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== Description ==

Menu Pineau is a grape lambic made with ~~the~~ Menu Pineau grape from the Loire region of France. This is the same region as the [[Cantillon Pinot d'Aunis|Pineau d’Aunis]] grape. Menu Pineau grapes are also known as Arbois or Petit Pineau and are known for their low acidity and often used to soften high acidity wines.<ref name=wikiarboise>Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29</ref>

Menu Pineau is a grape lambic made with 300 g/L of Menu Pineau grape from the Loire region of France. This is the same region as for the [[Cantillon Pinot d'Aunis|Pineau d’Aunis]] grape. Menu Pineau grapes are also known as Arbois or Petit Pineau, and are known for their low acidity and often used to soften high acidity wines.<ref name=wikiarboise>Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29</ref>

==History / Other Notes==

For [[Cantillon_Zwanze_2011|Zwanze 2011]], Cantillon blended different batches of lambic with Menu Pineau and Pineau d’Aunis grapes. In 2016, bottles of the original Menu Pineau began appearing for on-site consumption at the brewery in very limited numbers.

New batches of Menu Pineau were produced in 2018 and 2019~~, with the~~ 2019 ~~being~~ released in to-go packs in May of 2020 after the brewery ~~re-opened from~~ the COVID-19 shutdown.

New batches of Menu Pineau were produced in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 vintage was released in to go packs in May of 2020, after the brewery reopened following the COVID-19 shutdown.

==Bottle Log==

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| 09/xx/2009||2009|| ~~750ml~~|| White label with Menu Pineau and bottling date printed on it.||-

| 09/xx/2009||2009|| 750 mL|| White label with Menu Pineau and bottling date printed on it.||-

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| 10/30/2018||Season 18/19||||~~750mlGeneric experimental grape label~~||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 30 Oct 2018.jpg|frameless|50px]]

| 10/30/2018||Season 18/19||750 mL|| Du Lambic dans les vignes ||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 30 Oct 2018.jpg|frameless|50px]]

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| 11/19/2019||Seaosn 19/20||~~750ml~~||~~Generic experimental grape label~~||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 19 Nov 2019.jpg|frameless|50px]]

| 11/19/2019||Seaosn 19/20||750 mL||Du Lambic dans les vignes ||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 19 Nov 2019.jpg|frameless|50px]]

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 __NOTOC__
 == Description ==
-Menu Pineau is a grape lambic made with the Menu Pineau grape from the Loire region of France.  This is the same region as the [[Cantillon Pinot d'Aunis|Pineau d’Aunis]] grape. Menu Pineau grapes are also known as Arbois or Petit Pineau and are known for their low acidity and often used to soften high acidity wines.<ref name=wikiarboise>Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29</ref>
+Menu Pineau is a grape lambic made with 300 g/L of Menu Pineau grape from the Loire region of France.  This is the same region as for the [[Cantillon Pinot d'Aunis|Pineau d’Aunis]] grape. Menu Pineau grapes are also known as Arbois or Petit Pineau, and are known for their low acidity and often used to soften high acidity wines.<ref name=wikiarboise>Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29</ref>
 ==History / Other Notes==
 For [[Cantillon_Zwanze_2011|Zwanze 2011]], Cantillon blended different batches of lambic with Menu Pineau and Pineau d’Aunis grapes.  In 2016, bottles of the original Menu Pineau began appearing for on-site consumption at the brewery in very limited numbers.
-New batches of Menu Pineau were produced in 2018 and 2019, with the 2019 being released in to-go packs in May of 2020 after the brewery re-opened from the COVID-19 shutdown.
+New batches of Menu Pineau were produced in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 vintage was released in to go packs in May of 2020, after the brewery reopened following the COVID-19 shutdown.
 ==Bottle Log==
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-| 09/xx/2009||2009|| 750ml|| White label with Menu Pineau and bottling date printed on it.||-
+| 09/xx/2009||2009|| 750 mL|| White label with Menu Pineau and bottling date printed on it.||-
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-| 10/30/2018||Season 18/19||||750mlGeneric experimental grape label||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 30 Oct 2018.jpg|frameless|50px]]
+| 10/30/2018||Season 18/19||750 mL|| Du Lambic dans les vignes  ||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 30 Oct 2018.jpg|frameless|50px]]
 |-
-| 11/19/2019||Seaosn 19/20||750ml||Generic experimental grape label||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 19 Nov 2019.jpg|frameless|50px]]
+| 11/19/2019||Seaosn 19/20||750 mL||Du Lambic dans les vignes  ||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 19 Nov 2019.jpg|frameless|50px]]
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