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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Cantillon Framboise is a raspberry lambic | Cantillon Framboise is a raspberry lambic and the predecessor to [[Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus|Rosé de Gambrinus]]. The 1986 label states that this beer contains 75% framboise, 25% kriek, and 0.05% vanilla. This was the only Cantillon beer known to have vanilla until [[Cantillon_Zwanze_2016|Zwanze 2016]] was released followed by [[Cantillon_Magic_Lambic|Cantillon Magic Lambic]]. | ||
== History / Other Notes == | == History / Other Notes == | ||
Cantillon is the first known lambic blender to make a framboise. Paul Cantillon stated that they had more bottles of framboise than | Cantillon is the first known lambic blender to make a framboise. Paul Cantillon stated that they had more bottles of framboise than kriek in his inventory for 1909-10, which was reaffirmed by Jean Van Roy during the Lambic Summit in 2010.<ref name=“CantillonGambrinus”>https://www.cantillon.be/rose-de-gambrinus-en Cantillon Rosé De - Gambrinus</ref><ref name=summit16>[[The Lambic Summit 2010#Part 16|The Lambic Summit, Part 16]]</ref> Framboise disappeared during World War I but reappeared briefly in the 1930s. In the 1970s, the production of raspberry lambic started again at Cantillon. | ||
In 2016 for the [[Cantillon_Zwanze_Day|Zwanze Day]], Jean Van Roy used this batch of Framboise as an inspiration for that year's [[Cantillon_Zwanze_2016|beer]]. | In 2016 for the [[Cantillon_Zwanze_Day|Zwanze Day]], Jean Van Roy used this batch of Framboise as an inspiration for that year's [[Cantillon_Zwanze_2016|beer]]. | ||
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==From Framboise Lambic to Rosé de Gambrinus== | ==From Framboise Lambic to Rosé de Gambrinus== | ||
The history of raspberry lambic at Brasserie Cantillon dates back to as far as 1909 when inventory taken by Paul Cantillon “indicates that the cellar contain[ed] more raspberry beer than kriek”.<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> Fruited beers disappeared from the brewery’s lineup during World War I, but during the 1920s Kriek was produced again and raspberry lambic reappeared for a short time in the 1930s. Shortly after World War II, as lambic became less popular and many breweries turned to sweetening their beers, the tradition of making raspberry lambic at Cantillon disappeared. However, in 1973 Jean-Pierre decided to begin producing the beer again when a friend of the brewery, Willy Gigounon, showed up at the brewery with 150 | The history of raspberry lambic at Brasserie Cantillon dates back to as far as 1909 when inventory taken by Paul Cantillon “indicates that the cellar contain[ed] more raspberry beer than kriek”.<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> Fruited beers disappeared from the brewery’s lineup during World War I, but during the 1920s Kriek was produced again and raspberry lambic reappeared for a short time in the 1930s. Shortly after World War II, as lambic became less popular and many breweries turned to sweetening their beers, the tradition of making raspberry lambic at Cantillon disappeared. However, in 1973 Jean-Pierre decided to begin producing the beer again when a friend of the brewery, Willy Gigounon, showed up at the brewery with 150 kilograms of raspberries. | ||
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the brewery sourced raspberries from within the Pajottenland from a farm near the small village of Liedekerke. Harvested in July, the farmer would hire a group of students to come to the farm and pick the berries to fill buckets full of 20 kilograms at a time. Jean-Pierre notes that the farmer would “weigh them to nearest gram”<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> and that due to Belgium’s rainy summer climate, the buckets would also be filled with quite a bit of water. | Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the brewery sourced raspberries from within the Pajottenland from a farm near the small village of Liedekerke. Harvested in July, the farmer would hire a group of students to come to the farm and pick the berries to fill buckets full of 20 kilograms at a time. Jean-Pierre notes that the farmer would “weigh them to nearest gram”<ref name=GrummelslinkseJune> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – June 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> and that due to Belgium’s rainy summer climate, the buckets would also be filled with quite a bit of water. | ||
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This label and name was first put on bottles of Cantillon raspberry lambic in 1986. Starting in 1990, Brasserie Cantillon began working with Wide World Imports Inc to export their beer to the United States. Unsurprisingly, the original label for Rosé de Gambrinus was unsuitable for shelves in the United States and thus needed to be reworked for federal approval. Maurice Coja, head of the U.S. import company, sent back a proposed label on which he had clothed the woman on the label in a black bra and mini-skirt. Upon seeing the reworked label the original artist, Coumans, remarked: “Tell the Yank where he can put his suggestion, and also tell him that I’ll draw the woman’s clothes on myself”.<ref name=GrummelslinkseSeptember> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – September 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> | This label and name was first put on bottles of Cantillon raspberry lambic in 1986. Starting in 1990, Brasserie Cantillon began working with Wide World Imports Inc to export their beer to the United States. Unsurprisingly, the original label for Rosé de Gambrinus was unsuitable for shelves in the United States and thus needed to be reworked for federal approval. Maurice Coja, head of the U.S. import company, sent back a proposed label on which he had clothed the woman on the label in a black bra and mini-skirt. Upon seeing the reworked label the original artist, Coumans, remarked: “Tell the Yank where he can put his suggestion, and also tell him that I’ll draw the woman’s clothes on myself”.<ref name=GrummelslinkseSeptember> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – September 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> | ||
Coumans came back with reworked art covering the woman up in a long blue dress noting that “the young lady is wearing a light blue dress. But most importantly, and the Americans need to know this, underneath the dress she’s in the buff”.<ref name=GrummelslinkseSeptember> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – September 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> At the time, even Playboy magazine featured a story on it. When Shelton Brothers took over the import duties in 1996 the labels were then switched back to the original undressed woman. | Coumans came back with reworked art covering the woman up in a long blue dress noting that “the young lady is wearing a light blue dress. But most importantly, and the Americans need to know this, underneath the dress she’s in the buff”.<ref name=GrummelslinkseSeptember> Van Roy, Jean-Pierre. (2016a). Grummelinkse – September 2016. Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze. Brussels, BE.</ref> At the time, even Playboy magazine featured a story on it. When Shelton Brothers took over the import duties in 1996, the labels were then switched back to the original undressed woman. | ||
==Bottle Log== | ==Bottle Log== | ||
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! Bottle Size | ! Bottle Size | ||
! Label / Notes | ! Label / Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1982 | | 1982 | ||
| | | 750 mL | ||
| | | brown paper label | ||
|- | |- | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1986 | | 1986 | ||
| | | 375 mL | ||
| | | pink label with ingredients listed in border | ||
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| 1986 | |||
| 750 mL | |||
| pink label with ingredients listed in border | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||