Brasserie Cantillon Mamouche

Mamouche

 

Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Untraditional Winter
Score
8.07
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 285
Two-year-old Lambic in which elderberry flowers have been soaked.

The character of the elderberry flowers lends this beer a very pronounced, floral taste that is nevertheless very refreshing.

Since 2008, once a year Cantillon Brewery has produced Zwanze, a special-edition beer that is completely different each time around, with Mamouche originally appearing as Zwanze 2009. This beer is completely different from anything else produced by Cantillon, and we decided to continue producing it on a regular basis. Mamouche is what the seven grandsons of the Van Roy-Cantillon family call their grandmother, Claude Cantillon. As such it is the counterpart of the Lou Pepe beers.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

No head.
Opaque golden color.
Very nice floral aroma with nice lactic acidity.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2026 at 22:10


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 11. June 2019. 2019 cork. amber hazy color, small white head. smells herbal, earthy, oak, pepper, tobacco. nice to very nice smell. full body, subtle carbonation. tastes citric, earthy, funk, herbal, pepper, lemon balm, very light notes of elderflowers, subtle tannins, minerals. finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of citrus, lemon balm and elderflowers. very nice one, very good to drink, a tad on the tart side, but overall pretty good balance and quite drinkable. very nice one

8, 7.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2025 at 14:36


8.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

A slightly hazy golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma of white pepper, tart yellow fruits, grapes. Taste of sour white grapes, brett, pepper, lime.

Tried from Draft on 19 Oct 2025 at 18:05


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Wilde Bottleshare 16 juli 2025. Typisch Cantillon bier, geur is zurig, houtig, tannines, misschien (nog) een vleugje vlierbloesem. Smaak is zuur en iets bitterig.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2025 at 18:40


8

Sour and tart, dry, fruity. Floral, white pepper, white wine, smooth, very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 17:48


8

Spicy, floral and funky with some tartness and mild sourness, hints of pepper

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 17:45


7

750ml shared by a cool traveling
Floral and fruity with some funk. Smooth and nice, way better than the previous one I had.
9☆3☆8☆3☆16》39

Tried from Draft on 31 May 2025 at 13:02


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750mL bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Pours hazy blonde with a white head. Very botanical nose. Flavour has juniper berries, punchy acidity, a touch of barnyard funk. Nice, I like how the botanicals were incorporated into the beer.

Tried from Bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas on 29 Apr 2025 at 20:00


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle, 2011, drunk 2/5/16. Huge thanks to James for opening this!
Lightly murky, drab copper with some brighter hay tones throughout. Huge white head, even decanting the beer, that slowly fades to cover.
Unmistakable elderflower in the nose combines with perfumey brett notes, tons of basement/cellar character and a light touch of wood. It’s bright, pervasive and true to Cantillon’s fruit lambics, very fruit-forward (in this case flower-forward). Elderflower, being quite powerfully aromatic, seems to find a good match in the ripe and earthy funk that Cantillon lambics bring to the table and it’s incredibly unique smelling the interplay of both.
Delightful carbonation, tight and natural as always, helps spread this magnificently flavorful elderflower all over the palate, while lactic and brett acids somewhat match the intensity providing their own funky punch. At 5 years of age, this is still very vibrant and strong and I’d be very hard-pressed to imagine this being optimal to drink when brand new. The elderflower is a very strong flavor component that easily (and has almost always) turns things astringent when not carefully controlled. While it is here done very well, there are still some touches of bland nuttiness, soap/oil and light astringency that are inevitable from its use. Wood/oak and mature barnyard flavors abound behind the elderflower and the beer is an absolute joy to drink. Experimental and fun, yet well-executed.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2025 at 13:58


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

2022 vintage bottle shared at the brewery. Citrushejjas, kellemesen savas, funky, kisse tanninos, joghurtos bodzaszorp. Nagyon szepen osszeall, komplex, kerek, de ugyanakkor felfedezheto benne egy szep egyszeruseg is, ha nem vagyik gondolkodasra az ember.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 09:07