Mamouche
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Untraditional Winter|
Score
8.07
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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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TEJA (403) reviewed Mamouche from Brasserie Cantillon 3 weeks ago
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.
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
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Mamouche (2025) from Brasserie Cantillon 3 months ago
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.
potjebier (6609) reviewed Mamouche (2018) from Brasserie Cantillon 6 months ago
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.
CoccoBill (10287) ticked Mamouche (2021) from Brasserie Cantillon 7 months ago
Sour and tart, dry, fruity. Floral, white pepper, white wine, smooth, very nice.
tiong (21350) ticked Mamouche (2021) from Brasserie Cantillon 7 months ago
Spicy, floral and funky with some tartness and mild sourness, hints of pepper
BeerPlace (10899) ticked Mamouche (2024) from Brasserie Cantillon 8 months ago
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
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Mamouche from Brasserie Cantillon 9 months ago
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.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Mamouche (2011) from Brasserie Cantillon 10 months ago
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.
midovark (6747) reviewed Mamouche from Brasserie Cantillon 10 months ago
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.