Diablo,
Cantillon is an exceptional brewery, and their beers can be very hard to find stuff. I visited their brewery in Brussells (wrote about it in a trip report once), and they literally had nothing left to sell me. They had sold out for the year, and had to stop exporting. The still make their fruit flavored beers with real fruit they pick up in farmers markets, and it can be hard to find the nec. amounts of cherries, etc. they still rely on spontaneous fermentation - basically taking advantage of airborne yeasts that swirl around Brussells. kind of crazy.
Note that they make all lambic style beers, which is a pretty unique style. hard to compare to anything else, not sure if you have had lambics before.
there are lots of great American beers there, but you can probably find those at liquor stores near you. anything from North Coast or Russian River is great. the 3 Philosophers is great as well, thats from NY so maybe hard to find out there.
after Westvleteran, Rochefort is my favorite Abbey brewery. the 6 is good, but the 10 is really where it's at. Les Rulles is good, but iirc really sweet, prob. not worth the $20. La Chouffe is v. good but widely available. ditto for Saison Dupont.
I actully like Dunkel Weizens a lot. it's just a dark hefewiezen, which is a nice combo sometimes hard to find. The Erdinger is a solid example.
so if you feel like splurging and want something different, go for a Cantillon. the 3 Philosophers is a great beer and maybe hard to find. find a local place and try the Rochefort 10, you won't regret it.
here are reviews of the Grand Cru, which I haven't had myself but might be their best.
here are reviews of the Iris, which I have had an recommend
Last edited by Kneel B4 Zod; 02-06-2008 at 08:37 PM.