| Style: | Lambic (Fruit Ale) | |
| Brewer: | Brasserie Cantillon Brussels | |
| Country: | Belgium | |
| Container: | Bottle | |
| ABV: | 5% | |
| Description: | Beer or wine? St. Lamvinus is a two-year-old Cantillon lambic fermented in oak casks along with wine grapes from France, and siphoned directly into 750 ml champagne bottles. The type of grapes used, and the winery in France that supplies them, are different every year. This beer has been offered irregularly for several years, and its quality has been somewhat variable, but in the last three years it has become an annual event, and a dependably extraordinary drink. The name is a small pun: 'lam' referring to lambic beer, 'vinus' being, of course, the latin for 'wine,' and the whole thing, 'St. Lamvinus,' meant to remind you of St. Emilion, one of the most fabled wine appellations in Bordeaux. It is in essence a union of wine and beer. 5% abv. $$$$ | |
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| First Seen: | 2009-05-03 | |
| Last Seen: | 2022-07-20 | |
| Available at: | Not currently available | |
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Past Availability
| Houston: | 2022-07-20 to 2022-07-20 |
| Kansas City: | 2014-09-25 to 2014-09-26 |
| St Louis: | 2014-10-25 to 2014-10-29 |