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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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 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 8, 2006  
Orange with a pink tinge, no head. Strong sour funky aromas. Flavor is very sour - lemon juice, some sour apple, sour raspberry. Dry, sour finish. Not really my thing.


 gputty (456), Virgina Beach, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Aug 7, 2006  
Shared with Immy. From bottle. Poured a golden orange with small bubbles that clung to the sides of the glass. Nose is sour, lactic, with hints of raspberry underneath. Flavor is sour with an acidic aftertaste. Not much left of the taste buds after this one, although the palate is smooth. Grapefruit rind finish.


HDane (81), Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/101/52/103/54/20
Aug 6, 2006    Updated: Sep 22, 2006
Golden amber, with no head. Reminds me a bit of garbage juice (the liquid that collects in the bottom of trash cans and garbage bags). Nose is very sour.. almost like funky socks. Flavor is sour, with lemon, and vinegar.. made me gag on certain sips.


 harrisoni (6769), Ashford, Kent, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 31, 2006  
375ml bottle. Clear reddish pink with thin pink head. Sour aroma with some red fruits, but mostly sour lemons. Oh man, this is just way too sour. There is some residual sweetness from the fruit. I would prefer some more depth. Sweetness on end is pretty nice. It really isn’t that pleasant to drink and I don’t find it interesting enough. Back to the Boon and De Cam I guess.


 hezron (601), Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 20, 2006  
Aroma is fruity, raspberries, oak, sourness, nutty, celery, brown sugar and some barnyard notes. Very cloudy orange with a few floaties and a thin, white head. Intensely sour at first. The flavor just explodes in your mouth and forces your face into a pucker. Then other flavors come out, a nutty raspberry malt with a touch of chocolate. Fairly acidic with a mineral finish and crisp but lacking much carbonation.


 thornecb (1751), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2006  
Bottled in 2004. Pours blood orange into a tumbler. Slight raspberry,and sour firecracker notes. No head. Slightly flat, upfront sour pepper with a lasting bitter sulphur finish with just a hint of raspberry at the end. Didn’t know it was 2004 until I popped the cork -- would like to taste fresh.


 Miksu (2214), Jyväskylä, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 15, 2006  
0,375 l bottle. Orange-amber color, no head. Rose, raspberry, sulfur, leather and also some sweetness in the aroma. Very acidic flavor with raspberry, learthe and lemon. Raspberry, leather, lemon and acid in the finish. Good aroma. Raspberry is somewhat overpovering in the flavor.


 FoolishMortal (965), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 11, 2006  
750mL bottle, 2005 vintage. Dark red-orange with a medium sized fizzy white head. Cow patty and damp vegetation cover a deep acetic raspberry aroma. Phenolic character up front, cidery raspberry flavors collide with a burgeoning acetic sourness and musty Brett. Heavy residual astringent tartness in the finish. Mouthfeel is very dry.



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