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Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus 3.63 711

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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7113.64/5.03.63/5.05%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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 IndianaRed (1560), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 6, 2006  
Bottle Rating #1000 ! Pours a hazy gold, peach color with a small white film odf a head. Musty and yeasty with distinct rasberry notes. Flavor is sour and quite dry. Some of that Belgian horsy flavors and he raspberries are not trampled. Nice Lambic flavor overall and the finish is dry and tart. Wich the bottle was a bit bigger.


 bask (305), Leuven, Belgium
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Nov 27, 2006  
Golden body, small beige head. Strong yeasty aroma, sugar, some flowers. Sour, uncomplex strong flavour.


 JCapriotti (1378), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Nov 22, 2006  
12oz bottle from 2002. Clear copper body. White frothy head with a slight pink hue. Aroma is raspberry graced horseblanket, and what I consider to be "Cantillon dry soured concord grape skin". Aroma seems to be wafting off the glass from two feet away, and creates a sour funk in the air. Some dry pepper too. Its all there but not 100% interesting. Sour lambic mixture taste... quick dry finish. Yeasty oak. No too bad.


 rayg1 (440), Ft. Mill, South Carolina, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 22, 2006  
Aroma is a potent sourness and funk. Pours a dirty orange brown that I had to work at hard to get any sort of head. The taste is bitter but not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be from the smell. Oak and fruit flavors comeout after the bitterness leaves finishes very clean with a bit of raspberry aftertaste, not bad I’m starting to get in to the lambic style.


 awaisanen (1279), Irvine, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 10, 2006  
From a 750mL Bottle. Murky, apple cider colored pour with a thin layer of white head. Tart aromas of fresh raspberries, some peach and vanilla bean. The fruit aromas dance lightly with the woody, sour funky characters. Light, crisply carbonated mouthfeel. Lots of tartness - concentrated flavors found in the aroma, but much more so. Sour, crisp, woody, earthy berry flavors with a clean, tart finish.


 rlgk (3378), Vårgårda, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Nov 7, 2006  
Deep red color, almost no head. Cherry aroma, woddy, oaky but most of all sour. Cherry flaavor, very sour and sourish, strawberrynotes and maybe with some yeast. Very, very sour finish.


boojummy (50), Medford, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/512/20
Oct 26, 2006  
As soon as I opened the bottle, I knew that this was intensely sour. That sour-fruity aroma just came pouring out. This beer pours a unique hazy orange-brown with lots of suspended yeast (wild yeasts, or did I just pour badly?). Frothy white head that dissipates quickly. Flavor is the immediate mouth-puckering sourness I was expecting based on the smell. There’s some raspberry flavor and a little alcohol warmth in there, but that’s basically it; no hop flavor, no malt flavor, nothing. Just sour. Body is nice. This would make a good aperitif, but it’s not my idea of a "drinking beer", and I consider myself a fan of sour ales.


 tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Oct 22, 2006  
ahh Lambic such an odd brew but so intresting and nice once you figure out a true lambicpink with little or no head, tart, spritzy little sweet, lingers a while on your palate again a nice one



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