Lambic Rhubarbe
Brasserie Cantillon

Lambic RhubarbeLambic Rhubarbe
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From:
Brasserie Cantillon
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
ABV:
5%
Score:
97
Avg:
4.37 | pDev: 7.55%
Reviews:
81
Ratings:
273
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 14, 2019
Added:
Jun 16, 2009
Wants:
  169
Gots:
  15
Previously released as Zwanze 2008 and Zwanze 2012.
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Ratings by claspada:
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Reviewed by claspada from New Jersey

4.22/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Draft @ Monks in Philly for Zwanze Day 2012.

Pours a hazy golden orange color with a small white head that leaves some minimal lacing.

Aromas begin with musty funk, light earthy herbaceous notes and fruit skins. As it warms I get some more emergin tart sour fruitness.

The tastes follow the nose with notes of tart grape skin, juicy citrus grapefruit, earthy oak, cheesy funk and some light berries. There is something else there which could be the rhubarb but I cannot say for sure. Our course there is the standard fantastic Cantillon lemon and barnyard yeasty funk.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium to low carbonation. Finish is mildly fruity, oay and acidic.

Overall I really enjoyed this lambic and I believe it is one of my favorites I have had from Cantillon. It had so many sublte qualities that make it difference that many other fresh Cantillon lambics. The tart, tangy, fruity aspects were restrained and balance the underlying musty and earthy notes. Wish this was in a bottle, but super glad to have had the opportunity to sample
Dec 04, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by LeeryLeprechaun from Colorado

May 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4.4 by BEER88 from North Carolina

May 05, 2018
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Reviewed by mrn1ceguy from Illinois

4.96/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Straight old world funk. Strong lambic funk nose with a balanced, refreshing & smooth taste and finish. Not much rhubarb left at this point. One of the best!
Mar 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by Moses_Malone from District of Columbia

Nov 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Aug 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by Run4theRoses from South Carolina

Aug 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.35 by mig100 from Texas

Aug 19, 2017
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

4.25/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
750ml bottle, shared by a random at rogerdandy's latest typically epic bottle share. And yeah, dude, sorry I pronounced this one's name wrong, jeez. Apparently made with rhubarb.

This beer pours a hazy, medium golden amber colour, with one finger of loosely foamy and wispy off-white head, which leaves very little lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.

It smells of musty yeast, tart applesauce, gritty and grainy pale malt, a bit of red balsamic vinegar, and ephemeral earthy, leafy, and floral hops. The taste is rather tart white wine and cider notes, light cooking vinegar, a bit of banal barnyard (the best kind), gritty and grainy pale malt, and more very tame leafy and floral noble hoppiness.

The carbonation is very mild in its barely-there frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and actually quite smooth for style. It finishes tart, musty, and grainy.

Overall, as usual, this is great stuff, balanced and surprisingly easy to drink, even if the rhubarb character has essentially disappeared, or perhaps just morphed into a generic sour fruitiness. Whatever, I am thankful that I got a chance to drink this fairly rare offering.
May 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.99 by Filabee from Michigan

Apr 14, 2017
 
Rated: 4.53 by nvbrew from Nevada

Apr 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by Kurmaraja from California

Apr 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.05 by liamt07 from Canada (ON)

Mar 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4.43 by HopBelT from Belgium

Mar 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by Zekenyce from New Jersey

Mar 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.65 by South2NW from Oregon

Mar 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Feb 22, 2017
 
Rated: 4.05 by berto714 from New York

Dec 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by ADTaber from South Carolina

Nov 21, 2016
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

4.71/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
With absolute masterful hands, only brewers, blenders of cantillon can create a dry, sour and flawless taste while keeping the identifiably, radiant character that keeps the fruit tasting like rhubarb. Grandma's rhubarb never tasted so good!

Cantillon Rhubarbe seduces the senses with its vibrant fruit perfume of rhubarb- caught somewhere between raspberry, strawberry and blackberry, and is also indicative in the beer's deep mauve hue and its light pink froth. Candy-sweet to taste, the initial flavors are of hard candy and a hint of pastry with a kiss of jammy maltiness.

But the sweetness is soon forgotten as the brisk carbonation and the pungency of sourness steals the show. Remaining just as radiant with rhubarb as ever, the taste calderns from below with citrusy lime, crabapple and the spicy tang of gooseberry. Currant, red grape and an overall musty wine taste round out the fruit and introduces a light briny taste. Weathered oak, cellar-like woodsy nuttiness and a hint of cedar swirls about the senses as the finish looms.

Medium-light, crisp and clean despite its robust fruit flavor, the sour ale strips the thirst from the palate and ushers in an utmost refreshing taste. Lightly peppery, red wine-like a tannin-balanced with wood, a soft afterglow of rhubarb and pastry remain in a brief echo.
Nov 05, 2016
Lambic Rhubarbe from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating: 97 out of 100 with 273 ratings