Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

0,75 l bottle as a gift.
Hazy reddish beer with some brown copper tone, small white froathy head. Fine aroma with vanilla, tarty sourish and earthy fruitiness. Tart character, grapefruit and lactic acid, berries and oak. Complex one!

2005 vintage. Bottle shared at Brasserie 4:20 in Rome. Alex is the man and has gone to great lengths to insure that his vintage bottles are cellared correctly. This bottle was fantastic. Clear garnet pour with an off white head. The aroma was pure luscious raspberry. The taste was absolutely dominated by tart raspberries. To be honest, I expected the fruit to be almost gone and instead replaced by sour funk notes. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The were some acidic notes and even a hint of vinegar, but the funk and barnyard flavors I have come to expect were non-existent. This bottle was crisp, clean, and refreshing. Simply outstanding.......

750ml bottle. Vintage 2008. Deep red with huge pink, collapsing head. Sour raspberry aroma. Refreshing tart raspberry taste. Palatable carbonation. Still not my favourite style.

Bouteille de 750ml. Millésime 2008. Que dire de cette superbe lambic à la framboise. La robe est rose-rouge avec une mousse rose qui ne tient pas la route. Le nez est bien acide, les levures sauvages sont aussi présentes. Rien de détonne. Les framboises sont bien intégrées mais perceptible. La bouche est fort agréable. Elle est acide mais le corps bien constitué rend le tout agréable. Les framboises sont bien présentes en fin de bouche. Une des meilleures selon moi.

(Vintage 2008, 75 cl) Une tête rose qui disparaît sur un liquide à la robe rouge et embrouillée. Un nez très agréable de basse-cour, d’étable et de bois mouillé avec des framboises appétissantes, fraîches et acidulées. Des saveurs de fermentation sauvage, une belle aigreur qui attaque les muqueuses avec des notes boisées et une juste touche de fruits rouges qui apportent un certain réconfort. Une bouche au corps moyen avec une effervescence à la Cantillon et une texture huileuse. Une finale qui a du mordant, un arrière-goût fruité et chargé de notes surettes.

2008 bottle. Pours a dark burgundy with a thick pink head. Nose is barnyard funk with lots of sour and raspberry. This is a young bottle with only a year and change so the taste is a bit more earth than pure sour funk however there is a good amount of funk with the raspberry. Drink soon if you want to taste more raspberry or wait for more sour. Mouthfeel is crisp and sharp. Always quality from Cantillon. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle 04-11-2011. Pours pretty dark red with a pink head. Smell is not spectacular, raspberries in the end. Taste is a perfect combination between the lambics and the raspberry although i miss a wow feeling here. I do miss a sourness, its good but not overwhelming. A good fruit geuze after a hard day of cleaning out the garage. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

I was surprised by the round body. Lots of raspberries, stable, earth. Sourness was perfect. That thing is awesome.