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Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus 3.63 717

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
7173.64/5.03.63/5.05%68.6Flute, 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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 Svesse (2687), Hässelby, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
May 17, 2006  
(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm) Colour is red, raspberry red to be specific, small pink head. Nose is acidic and harsh with raspberry and some vanilla notes. Taste is acidic and harsh, almost like unripe rhubarb, with fresh raspberry notes. The acidity tends to overshadow the berries, however. Very dry and very refreshing.


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
May 30, 2006  
75 cl bottle. Ruby colour with no head. Yearty and sour aroma, hints of raspberry. Very sour and acidity flavour hard to find anything but sourness, I hope I one day could love this kind of beer.....


 PilsnerPeter (2667), Flushing, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 23, 2007    Updated: Apr 1, 2009
Bottle - 2005: Pours a nice hazy rusty red color with a vanishing head. Aroma is intense barnyard, some musty wood, and plenty of active culture funk. The base beer funkiness gives it lots of complexity. The raspberry is somewhat subtle and never masks the nuance of the base lambic. I’ve been meaning to re-rate this.


 puzzl (2661), New York, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/105/515/20
Nov 23, 2005  
Yikes! My first real lambic (had only had Lindemans and other sweetened lambics before). So overwhelmingly sour! Much more so that even Rodenbach Grand Cru and other flemish sours I’ve had. The raspberry was there but it was very difficult to pick up on... just every once in a while you’d get a quick taste of it. Aroma was nice and rich but was a little funky and didn’t feature raspberries as prominantly as I’d like (in fact, hardly at all). Still, a great beer.


 Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Apr 26, 2005  
The beer after decanting the 12-ounce green bottle sets in the glass a beclouded orange-red color, the head is creamy in texture an a off white color, the size adequate, as it evaporates rather quickly, the residual lace is a thin satin sheet to drape the glass. The nose is jaw tightening in its tartness, with the light aromas of blue cheese, green grass, rising damp, and yes raspberries floods your senses, with just a touch of sweetness underneath it all, start is lightly sweet and enormously tart, the top light. Finish is devastatingly acidic with the sweet and sour raspberries lingering to the end, “Whoa Nellie”, this is so tart it makes your jaws hurt, ah the wonder of a true lambic, God I love’em.


 downender (2649), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 15, 2007  
Bottle from the brewery. Subtle pink colour with a moderate, rose-tinted head. Aroma was of yeast, the farmyard and a hint of raspberries. The mouth feel was puckering, with plenty of acidity. Flavours of red soft fruit with a very dry finish. Very enjoyable.


 Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 24, 2004  
Pours a hazy orange/amber beer with a fast disappearing head. Nose of wood, raspberries, malt. Tart and acidid. Flavor is extremely sour (the most sour lambic I have had so far) with fruity and woody tones. Ends in a tart dry raspberry finish. Quite nice but a little to harsh to be excellent!


 mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Oct 1, 2007  
[589-20070908] 1pt9.4floz @ Sourfest 2007 (Buffalo, NY, w/ rudolf, frylock, IPFreely, jerc, swoopjones). Raspberry musk aroma. Hazy, pink orange body with a medium-lasting foamy light pink head. Raspberry musky sourness in the flavour is not cloying. Medium body, sour. Fairly refreshing finish.



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