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Lou Pepe Framboise | Lou Pepe Framboise was part of Cantillon's Lou Pepe series, which also contains [[Cantillon_Lou_Pepe_Gueuze|Lou Pepe Gueuze]] and [[Cantillon_Lou_Pepe_-_Kriek|Lou Pepe-Kriek]]. Lou Pepe Framboise is made from 2-year-old lambic that has been aged exclusively in used Bordeaux barrels. Whereas Cantillon's [[Cantillon_Kriek_100%25_Lambic|Kriek 100% Lambic]] and [[Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus|Rosé de Gambrinus]] lambics contain 200 g/L of frozen fruit, the Lou Pepe fruited beers contain about 300 g/L of fresh fruit.<ref name=“CantillonLouPepe”>https://www.cantillon.be/framboise-lou-pepe-en Cantillon - Framboise Lou Pepe</ref> To carbonate the beer, a small amount of sweet liquor is added at bottling, causing refermentation in the bottle. | ||
According to Cantillon's official website, "the particular name of these beers comes from the south-west of France, a region the Cantillon family is very fond of. In this beautiful region, the grandfather is called Lou Pepe."<ref name=“CantillonLouPepe”>https://www.cantillon.be/framboise-lou-pepe-en Cantillon - Framboise Lou Pepe</ref> | According to Cantillon's official website, "the particular name of these beers comes from the south-west of France, a region the Cantillon family is very fond of. In this beautiful region, the grandfather is called Lou Pepe."<ref name=“CantillonLouPepe”>https://www.cantillon.be/framboise-lou-pepe-en Cantillon - Framboise Lou Pepe</ref> | ||
In 2025, after rumors that the beer was discontinued due to the increased fruit in [[Cantillon_Rosé_de_Gambrinus|Rosé de Gambrinus]] making these beers too similar, Jean Van Roy confirmed that he does not plan to release a new Lou Pepe Framboise in the future. He stated that this beer | In 2025, after rumors that the beer was discontinued due to the increased fruit in [[Cantillon_Rosé_de_Gambrinus|Rosé de Gambrinus]], making these beers too similar, Jean Van Roy confirmed that he does not plan to release a new Lou Pepe Framboise in the future. He stated that this beer was not aging particularly well, becoming too acetic with time. However, he conceded, "never say never". Additionally, Lou Pepe Framboise shares too many similarities with another regularly released beer, but according to him it is [[Cantillon_Magic_Lambic|Magic Lambic]], and not [[Cantillon_Rosé_de_Gambrinus|Rosé de Gambrinus]], which indeed became more aromatic with time, but only due to a change in the raspberry aromatic that evolved over the year (probably with global warming) rather than an increase in quantities added to the beer, which didn't happen. <ref name=LambicInfoConvo>Lambic.Info Interview with Jean Van Roy, february 2025</ref> | ||
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