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Lambic Rhubarbe
Brasserie Cantillon
- From:
- Brasserie Cantillon
- Belgium
- Style:
- Fruit Lambic
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 97
- Avg:
- 4.37 | pDev: 7.55%
- Reviews:
- 81
- Ratings:
- 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 Sabtos:
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.73/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Slightly hazy pastel yellow-gold with a soft, creamy white head that persists throughout as a thick clingy collar.
Really funky but light stinky cheese aromas are followed by overripe peach, and a little sawdust or crushed almond.
I do not get a lot of rhubarb in taste, more like a lemon-raspberry tart, which I guess in itself is pretty close to straight rhubarb, but we have rhubarb that grows all around the house so it's not a flavor I'm unfamiliar with when ultra fresh. I also get some barnyard funk, and as it warms, some fresh rhubarb faintly emerges. Luckily I had some rhubarb jam nearby to tease out the rhubarb flavor, but it is not like a mouth puckering crunch of that green-pinkish stalk, it's just a slight twinge running along the background.
Medium body with a soft, frothy feel.
I had this on draft at a Cantillon tasting for Cleveland beer week in Oct 2016, and it was simply listed as "Rhubarb (Draft)--a blend of 2 year old lambics brewed with rhubarb." I believe it is actually Zwanze 2012 as there does not appear to be a Cantillon beer simply named "Rhubarb," but we did not receive clarification from the bar that held the event.
Oct 15, 2016Really funky but light stinky cheese aromas are followed by overripe peach, and a little sawdust or crushed almond.
I do not get a lot of rhubarb in taste, more like a lemon-raspberry tart, which I guess in itself is pretty close to straight rhubarb, but we have rhubarb that grows all around the house so it's not a flavor I'm unfamiliar with when ultra fresh. I also get some barnyard funk, and as it warms, some fresh rhubarb faintly emerges. Luckily I had some rhubarb jam nearby to tease out the rhubarb flavor, but it is not like a mouth puckering crunch of that green-pinkish stalk, it's just a slight twinge running along the background.
Medium body with a soft, frothy feel.
I had this on draft at a Cantillon tasting for Cleveland beer week in Oct 2016, and it was simply listed as "Rhubarb (Draft)--a blend of 2 year old lambics brewed with rhubarb." I believe it is actually Zwanze 2012 as there does not appear to be a Cantillon beer simply named "Rhubarb," but we did not receive clarification from the bar that held the event.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mrn1ceguy from Illinois
4.96/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
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, 2018Reviewed 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
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, 2017This 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.
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
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, 2016Cantillon 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.
Lambic Rhubarbe from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating:
97 out of
100 with
273 ratings
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