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Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus is a traditional raspberry lambic (Framboise) bottled regularly by Cantillon. Its fruit content is generally around 200g 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 young lambic for a saturation period of 1-2 months. It is then transferred oak barrels for further maturation.
Rosé De Gambrinus has undergone one notable recipe change. Prior to the 2004-2005 brew season, Cantillon used Belgian raspberries. Because the Belgian raspberries did not add enough color, so Cantillon would blend in between 5 and 10% kriek. Because it was difficult to find enough Belgian Raspberries, in 2004-2005 they made the switch to Hungarian raspberries. These raspberries provide more color so Kriek is no longer blended 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 in the The Lambic Summit, Part 10 <ref name=Summit15>[[The Lambic Summit 2010#Part15|The Lambic Summit 2010, Part 15]]</ref> that "the Raspberry is probably the fruit where the taste and color disappears the most quickly, but you can conserve the raspberry lambic. We have rose de gambrinus for more than 10 years at the brewery. And the beers are great. But you have less fruit taste, less fruit taste, in comparison to a kriek for example, a kriek from the same age. But it’s possible to conserve a raspberry lambic. For the people with a rose de gambrinus in the cellar, don’t be afraid. The beer is going to be great."