Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus: Difference between revisions

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In addition to using vanilla to cut down on the acidity, at one point a customer of the brewery named Paul Coorevits came up with a drink called the ‘Brussels Kir’ which was “Cantillon raspberry lambic in a flute glass mixed with a bit of strawberry liqueur” that not only would “bring down the tartness, it also enhanced the beer’s colour.<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref>  
In addition to using vanilla to cut down on the acidity, at one point a customer of the brewery named Paul Coorevits came up with a drink called the ‘Brussels Kir’ which was “Cantillon raspberry lambic in a flute glass mixed with a bit of strawberry liqueur” that not only would “bring down the tartness, it also enhanced the beer’s colour.<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref>  


In the 1970s ad 1980s, raspberry lambic was much more pale than we are accustomed to today.  To enhance the color, Jean-Pierre mixed the raspberry lambic “with a certain portion of kriek” along with a small portion of vanilla<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> as evidenced on the pink Famboise Cantillon label.  This color ended up being the inspiration for what we now know today as Rosé de Gambrinus<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref>, but the name did not come from the Van Roy family.  An artistic friendship would eventually lead to the renaming and relabeling of this beer.
In the 1970s and 1980s, raspberry lambic was much more pale than we are accustomed to today.  To enhance the color, Jean-Pierre mixed the raspberry lambic “with a certain portion of kriek” along with a small portion of vanilla<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> as evidenced on the pink Famboise Cantillon label.  This color ended up being the inspiration for what we now know today as Rosé de Gambrinus<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref>, but the name did not come from the Van Roy family.  An artistic friendship would eventually lead to the renaming and relabeling of this beer.


[[File:Label-Cantillon-RoseDeGambrinus375-2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Artwork by Raymond Coumans]]
[[File:Label-Cantillon-RoseDeGambrinus375-2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Artwork by Raymond Coumans]]