Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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2006 vintage - opened last night Wow, they aren’t kidding when they say the color is onion skin! The nose on this one was straight up raspberries and barnyard funk! The sourness was impressive but not overly vinegar, and just plain delicious!!! So glad I saved this as long as I did and so happy to have finally had the opportunity to savor it!

Bottiglia 75cl @ Cantillon Brewery/Museum Rosa sul fucsia, trasparente, un velo di schiuma aleggia supra. Al naso ed in bocca mirtilli acerbi. Ottima davvero

Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell, London during the Birthday Celebration of Jack & Leighton - big thanks to Jack for making my Cantillon dreams come true. Vintage 2008 bottle. Pours murky ruby with a light, pink cream head. Alright, from here out the review will be brief; this is the best beer of the day for me and I’m just going to sit back and enjoy it. Bottom line: great beer. Big tang, loads of tart raspberry. Quenching. Delicious.

This beer has a gorgeous appearance - a reddish-purple hue, with a pink foam head that sticks around longer than expected, and leaves no lacing, as is expected. Wonderful aromas of raspberries, hay, barnyard funk. Classic Cantillon scents - simply wonderful. I could sniff this beer for several minutes without taking a drink. The aroma alone is worthy of praise and attention. This beer is truly excellent. While definitely tart, I would not say that it is incredibly sour. Lou Pepe Framboise is extremely drinkable, and has a much milder acetic finish than the Rosé de Gambrinus. Very pleasant lingering tart raspberry aftertaste. Delicious!

Bottle - thanks to Jack at Leightons and his birthday pleasantries, 13/04/13. Reddish amber (light was fading a little by now) with a good sized light crimson head. Nose carries tarte raspeberries, funk, earth, must, old chest of draws sat in the garage since 1972, lightly soured berry fruits. Taste comprises much of the same, funk, barnyard, raspberry forward, tarte and soured berry fruits, light sugars. Medium bodied with light spritzy carbonation befitting the style. Excellent!

2008 bottle at the birthday tasting. The pour’s deep red with a small off-white head. Really bright, jammy nose. Loads of tart raspberry. A bit of nose-tingling barnyard. Mild acid. The taste is similarly jammy. Nicely clean, sharp raspberry fruit profile. Pillowy sweetness. There’s a building green apple skin acidity in the finish. Otherwise, light refreshing stuff. Light body, medium carbonation. Overall, a great fruit lambic. Highly drinkable.

Bottle 75 cl, 2006 vintage. Pours hazy reddish orange in color with a small whitish head. Raspberries and light wooden notes in aroma, some raspberry jam as well, which makes it feel quite like a summer meadow filled with raspberries. Tart mouthfeel. Is a bit acidic, but yet it feels quite soft and smooth. Sour raspberries in taste but some lemony fruityness as well.

Bottle 75 cl.

Poured a nice reddish color from the bottle with aromas of tart rapberries, ljght funk and wet oak. Flavors are the same livbt tart raspberries and some nice tartness in the end. Glad I got this bottle for my wife and she enjoyed it very much.

750 ml bottle. Pours a ruby/brown with full dark pink head. Aromas of sour fruit candy, wood barrel, and red berries. Flavors of sour wild raspberries, leather, and oak. Tart and funky. Yummy.