Cantillon Lou Pepe - Framboise - Brasserie Cantillon

Luk13

Quebec (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

01-09-2013 18:31:04 | More by Luk13

Pecan

California

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

05-16-2013 18:11:08 | More by Pecan

DruRho

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

05-14-2013 15:22:10 | More by DruRho

thezoobrew

New York

5/5  rDev +12.6%

05-13-2013 18:08:43 | More by thezoobrew

Danny1217

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +7%

05-12-2013 21:03:37 | More by Danny1217

lpayette

Vermont

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

05-12-2013 20:16:30 | More by lpayette

coldmeat23

Oklahoma

4.75/5  rDev +7%

05-12-2013 16:23:22 | More by coldmeat23

cfrances33

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +7%

05-11-2013 15:10:41 | More by cfrances33

drlovemd87

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

05-10-2013 01:28:56 | More by drlovemd87

cadaugherty

Illinois

5/5  rDev +12.6%

05-07-2013 23:44:34 | More by cadaugherty

Pete27lax

New York

4.75/5  rDev +7%

05-01-2013 15:05:15 | More by Pete27lax

CheapBeerBuzz

California

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

04-28-2013 05:40:07 | More by CheapBeerBuzz

SStein

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

04-25-2013 20:02:19 | More by SStein

Jwale73

Rhode Island

4.3/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

On cask at Moeder Lambic on 4/7/2013. Pours a beautiful raspberry hue, slightly hazy in clarity, with a fluffy, cloud-like, light pink head similar to the color of cotton candy. Nose expresses citrus, rind, cork and a wisp of raspberry essence at the back. Taste consistent with nose - no real surprises here. Citric acid is very assertive in the flavor profile. Mouthfeel is light in body, puckeringly tart and lightly stimulates the salivary glands. Overall, a very good fruit lambic; however, I'd like to have had a little more raspberry flavor.

Serving type: cask

04-15-2013 22:22:59 | More by Jwale73

Beerenauslese

California

4.75/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Vintage 2006, bottled 2008.

As soon as the cork is pulled, the aroma of raspberries wafts into the room. Poured into a tulip, has a lovely pinkish garnet color, transparent, clear on the first pour, a little cloudy on the second. A half inch head of light foam, quickly dissipates to a ring. Some motile lacing quickly runs down the glass back into the ring of foam and does not stick.

Nose is fresh raspberry, old wood and spice, a little Cantillon funk, and a mild acetic acid (vinegar) note. Main impression is a glass of macerated raspberries.

This tastes of fresh raspberries upfront with some raspberry juice sweetness, then the acetic acid hits mid palate and continues to get more acidic towards the finish, which is pretty sour at that point. I love the fresh raspberry flavor, even in this 5 year old version.

Body is light with some slight carbonation, flat mouthfeel. Has a clean presentation with no stickiness. Unfortunately, the carbonation leaves too quickly.

This beer preserves the fresh acidity of the raspberry and enhances that some with an extra vinegar sourness--but a little too much. The malt notes are light and the old wood notes, spice, and tannins add some complexity. Definitely a great beer, but the sour level makes me want to have it with food, which it pairs well with. My goal is to try this again as fresh as possible to guage how much of the fruit has left this bottle after cellaring.

Vintage 2008, bottled 29 September, 2010

Update: The following day, I opened the 2008 vintage bottled in 2010. This has a deeper red color and the raspberry flavor is slightly fresher with a much lower acetic acid level that did not produce the wave of acidity I experienced with the 2006 and is better carbonated with a more champagne-like mouthfeel. I could enjoy sipping a whole bottle of this vintage, which is what I am about to do :-). Because the 2008 vintage presents considerably better, I have upgraded my earlier score to an across the board 4.75 (was 4.5 overall). With these beers, one can expect variations by vintage (neither the lambic nor the fruit will be the same) and quality also depends on cellaring time and conditions, but 2008 is delicious now and may be as good as it gets (until I get to try a newer vintage).

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2013 01:47:27 | More by Beerenauslese

CraftBrewhaha

Washington

4.91/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

Booya! Poppin tops with the ole lady to celebrate an occasion and pulled out one of these (2009) bad boys. Just raspberries up in there! You can smell them skins and seeds, the whole fruit. It's like Whaaat?! Bangin tartness. This one feels like the first, feels like the very first time. Lady loved it too.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 09:35:34 | More by CraftBrewhaha

nlmartin

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

04-06-2013 11:46:01 | More by nlmartin

Thedrizzle

Florida

3/5  rDev -32.4%

03-31-2013 23:50:46 | More by Thedrizzle

Steve212

New York

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

03-31-2013 03:55:10 | More by Steve212

BeRanger

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

03-22-2013 17:03:35 | More by BeRanger

tom10101

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -9.9%

03-20-2013 20:05:18 | More by tom10101

fiver29

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

03-20-2013 12:50:16 | More by fiver29

Quackus

New York

4.75/5  rDev +7%

03-16-2013 18:18:31 | More by Quackus

AutumnBeerLove

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +7%

03-15-2013 17:37:52 | More by AutumnBeerLove

DoubleJ

California

4.45/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Double imported Cantillon. 2002 Vintage, with a 2004 printed on the cork. Bottled and imported from Belgium first by Belgian Beer Paradise, then bought in Brazil and sent to America in 2012. Now it's ready to drink in 2013. Let's hope the cork works with me. Coming out of a 750 ml bottle, on to the beer:

The cork is a little mushy, but I am able to put the cork opener into it without having it fall apart. Pull out, pour into a glass, get a muddy brownish pink color with no head on the pour. No worries. The aroma gets me in a good way, plenty acidic with some good doses of raspberries which still remain 9 years later. A rustic barnyard note sits behind all that. Somehow, the aromas are balanced very well.

As one could expect, this one attacks your palate in several ways. It's plenty acidic, which is a given, not just from being a Cantillon, but also the raspberries bring a pleasant acidic that's not so sharp as say, Fou Foune. Yet the raspberries also bring some tart, sour, and sweet flavors which soak into the palate and help this beer going down. It's surprisingly drinkable despite the intense activity and fullness found in the liquid.

Suffice to say, this is a fun and lovely fruit lambic. At a decade old, there's still plenty of life in this bottle, a bottle which I plan to finish on my own tonight.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2013 06:58:08 | More by DoubleJ