Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Bottled Feb ’07. Bit of a Cantillon novice, and I’ve found the beers I’ve tried to date one-dimensional, aggressive, hydochloric, and unenjoyable. This is something else. Pours clear pale red beneath a collar of froth that vanishes instantly. Saliva-making aroma of lambic sherbet, unspecified fruit, St. Agur, lemon juice, poorly ventilated cellar, mouldering barrel. The acid is there, but not at the expense of everything else, and even allows a little trickle of whole fruit raspberry tartness to shine through. To me that enhances and in no way detracts from its lambic character. Great beer to end (or begin) the night on if you want something cuttingly fruity and packed with flavour that’s not going to take your head off.

I sure wish I could like this style, but alas, I am just not a fan...Pour was very pretty. Hazy light ruby color. Smell was sweet raspberry. Taste was just too tart and sour. Unrippened berries chased with vinegar. Did not like. Someday maybe...Today is not the day.

Thin hazy peach towards pink look with a small white head. Aroma is dominated by sour fermentation, with earthy notes and only minor fruit notes. Flavor is overall just sour aswell, a little bit of rasberry in the aftertaste thats it. Never got to check the production date, but must have been a relative old bottle.

Cloudy red-hued orange. Slightly dusty and strongly tart aroma with traces of earthy funk. Flavor is intensely tart, followed by a touch of raspberry fruitiness and finishes with a slightly dry funk. The sourness is overpowering. It’s a nice deviation from what I normally enjoy, but I would never seek this out.

"vintage" 2004. Beautiful rosé-color. Classic sour, but still with some fruityness. Cask signs. Hard to rate, when lambic really makes me scream for chocolate and a few glasses of sugar... But compared with other previously tasted lambics (and cousins), I found thos one quite interesting (Tasted at the "BASMOF Nytårskur 07/08 12-01-2008)"

12oz Capped & Corked $5.99 Sam’s Marcey Bottled 2005 This bottle had zero pfft! when I pulled the cork. Rose de Gambrinus poured a pinkish hue with a flute full of bubbles. A small quarter finger fizzy head formed on the pour and quickly fell to a ring around the glass. Aroma comes forward with musty raspberries just picked and underripe. The sourness is evident when the smell curls your nose hair. There’s a solid dose of barnyard, mostly musty hay. Mouth puckering sourness up front is quickly followed by the barnyard mustiness and a slight touch of vinegar. The finish mouth puckering sourness in the form of tart raspberries with a hint of sweetness. Good flavor. Light body with a light refreshing mouthfeel. The sourness leaves you puckered up but as I swallow I salivate uncontrollably. This beer actually goes down pretty easy for the intense sourness. Enjoyable for sure but a glass or two is enough for me. I’ve sampled a couple lambics in the past but they were more of the sweet fruity variety. This is far from that but also enjoyable and a fun expierence. 12/31/07

pale red amber color with a small frothy head. acidic musty grain aroma with a raspberry and sour cherry note. medium body and puckering. sour fruitiness, hay, and pungent floral undertones. not too bad a little acidic could have blended to make it a little smoother.

375 mL bottle at Flat Rock Saloon. Poured beautiful shade of red with minimal head. Mildly fruity nose. Started extremely tart and sour that diminished as the beer warmed, however, not quite as sour as I was expecting. Poorly carbonated. Not bad, but doubt I would revisit as the style has little drinkability.