Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus

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Beer No: 101
Page No: 866
Category: Specialty

Ok, so maybe the picture isn't really the Cantillon Rosé, but it's close enough.  I currenty have this picture as my background on my computer and it makes me thirsty for a nice rose or kriek every time I look at it.  Mmm...I need to have that Supplication I picked up at Hi-Times today...

Back to the Stone Sour Fest, here's the amazing list from the "A" Outside Bar (draft) and "B" West Side of Lawn (Draft) along with a couple special beers on cask.  A * indicates I tried it - a º indicates I skipped it because I knew I had already tasted it at a previous festival.

  • "A" Outside Bar
    • Alvinne Kerasus
    • Bacchus Flemish Red
    • Bockor Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge º
    • 2007 Boon Oude Geuze Marriage Parfait º
    • Cantillon Classic Gueuze
    • Cantillon Fou Foune
    • Rodenbach Grand Cru º
    • St. Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition
    • Stone Funky Sour *
    • Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier
  • "A" Outside Bar Cask
    • The Bruery Melange #7 *º
    • Stone Estate-gown Peach Sour *
  • "B" West Side of Lawn
    • Allagash Confluence Ale
    • Avery Altar Boy *
    • Avery Depuceleuse
    • Ballast Point Hout Series Black Currant º
    • Ballast Point Hout Series Gueuze *
    • Ballast Point Sour Wench Blackberry Ale *
    • BJ's Oude Jeremiah
    • Bootlegger's Cherry Chernobyl *
    • 2009 Cascade Apricot Ale
    • Cascade Bourbonic Plague *
    • 2009 Cascade Kriek Ale
    • 2009 Cascade Sang Rouge *
    • 2009 Cascade The Vine
    • 2009 Cascade Vlad the Imp Aler *
    • Craftsman Sour Lavendar *
    • Deschutes Bender Weiss
    • Deschutes Quadsimoto *
    • Grand Teton Sourgrass *
    • Green Flash Grand Mantis
    • Green Flash Super Freak
    • Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere º
    • Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca
    • Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga
    • Jolly Pumpkin Oro De Calabaza º

Looking back at my old review, it's pretty harsh, but not too far off.  The Rosé was pretty good and I'd love to find a bottle of it to try it again in a setting that doesn't involve a festival.  I do like it and would love to test it again.

My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:

Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus by Cantillon

Aroma: 7/10
Appearance: 3/5
Taste: 6/10
Palate: 2/5
Overall: 13/20

Rating: 3.1 / 5.0

Had on draught at the Pizza Port 12 Hour Belgain Ale Festival on March 8, 2003
#8 on your programs for those following along. What a beer - even better to be found on tap...yes - on tap. Pours with an orange/red color and a beautiful clarity. The aroma is sweet - apricots and/or peaches. The beer though has much more of a bite than the Lindeman's - you've got hints of sweetness mixed amongst a tartness. A bit more astringent than others I tasted, while this one didn't have that smokey/vinegary flavoring, it packed the perfect punch and was a nice contrast to the extremely sweet krieks.