Rosé de Gambrinus
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Framboise Regular|
Score
7.79
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"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.
Source : Lambic.info
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.
Source : Lambic.info
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6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from HavnensVinOgTobak. Pours cloudy dark pale red with tiny vanishing pink head. Aroma is intense raspberry, vinegar, yeast, sugar strawberry, redcurrant, soap and fresh roses. Taste is light to medium sweet and very acidic. Bosy is oily with fizzy carbonation. Finish is long and mostly sour with notes of red berries, vinegar, yeast, soap, roses, perfume and a slightly unpleasant earthy and funky end that I cannot pin down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2022
at 22:10
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - received as a gift from Henrik. Cheers! Pours clear reddish pink with a frothy, pink head that settles into a cream. Lightly sweet with lovely fresh, fleshy and tart raspberries, sturdy and stable acidity, soft funk, mellow seedy bitterness. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Clean finish, lightly drying, further juicy raspberry, quenching tartness. Outstanding. These Cantillon guys really know their stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2022
at 19:54
9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
5 years old. The color has dulled a bit, as has the fruit. It’s deep funky and earthy with some raspberry jam. Lovely. Very carbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2022
at 16:37
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2022
at 03:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Ruby colour, hazy, no head. Aroma is balsamico, raspberry or rather homemade raspberry wine, some cherry. Medium sour, not too aggressive. Flat carbonation. Very good, but lacks something to be great. Tap in Techie's.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2022
at 16:03
8/10
Het hele frisse fruitige is er nog wel maar niet meer zo nadrukkelijk aanwezig als bij een ‘verse’. Redelijk zuur toch wel, meer dan verwacht, framboos nog wel aanwezig, hout, iets wrang. Al
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2022
at 15:06
8.5/10
Always a pleasure. Nicely juicy, plenty of fruit, and not too sharp raspberry going on. Some funk and woodyness present, but the red fruit is clearly in charge. Damn delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2022
at 22:00
8.5/10
Just lovely. Really wanted to try this fresh... couldn't stop myself. Lambic withdrawal, probably. Bottled March. It's probably best to keep it around for a year or two.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2022
at 21:38
8/10
Some juice in between ;) aging lovely. (Obviously left)
Tried
on 18 Apr 2022
at 13:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the Blind Monk. Garnet pour with a big pinkish/off white head. Funk, barnyard, and fresh raspberries on the nose. Tart and sour with raspberry, funk, lemon, and citrus notes. Good stuff....
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2022
at 18:06