Cuvée Mam'zelle
De Leite in Oostkamp, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.23
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Trouble in paradise! A frivolous damsel enters the scene. It is a young lady that over a few months matured in oak wine barrels, which gave her a deep but soft-bitter tannin aftertaste. The taste is full and complex because the brewers induced a controlled souring during the ripening process. The Mam´zelle is by origin a blond beer. Ripening gave her a soft red glow. This is the reason why she is called ‘high-blond’. The alcohol percentage is 8.5 volume. Brewers maintain that she is ‘untameable’.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy golden colour with an amber hue. The head is creamy, warmish, with good retention and some thick foamy lacing. Interesting nose starting with some big sweetness, but what helps comes next with some mild red wine vinegar notes. Light Brett with earthiness and some hints of yeast. The taste is a nice mix of fruitiness and light vinegar and earth. There might be hints of rusty water, but seems fairly light all-around, even for 7.5% ABV. A nice sourness appears in the finish. Interesting.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2019
at 06:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(tap) clear, bright yellow orange colour with a small white head; aroma of funk, fruit, then honey; bright, lightly tart flavour with l long, light tart then light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2019
at 22:42
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
31/05/2019 - 33cl bottle @ Huis van de Grootjuffrouw, Kortrijk. Cloudy golden to orange, small fading lacing. Nose is grains, brett, fresh fruits, bit spice. Taste is grains, brett, green apple, dry wine touch. very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2019
at 10:28
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Lichtbruin bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is licht zuur en kruidig met iets van bitterkoekjes en appelstroop. Apart bier, normaal niet mijn stijl maar dit bier kan ik echt wel waarderen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2019
at 21:06
6/10
Tried
from Growler
on 14 Jan 2019
at 11:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Max & Stas. Cloudy golden. Oak, wine, funk, fruitiness, citrus, sourish and sweetish, caramel, some vinegar, spiciness, medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2018
at 17:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
At a tasting, thanks, small stable bubbly head, cloudy quite dark orange color, aroma of red wine vinegar, vanila, some onion and red fruit creeping in, flavor of red wine and red fruit with some chocolate and vanial behind, mellow light to medium sourness with some sweetness blending in, A bit heavy but still really nice and enjoyable.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2018
at 14:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours hazy orange gold with a small head. Aroma is ashy and sour, some dark berries. Taste has lemon and some dark berries to start. Sharp ashy sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2018
at 20:06
7/10
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Tried
on 07 Sep 2018
at 14:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the Grumpy Goat, Reading. Deep gold with a thin white head and a moderate fizz. Funky farmyard summer fruits (raspberry and strawberry), followed by tart lemon, smooth vanilla and dry oak. Very interesting; full-flavoured and punchy and yet smooth and nicely balanced at the same time. A few weeks ago I criticised Stillwater's Oude Bae as I didn't feel that the sourness went with the vanilla notes from barrel-ageing; in this beer it works well though. Really enjoyed this one. Happy days!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2018
at 19:42