Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Another incredible example from this very special brewery. Deep pink. Tart raspberry notes and hints of the barn predominate the nose. An perfectly balanced ballet of raspberries (barely noticable as raspberry anymore for their performance) and tart, lambic, wheat beer. It doesn’t get much better.

Bottle. Nose-big brett funk, horse, wet dog, moldy hay. Body-honey/amber with a thin patchy film of bubbles. Taste-high acid (from the brett and the fruit), saffron, light berry, tart, high tannins, acid, ash, black pepper. Full of the jaw crusing sourness I like in lambics. Very nice.

Poured a cloudy red-orange with a bubbly head. The aroma was fairly light, with the raspberries present with a sherbet fizz in support. Intense sourness on tasting, but after the initial onslaught it gives was to a mellow fullness. It is really one of those beers that has you reaching for the glass the moment you put it back down, but I don’t know if my stomach could handle this acidity too regularly!

Bomber, bottled 2004. dark pinkish colour with no head. typical cantillon funk in the nose with a raspberry tingle. taste is immediately barnyard yummy funk with a nice raspberry aftertaste that lingers on the palate. very pleasent and easy to drink. much smoother than the other cantillons i have tried. very enjoyable.

12oz bottle purchased at Table and Vine in Northampton, MA. Smells like a musty cellar full of sour raspberries. Taste is lambic funk and tart fruit. There is a perfectly sharp lambic taste upfront with the carbonation and fruit to tickle the tounge as it goes down. This is everything that I look for in a lambic. Each sip makes me want more. Cantillon is one of my favorite breweries... get your hands on anything that they create.

Bottle. Golden pink color with no head. Tart raspberry and barnyard aroma - not very sweet. Tart, funky flavor that leaves a bit of fruity raspberry on the tongue. Slightly less body than expected.

World class lambic, with a blend of cherry and raspberry. Cantillon brews some of the most traditional lambics, and are not sweetend, to please a bigger audience. Rose De Gambrinus is a phenomenal beer, with complex aromas, and flavors. Pours to a beautiful light ruby color, with a pink head that fades, and a lively carbonation. The nose is complex ,with sour vinous notes, along with aromas of horse blanket, cherry, and raspberry. The palate is lively, as flavors zing on the tongue. Oaky flavors marry with vinous flavors, and flavors of tart cherry and raspberry. Rose De Gambrinus finshes with more complex flavors up front, then ends bone dry with flavors of oak, sourness, and cherry stone. Amazingly complex, vibrant, and flavorful, this beer has tremendous cutting power. It would slice right though a rich pate, buttery cheeses, roasted beef, turkey, or pork. An ultimate aperitif beer, and an ultimate desert beer.

Had high expectations of this that weren’t entirely sated. I guess I expected more bretty funkiness and found this surprisingly clean and simple. Cloudy peach colour with a nice perky head. Found the aroma to be sherbety and acidic, with some ice cream softness and raspberry sweetness, but missing the ’wildness’ that makes lambics so intriguing. On the tongue, it announced itself with an explosion of sherbety sour-sweetness but then vanished in the mid-palate before a late rush of raspberry sourness. Some oaky lambic notes crept in as it warmed, but overall I was disappointed. (Duff homecoming gathering)