Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

Pizza Port Belgian Beer Fest. Pour from a 750mL. Aroma comes forth with nice rasperry pits and cherry skin tannins in the nose. Rosy and floral. Pours a deeper red with crimson core and peachy edges. Flavor carries a woody tooth across a tart cherry juice base, to a seca cherry pit. One of the drier renditions, but it finds it’s place as a crisp clean and tart finish that makes it rather enjoyable.

Bottle. [Enjoyed with thewolf on Plan B] Small fluffy reddish head that mostly diminished. No evidence of any lacing. Body was cloudy and reddish looking. Aroma was raspberries, apple, cherry, vinegar and other notes of dust, wood, barnyard and some malty sweetness. Medium bodied with an average carbonation. Flavor was moderated acidic with some balancing sweetness. Nice slightly dry and acidic finish.

Pours an outrageous shade of cloudy pink with a short-lasting head. Behind the lambic funk and stable smells are the raspberries, along with a bit of wood. I expect sourness in this style of beer - but in this particular bottle it was too much, bordering on vinegar.

Bottle: Poured a medium pink color lambic with a small foamy head with average retention and good lacing. Aroma of sour raspberries’with some light oak. Taste is a mix between some fresh and lightly sweet raspberries with some tart and sourness. I thought the acidity level was far less then the regular gueuze which is probably due to the presence of raspberries. Very refreshing and well done overall.

Bottle. Pours a hazy red-orange amber with a fizzy off-white head like soda. Aroma is very nice, lots of lambic yeastyness, raspberries and a touch of caramel. As soon as you drink, you’re assaulted by sourness - too much, I might add. It drowns out all othe nuances the beer may have. Dissapointing.

Bottle shared by sliffy i think. Poured with some reddish and pinkish hues and a little white head. Aroma was of a little barnyard and some dirty clothes with a little grapes to it. Flavor was a little tart but not too sour. A little lactic with a descent palate.

Tried at the 12 Hour Belgian Beer Party in Carlsbad, CA. Possibly the best beer tasting ever, with 70 bottled and 20 draft beers.

This is one of those beers that I’ve had a bunch of times have always loved it, but, for some reason never rated it. Finally I remembered to actually do it this time. It pours with a cloudy rose body topped by a light head with some lacing left behind. It’s tart and sour as expected with nice fruity notes and that great Cantillon funk. Light bodied, crisp and dry.