Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

Dark orange color, no head. Very cloudy appearance. Strongly sour, dry and some fruits also in aroma. Medium bodied. Strongly sour and dry flavor with hints of raspberry, extraordinary for my experience. Strongly sour aftertaste which lasts.

Poured a cloudy effervescent faded pink. Aroma of vinegar, yeast, barnyard, touch of raspberry. Taste is very acidic with just the faintest hint of fruit essence... actually somewhat hard to tell that it’s supposed to be raspberry. Some yeast and grassy character thrown in there as well. Oily carbonated body. I personally could have used a more dominating raspberry presence.

I had to appreciate this one for what it is. This is my first try of what my bf calls a "true lambic". I was shocked at the tartness, but the flavor was very good. It was such a pretty pink color. I am not sure that I am a lambic lover per say, but this was a refreshing change in my beer tasting adventure. Worth a try!

Medium size but short lasting head on top of a reddy pink body that was a touch murky. Musty aroma with plenty of fruit. Sour grapefruit taste with some raspberry cordial added late. I don’t usually go for beers that are tart but this is enjoyable.

[bottle from clockwork beer company] the aroma is fruity, some raspberry, cherry skins, some citric notes, some yeast, some horseblanket. light palate, very acidic, very sour and although i took a bad alergic reaction to it and nearly asphixiated it was very nice.

2004 vintage bottle. Deep garnet with some orange in it. No head, very little carbonation. Aroma is lots of sulfur, some weird funk, some wheat, and of course, quite a bit of tart raspberries. Wow this is sour. If you can manage to put the extreme tartness to the side, you can pick out some more flavors besides the raspberry. There is quite a funky yeast note, along with a nice malty sweet finish hidden beneath the apparent dryness, which sort of mellows out the sourness. This really makes you pucker your lips, but I was expecting more carbonation, mine was borderline flat. Interesting and different. This has always been a once in a great while style for me, but I did walk away from the glass with a fairly good experience.

37.5 cl bottle, 2002. Orange with pink notes. Tiny bubbles forming the modest head. Small particles present. Still strong raspberry aroma despite the years passed since bottling. Strong fruit flavours developing into almondy bitterness. The finish is very dry indeed. The texture is dry, and in this case the beer was rather flat. Still, a perfect aperitif it is- to be enjoyed by the (champagne) glass rather than by the bottle.

Bottle (375ml - green and corked). At The Abbey, Ottawa. My 400th rating. Poured very bubbly gold (with a hint of rose colour there), a small off-white head , looked a bit like spanish sparkling wine. Aroma pretty straightforward, yeasty and powerfully tart and champagne-like (it’s a nose-tickler), with faint hints of fruits (raspberry? strawberry?). Taste is puckeringly sour, but you quickly develop a taste for it - bit like unsweetened lemon drops and champers, again that vague tart fruitiness is hidden in there like the aroma. *WARNING* - drinking this will make you almost immediately have to piss like a racehorse. Palate - well, acidic, lively. Overall I’m happy to have had a couple of "real" lambics now, and while this isn’t really my thing, I think I could develop a taste for this - could be the perfect summer beer ... my mouth stayed puckered for half an hour after I left the pub, I couldn’t bring myself to have a mint, I couldn’t risk it.