Mamouche
(has 17 batches)
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Untraditional Winter|
Score
8.09
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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.
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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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
75 cl bottle poured into a Spiegelau tulip. Bottled June 15, 2010. Big thanks to Travlr for trading this to me! First beer of 2015. Clear golden orange on the initial pour with off-white head. Hazier on subsequent pours. Aromas of flowery and floral notes, light funk, herbal notes. Tastes of flowers, floral notes, funk, hay, tart citrus. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2015
at 02:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 2012. Pours very hazy orange, small off white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is funky, Brett, floral, a bit of pickle. Flavor is dry, light tart, medium cantillon funk, dust, flowers, pickles. Medium body, light, effervescent carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 13:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Golden orange color, almost no head. Aroma of flowers and grass, very nice. Taste is modestly sour and tardy, just the right balance. Notes of elderflower, herbs, horseblanket, berries and a nice bittersweetness. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2014
at 04:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from beermerchants.com. Bronze amber colour, foam white head and aroma of elderflower, lemon rind citrus, funky yeast. Flavour is tangy, citrus rind, elderflower, woody, barnyard, hay, herbal notes, sour. Smooth slightly oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying sour finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2014
at 14:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tasted as Cantillon Zwanze 2009 at an open house day of the brewery. Loose, cream white, thin head, deep orange colour with somewhat reddish hue. Complex aroma, unripe plums, lemon, redcurrant, hay, apple peel, sulphur, sweat, all adorned by an elegant, strong elderberry floweriness. Softer and less acidic than usual for a Cantillon, very complex though, very estery, in which the lambic complexity is cleverly interwoven with a spicy, ethereal, aromatic elderblossom taste. Better than that 2008 rhubarb version.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2014
at 15:47
8.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sample of both 2013 and 2012 bottles at (Hopp)Kurtkeller 016: Cantillon-tastic 01 on 10/11/2014. Hazy orange-gold color with a medium foamy white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Funky fruit and floral yeast in the nose. Light-bodied with a nice barnyard character and flavors of herbal yeast and lemons. The finish is funky with a citrusy aftertaste. Very good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2014
at 20:10
8.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sample of both 2013 and 2012 bottles at (Hopp)Kurtkeller 016: Cantillon-tastic 01 on 10/11/2014. Hazy orange-gold color with a medium foamy white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Funky fruit and floral yeast in the nose. Light-bodied with a nice barnyard character and flavors of herbal yeast and lemons. The finish is funky with a citrusy aftertaste. Very good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2014
at 20:09