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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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reserva (30), Oud-Turnhout, Belgium
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 16, 2009  
orange, red, tan foam, full body, average carbonation, long finish, medium bitterness, medium sourness, excellent complex beer


Ygberg (98), Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 6, 2009  
Aroma of rassberries and apples. The apperance is clear red (dispite if you stear up the fermentation in the bottom) with a tiny head. The flavour souer with hints of rassberries. A bit bitter also. Not as strong rassberry taste as i had expected. I’ve tried both old and new bottles and the biggest differance is that the older bottles are a lot more souer and has a weaker taste of rassberries and a less red colour. The rassbery taste is not very strong even in the new bottles.


 vtafro (469), , New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/513/20
Sep 3, 2009  
2004 Bottle. A red orange pour. No head but vivid carbonation. Funky aroma. This was expectantly mouth puckering, plus raspberry and citrus.


 sauceyhops (104), carlsbad, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/515/20
Aug 29, 2009  
Pours a rosy pink with very active carbonation, no head. Funky/sweet aroma. Smells like it’s going to be pretty sour. Dry mouthfeel but not as sour as I expected. Tastes of tart citrus with a pleasantly sweet fruit finish. This was my first Cantillon and it wasn’t a bad one to start off on. Solid lambic


 cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Bottle at Chris-o’s Pre GBBF tasting and 2009 ... hazy orange pink ... barnyard fruity sour nose .. sour tart ... little wood ... some chicken shit .. just not me.


 daknole (2882), Plantation, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 24, 2009  
Bottle shared by JW77 and his wife! Pours a nice red color. Aroma is full of tart cherries, raspberry, light oak, vinegar, and funk. Flavors follow suit with a great tartness but so much wonderful fruit on the finish. Very very good!


 Listigovers (101), Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/105/513/20
Aug 24, 2009    Updated: Oct 2, 2009
Bottle at Beer Bistro, did not check age. Extremely beautiful and potent aroma. Bright pink colour with a fluffy white head. Very acidic and sour flavour, not like anything I’ve ever had before (being only my 3rd lambic) a little difficult to drink. Eating food with it was good to cut the extreme sour flavour. A taste I need to acquire. Interesting mouthfeel, weird carbonation.



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