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Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

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A Lambic - Fruit brewed by
Cantillon

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
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5633.59/5.03.59/5.05%62.8 Flute, Tumbler P  Stats

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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 dankman38 (217), Somewhere in, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/517/20

Dec 9, 2007  
Pours a cloudy pink/red with a course quickly fading head. The nose screams funk with some fruit added to it. Sour flavor with hints of raspberries and citrus that lingers for a good long time. I was expecting more fruit but I was happy with this beer.

 17thfloor (641), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 20, 2008  
[Vintage clue? 08DEC01] Thick syrupy brown vinegar seepage on the top of the cork. Pours a murky grapefruit pink with a lovely white froth. Big raspberry seed aroma with lots of dusty tart yeast as well, phenomenally great pairing. So tangy! intense... lingering raspberry seeds. This stuff is ridiculously sour and acidic. Like drinking raspberry flavored battery acid.


 nick76 (2030), Tampa, Florida, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/56/20
Aug 17, 2008  
There is raspberry in the aroma but it is overpowered by bathroom, lactic bacteria, wild yeast, and acid. The appearance is raspberry red with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. There is nothing in it to save it.


 Palidor19 (1276), Brandon, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/510/20
Aug 17, 2008  
I like nice fruity lambic, but this just too way to sour for me to fully enjoy, the aroma is nice with some nice spring raspberries. The acidity of the beer is wild and intense, expect to pucker.


 NomDeBeer (143), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 11, 2008  
My first lambic . . . WOW. This is a whole new universe of flavor. I didn’t know beer could taste like this. Acid reflux-inducingly sour and acid - this really took me by surprise, but after a while I warmed up to it. Took me a long time to finish this, but it was still enjoyable once I wrapped my palate around it.


 Mitch_Wayne (100), Kokkola, Finland
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Aug 7, 2008  
I have often started a few things in my life with the wrong foot and having this as the first lambic certainly belongs to that category. The scent is nothing that I would call fruity, all I got was metal and sourness with maybe a hint of raspberry if I am forced to make that judgement. The taste follows suit, the sourness overpowers the taste and there is not that much to taste aside from that besides the sweetness. Reminds me of a bad, one dimensional wine, this certainly didn’t convert me to a lambic drinker.




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