Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus

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Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

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Description

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 two-year old lambic for a saturation 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.[1]

History / Other Notes

Cantillon has been making Framboise since 1909. The history prior to 1986 is described further on the Cantillon Framboise page.

The name Rosé de Gambrinus first made an appearance on a bottle in 1986 with the base lambic having been brewed in 1984. 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. 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 provided more color so Kriek was no longer blended into Rosé De Gambrinus.[2]

While Framboise is most commonly served fresh, Jean Van Roy stated in the The Lambic Summit, Part 15 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 Rosé 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 Rosé de Sambrinus in the cellar, don’t be afraid. The beer is going to be great." [3]

Bottle Log

Bottle date

(mm/dd/yyyy)

Cork Date Bottle Size Label / Notes Image Link
N/A 1997 750 mL front label not glossy, no pink border, does not have back label N/A
N/A 2003 375 mL N/A
N/A 2004 375 mL Naked lady label, not from the US. N/A
N/A 2005 375 mL Naked lady label, not from the US. N/A
N/A 2005 750 mL N/A
N/A 2006 375 mL Naked lady label, not from the US. N/A
03/26/2009 2009 375 mL N/A
04/13/2010 2010 750 mL N/A
06/17/2010 2010 750 mL N/A
09/29/2010 2010 750 mL N/A
12/29/2010 2010 375 mL N/A
03/21/2011 2011 375 mL N/A
12/22/2011 2011 750 mL N/A
03/08/2012 2012 750 mL N/A
09/28/2012 2012 375mL Canadian import N/A
02/14/2013 2013 750 mL Naked lady label, not from the US. N/A
02/18/2013 2013 375 mL N/A
11/20/2013 2013 375 mL N/A
11/21/2013 2013 750mL N/A
11/28/2013 2013 750 mL Gambrinus 2013 November 28 750.jpg
02/06/2014 2014 750 mL N/A

Label Log

References

  1. Brasserie Cantillon - Tour Brochure (English)
  2. The Lambic Summit 2010, Part 11
  3. The Lambic Summit 2010, Part 15


Photos

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