Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise

2006 vintage.Pours hazy reddish orange. Raspberry aroma with some woody tones. A lot of acid notes as well. Some rubber and diesel. Fruity undertones. Full, full acid sour flavour with notes of raspberries, other berries and wood. Fruity, tart and dry. Medium body.

Sample #30 at 1st CST, 2004 bottle. Pours a lighter pink/red glowing with a small wispy fine white head. Nice raspberry seed pool water aroma, really beautiful. Great tart acidic and bright raspberry flavor, again, like the Kriek, it’s not too abrasive, fairly dry. Thinner feeling body in a delicate way, fine soda carbonation, nice.

750 ml bottle
Thanks to buffalohead for sharing a 2005 vintage of this at a tasting. Even after a dozen other beers the Cantillon goodness shone through. This made it the clear winner of the night and one that reminds me just how great Cantillon beers can be. If they didn’t cost $20+ each I would certainly be drinking them more often.

Aroma / Appearance - Tart and strong with raspberries as the key player the sourness dominates from the start. The body is a wonderful glowing red with light pink head. Fluid it crawls around the glass.

Flavor / Palate - Sharp raspberries break through the dull fatigue of a dozen IPAs and stouts. Like fresh cherry pie the acid refreshed and reawakens the palate. Making it sit up and beg for more it was a sad time when this bottle finally kicked. I look forward to a week in Belgium and the chance to some day try a whole raft of these without the high cost associated with buying them stateside.

750 ml bottle brewed in 2006. Clear pink with champagne like carbonation, thick pink head that vanishes quicly. Aroms is wild yeast, horse blanket, raspberries, sourness, and acidic. Flavor is acidic and tart with raspberries, horse blanket, wheat, straw and candies. Medium body. Fizzy carbonation.

Bottle, brewed 04 bottled 06, from FBOB’S. Pours very cloudy dark brown/orange. Nose is super sour lambic and tart with disguised fruit. Taste is SHARP sour rasp/blackberry bite. Sourness is Overwhelming and addictive. Each sip makes me sit and ponder what I just let enter my mouth for a few seconds, and then asks for more. Finish is completely sour lambic with hints of aspiring red fruit. Tough price to pull the trigger on, but glad I did.

Vintage 2008 with craftycarl21 and WLG423. Deep pink hued garnet with a small light pink head. Aroma is bursting with fresh pureed raspberry, a light acidic funk, a light oak note, and tart over ripe nectar. Flavor is suitability tart and wholly rude. Tart raspberry, wood, and a massively sour funk kick you right in the Jimmie. A mild acetic acid peeps in as well to allow for a nice warming on the way down. Balance of flavors is superb: sour kick, raspberry tartness, funk and wood all combine to make for quite the quaff. Palate is mildly effervescent, slippery, smacking, and finished quite dry. Absolutely incredible.

Light burgundy pour with a small, light pink head. Aroma huge with tart fresh raspberry, funk, and some subtle notes of the oak aging. Flavor is f&$#ing massive; absolutely chock full of raspberry, acidic funk, and wood. Not complex, but extremely impressive in its aggressiveness. Palate starts with the tartness from the raspberry, then does a deceptive cadence into a big sour kick, rather than the expected drop into the finish. Once the finish comes, it mellows out into a nice dry mouthfeel. Excellent fruit lambic.

pours out a deep pinkish red with no head. aroma has notes of raspberry and funk, slight hints of alcohol come out through the aroma. Woody notes are mostly hidden by the strong fruity aroma. Incredibly rich and complex flavor. A strongly tart and fruity flavor with the typical lambic funk. An earthy finish that leave a nice sour feeling in the mouth. Holy cow, what a beer. A great one to share. Thanks oteyj.