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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
6993.63/5.03.62/5.05%66.5Flute, 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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 frylock (1023), Buffalo, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Oct 19, 2007  
Papaya colored with a thin ring of white foam. Loads of funk in the aroma: hay, barnyard notes and subtle raspberries. Very sharp and acidic, lots of sourness with raspberries hiding in the background. To put it simply, cantillion just does not make bad beer.


 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 12, 2007  
Pinkish-red hue, muddy, pink head, spotty lacing. Tart fruit up front, very acidic, damp/musky basement, (not a bad thing). Spritzy carbonation, lively mouthfeel, (even after sitting open for at least an hour). Quite mellow right off the bat, faint raspberry tartness. Dies out a little through the middle. Huge tart/sout/acid mouth puckering finish, leaves your mouth watering for more. After 4-5 times having this, and being somewhat dissapointed, by far the best bottle I’ve had. Unfortunately don’t see any kind of bottling date.


 KimJohansen (6866), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 8, 2007    Updated: May 4, 2008
Light red beer with tiny pink head. Accidic aroma with minor notes of raspberry. Taste is very sour like your typical Cantillon and again the pressence of rasberries is close to abscent. A fantastic framboise!


 anders37 (4573), Malmö, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 5, 2007  
Draught @ The Rake, Borough. Pours a pinkish reddish color with a pinkish white head. Fruity tart raspberry aroma. Tart fruity and sour raspberry flavor. Fruity tart finish with a long aftertaste of raspberries.


joverton85 (80), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 1, 2007  
bubbly lambic with small white head and pink body. slight fruity taste but mostly sour as the lambic flavor dominates over the fruit infussion. enjoyed with romantic dinner.


 mabel (2590), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Oct 1, 2007  
[589-20070908] 1pt9.4floz @ Sourfest 2007 (Buffalo, NY, w/ rudolf, frylock, IPFreely, jerc, swoopjones). Raspberry musk aroma. Hazy, pink orange body with a medium-lasting foamy light pink head. Raspberry musky sourness in the flavour is not cloying. Medium body, sour. Fairly refreshing finish.


 FatPhil (3467), Espoo, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/104/515/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Very red, almost cartoony. Dry fruit and fruit skin aroma, raspberry detectable. Taste is less lambic-like than most Cantillons, and much more sweet. Hints of raspberry and other dark berries. Leaves the mouth dry and sticky, not unpleasantly so.


 Mangino (1027), Mississippi, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Bottle at Palm Tavern- Red color, small white head. Aroma is pleasent, raspberries a bit of barnyard though not overwhelming, and hiding its true self. Drinking this is truly sour and beautiful, very nice.



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