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Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus 3.63 712

Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

Percentile
93
overall
Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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7123.64/5.03.63/5.05%68.6Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
"It has the colour of onion skin", said a voice behind me. It was Raymond Coumans. He was admiring the colour of the raspberry lambic reflecting in the red copper of the buckets used to empty the barrels. At that time (1986), "Raspberry-Lambic" already was synonymous with a sweet, artificially flavoured beer. This is why we decided to distinguish our beer from the other raspberry beers. Raymond proposed to call it a rosé, dedicated not to Bacchus but to Gambrinus.

The process to make this beer is identical to the one to make Kriek. When young, the Rosé de Gambrinus will still present its full fruity taste. Later on, the lambic taste will become dominant at the expense of the fruit taste.

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 Skyview (4076), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Sampled at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN and shared by brewfiend. Pours a fizzy reddish/orange amber brew with a light pink and fast dissolving head. Aroma of light tart raspberries, some flowery and yeast funk, and some drid herbs. Taste is medium bodied, well carbonated with flavors of tart berries, barnyard yeasty funk, and a touch of sour apple skin. Finish is spritzy tart with a light yeast aftertaste. A nice fruity lambic.


 eboats (889), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 7, 2007  
Pours amber with a white head. Aroma is a sour musty raspberry. Flavor is a medium tart with some raspberry. The flavor actually gets more tart as you go, but never so tart that it hurts. Overall the raspberry is an aftertaste instead of a prominent flavor.


 fro2218 (466), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Pinkish/oarnge in color with a white head. Alot of sour rasberries in the nose along with some malt. A nice sipper - nice malt character balanced with the sour rasberry. One of the best lambics out there.


 Stew41 (1054), Caulfield, Australia
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Oct 28, 2007  
June 2006 Bottling. Blood orange in colour; very illuminated and lively. Big nose of musty fruits and very sour raspberry fruits (and perhaps a touch of strawberry). A good lick of attractive confectionary-like aromas as well. Plenty of tight, zingy and intense acidic fruits; almost citrus like. Really quite a serious style that will age very well.


 Floback (336), Naples, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Pours no head over an interesting pulpy grapefruit-colored body. Lacing is loose and oily. Nose is sweet and sour with vinous fruits and dry yeast. Subtle raspberries, barnyard funk, sharp acid all around. Huge eye-twitching sour bite in the finish. High carbonation and medium/full body. Sweet and sour are almost perfectly balanced with the sour coming out on top. Tastes better with every sip. The best framboise I’ve had so far. Cantillon doesn’t fail to please.


 frylock (1025), Buffalo, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Oct 19, 2007  
Papaya colored with a thin ring of white foam. Loads of funk in the aroma: hay, barnyard notes and subtle raspberries. Very sharp and acidic, lots of sourness with raspberries hiding in the background. To put it simply, cantillion just does not make bad beer.


 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 12, 2007  
Pinkish-red hue, muddy, pink head, spotty lacing. Tart fruit up front, very acidic, damp/musky basement, (not a bad thing). Spritzy carbonation, lively mouthfeel, (even after sitting open for at least an hour). Quite mellow right off the bat, faint raspberry tartness. Dies out a little through the middle. Huge tart/sout/acid mouth puckering finish, leaves your mouth watering for more. After 4-5 times having this, and being somewhat dissapointed, by far the best bottle I’ve had. Unfortunately don’t see any kind of bottling date.


 KimJohansen (7132), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 8, 2007    Updated: May 4, 2008
Light red beer with tiny pink head. Accidic aroma with minor notes of raspberry. Taste is very sour like your typical Cantillon and again the pressence of rasberries is close to abscent. A fantastic framboise!



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