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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 emacgee (1892), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 1, 2007  
Poured a hazy reddish pink with a thin white head. The aroma is very sour/tart, of course some raspberry, crisp, and acidic. The flavor is sour, tart, acidic, and raspberry hints. The palate was very crisp and acidic.


 aubreya (676), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Jul 1, 2007  
The color was pink/orange, bubbly and crisp. The head was thin and pink. The aroma was similar to that of a flemish sour ale. It was very tart/sour and smelled of fermented grapes. The palate was thin/medium bodied. The finish was sour/tart.


 dmac (1500), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 1, 2007  
2002 750 ml bottle shared with willblake and Disckinsonbeer. Poured a hazy coppery/orange with some light pink tones and a quickly fading head. Aroma is tart with lots of sour fruit shining through, even thought this is raspberry based I was getting strong cherry notes. Flavor was beyond tart, probably one of the sourest beers I have ever had. If you don’t like sour then run far far away from this sour bomb.


 Dickinsonbeer (3497), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Jul 1, 2007  
Pours a light copper with a pinkish almost violet hug, fizzy carbonation and a short lived head. Aroma is Tart and pungent with tons of fruit character from even a couple feet away. Tart- acidic, raspberry and sour as hell cherries. Acidic sharp flavor, tart cherries, raspberries, lactic, funky, a bit doughy, sweetness lasts for a second until it hits the bakc of the throat then the sour puckering effect takes place. Damn acidi and sour- but so damn good. I love this beer. Bottle- 2002.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 18, 2007  
Bottle sampled. Pours red/pink with a pink head. Aroma of fermented raspberries, the nose was scarring me, as i am just starting to find myself adjusted to lambic’s, the nose is overwhelmingly sour. The taste is fruity, and just to sour for me.


 Petrucci914 (591), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Jun 14, 2007  
Pours a light pinkish red color. Aroma is funky and musty, a la horse blanket. Taste is very tangy and complex but very acidic.


 charcot25 (181), Cordova, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 10, 2007  
Pours a reddish-orange with an ephemeral white head. Sharp vinegar and barnyard aroma. The taste is dominated by the acidity and I had difficulty detecting any fruit. Thin mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. I was really excited to try this one, but I seemed to have missed out on its complexity. I guess I’ll have to revisit this one when my palate has developed further.


 zebracakes (1216), Washington DC, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 10, 2007  
Bottle. Pours hazy ruby watermelon orange, delicate pink-lavender, white hued head. Aroma is berries, funky, musty, tangy, bleu cheese, also that smell when you first light charcoal for a BB-Q. Flavor is slight charcoal, sour tangy raspberry, sour dough, bleu cheese, popsicle stick wood after you’ve finished the popsicle. I’ve been having a pretty awful day, and this lambic just hit the spot.



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