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== Description ==
== Description ==
Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus is a traditional raspberry lambic (framboise) bottled regularly by Cantillon. Its fruit content is generally around 200 grams of raspberries per liter of lambic.  The fruiting process for Rosé de Gambrinus consists of taking pre-frozen raspberries and placing them in stainless steel tanks with an average age of 20 month old lambic for a maceration period of 1-2 months.  It is then transferred to a stainless steel bottling tank until it is ready to be bottled. A quantity of young lambic is added equal to one-third of the volume of the fruited lambic before bottling to obtain secondary fermentation.<ref name = CantillonBrochure> Brasserie Cantillon - Tour Brochure (English) </ref>
Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus is a traditional raspberry lambic (framboise) bottled regularly by Cantillon. Its fruit content is generally around 200 g of raspberries per 1 L of lambic.  The fruiting process for Rosé de Gambrinus consists of taking pre-frozen raspberries and placing them in stainless steel tanks with an average age of 20-month-old lambic for a maceration period of 1-2 months.  It is then transferred to a stainless steel bottling tank until it is ready to be bottled. A quantity of young lambic is added equal to one-third of the volume of the fruited lambic before bottling to obtain secondary fermentation.<ref name = CantillonBrochure> Brasserie Cantillon - Tour Brochure (English) </ref>


== History / Other Notes ==
== History / Other Notes ==
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The name Rosé de Gambrinus first made an appearance on a bottle in 1986 with the base lambic having been brewed in 1984 (see below for complete history).  It has been in Cantillon's regular lineup ever since.  There have been slight variations to the Rosé de Gambrinus label design over the years but it has remained generally consistent. The most notable variation involved briefly clothing the woman due to label approval issues in the United States.
The name Rosé de Gambrinus first made an appearance on a bottle in 1986 with the base lambic having been brewed in 1984 (see below for complete history).  It has been in Cantillon's regular lineup ever since.  There have been slight variations to the Rosé de Gambrinus label design over the years but it has remained generally consistent. The most notable variation involved briefly clothing the woman due to label approval issues in the United States.


Rosé de Gambrinus has undergone one notable recipe change.  Prior to the 2004-2005 brew season, Cantillon used Belgian raspberries. Because Belgian raspberries did not add enough color, Cantillon would blend in between 5% and 10% kriek.  In 2004-05, because it was difficult to find enough Belgian raspberries, Cantillon switched to Hungarian raspberries.  With the Hungarian raspberries providing enough color, Cantillon no longer blended kriek into Rosé de Gambrinus.<ref name=Summit11>[[The Lambic Summit 2010#Part11|The Lambic Summit 2010, Part 11]]</ref>
Rosé de Gambrinus has undergone one notable recipe change.  Prior to the 2004-05 brew season, Cantillon used Belgian raspberries. Because Belgian raspberries did not add enough color, Cantillon would blend in between 5% and 10% kriek.  In 2004-05, because it was difficult to find enough Belgian raspberries, Cantillon switched to Hungarian raspberries.  With the Hungarian raspberries providing enough color, Cantillon no longer blended kriek into Rosé de Gambrinus.<ref name=Summit11>[[The Lambic Summit 2010#Part11|The Lambic Summit 2010, Part 11]]</ref>


While framboise is most commonly served fresh, Jean Van Roy stated during the Lambic Summit (Part 15) that:  
While framboise is most commonly served fresh, Jean Van Roy stated during the Lambic Summit (Part 15) that:  
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On February 21, 2008 a label for the kegged version of Rosé de Gambrinus was approved by the TTB. <ref name= TTBGam> TTB Label Approval, [https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonlin/viewColaDetails.do?action=publicFormDisplay&ttbid=08045001000043 Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus], 2008 </ref>
On February 21, 2008 a label for the kegged version of Rosé de Gambrinus was approved by the TTB. <ref name= TTBGam> TTB Label Approval, [https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonlin/viewColaDetails.do?action=publicFormDisplay&ttbid=08045001000043 Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus], 2008 </ref>
In 2025. a rumor was going around stating that the amount of fruit in Rosé de Gambrinus was increased and the overall profile became closer to [[Cantillon_Lou_Pepe_-_Framboise|Lou Pepe Framboise]], which lead to a decision by the brewery to stop producing the Lou Pepe version. Jean Van Roy confirmed the rumor to be false, indeed Rosé de Gambrinus became more aromatic over the years, but it is due to the fruits being more aromatic and flagrant themselves, probably due to global warming, and the amount added to the beer was never increased. The discontinuation of [[Cantillon_Lou_Pepe_-_Framboise|Lou Pepe Framboise]] has nothing to do with it.<ref name=LambicInfoConvo>Lambic.Info Interview with Jean Van Roy, february 2025</ref>


==From Framboise Lambic to Rosé de Gambrinus==
==From Framboise Lambic to Rosé de Gambrinus==
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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]]
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|01/05/2021||Season 20/21||750mL||European labeling||[[File:Rose de Gambrinus 2021.jpg|frameless|50px]]
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|03/08/2021||Season 20/21||375 mL||European labeling||[[File:Cantillon Gambrinus 8 Mar 2021.jpg|frameless|30px]]
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