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Cantillon Mamouche

Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Belgian Lambic (Fruit)
Other Notes: aka and first brewed as Cantillon Zwanze 2009

Brewer Description: (from bottle as seen online, US label) Classic Cantillon lambic made with fresh elderflower by master brewer Jean Van Roy in honor of his mother, Claude, granddaughter of brewery founder Paul Cantillon. Store and serve this rare bottle at cellar temperature.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.97
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: 2016 version. A 500ml pour on tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas, Brussels into a Cantillon gueuze glass.
Appearance: It was a clear-ish golden orange colour with a two finger white head that had excellent retention and nice lacing.
Aroma: Nose is mainly sour, flowery and grape. (I have no idea what elderflower smells like, so I’ve described it as a generic ‘flowery’).
Taste: Grape, white wine notes, flowers, grape gummy candy, sour and funky.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was nice and I would drink more, but it’s not my favourite lambic.

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Beer Haul – 2016 July (Part 5) (Copenhagen, Denmark)

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Warpigs Varg Taß

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Artisanale du Luberon B.A.L La Babe Ale

Brewery: Brasserie Artisanale du Luberon
Country: France
ABV: 6%
Style: Belgian Pale Ale
Other Notes: Malts – Barley, Pilsen, Melano, Munich, Cara and Wheat. Hops – Magnum, Nugget, Sovereign and Strisselspalt. Other – Vanilla Pod

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Abbey Ale.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.88
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of December 2017 and poured into a plastic cup (it was all they had at the hotel).
Appearance: It poured a hazy copper, brown, orange colour with a half finger white head that dissipated almost immediately, leaving almost no lacing.
Aroma: Plum, dark fruits, slight sweetness and butterscotch.
Taste: Dark fruits, plum, prunes, grape and caramel.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with high carbonation.
Overall: Smells great and tastes pretty good, but carbonation was way too high. Other than that, I was quite satisfied.

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artisanale du luberon b.a.l la babe ale 3

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