last year with , it’s an old dream I had, was to find good barrels from Vin Jaune barrels by Cantillon. For So Vin Jaune is this experiment two wonderful oxidized wine coming the from the French area, Jura, so near the Swiss border. And like lambic, those wines perform a pellicle to protect the wine from the air present in the barrel. I keep my beer from 3, sometimes 4 years. To receive the name Vin Jaune, so yellow wine, they have to three keep their wine during at least 6 years and 6 months, if I remember or 8 months . So my friend Stephane Tissot, a great Vin Jaune producer, bring last year old in February, a barrel, fresh emptied and unclean, with some sediment in the bottom. And we finish the barrel so, without cleaning. And the beer is wonderful.'' Cantillon used these barrels for two types of experiments. 1) '''<u>Finishing lambic in the barrel</u>''' - Lambic that had was previously been aging in oak barrels at the brewery Cantillon for approximately two and a half years was again placed finished in a Vin Jaune barrels from Stephane Tissot and left to mature barrel for another a little over four to five months. This 2015 bottling became experiment was deemed a success, and bottles were served at:* A 2014 charity fundraiser in California (labeled as Lambic / Jaune)* A restaurant in Lille, France (labeled as Symbiose) for onsite consumption* Auctioned for a 2016 charity event in Portland, Oregon (Brews for New Avenues)2) '''<u>Wort in barrel</u>''' - Wort was placed directly into an uncleaned barrel for a maturation period of approximately two years. This experimental batch was bottled but never released, as the test was not deemed successful. The beer was white and viscous. Some bottles were used at a private beer dinner for cooking purposes. ==La Vie est Belge and ==Based on the success of finishing lambic in Vin Jaune barrels, Cantillon reproduced the results in 2016, calling the beer La Vie est Belge. This beer was debuted for onsite consumption at at [[Cantillon_Quintessence|Cantillon Quintessence]] in May of 2016, was served and raffled at the 2016 Brews for New Avenues event, and sold for charity at Monk's Cafe in Philadelphia during the 2016 [[Cantillon_Zwanze_Day|Zwanze Day ]] festivities. ==Naming Confusion==As described above, this beer has shown up under a variety of names:* Lambic / Jaune - This is how the initial experiments were labeled* Symbiose - This is the first commercial name for the beer. However, because of other beers already using this name, Jean decided not to continue to use the Symbiose name going forward.* La Vie est Belge - This is the current name for the beer. This name is based on a quote of Stéphane ("La vie est belle") adapted for the "Belgian way of life".

|05/26/2014||2014||750mL||Bottle labeled "Lambic / Jaune"|-|xx/xx/20132014||20132014||750mL||Failed wort experimentbottles, never released

|0510/2624/2014||2014||750mL||Lambic Jaune, sometimes also Bottle labeled "Symbiose"

|xx/xx/20152016||20152016||750mL||La Vie Est Belge - No back label, no bottle date