Zwanze 2024 - MMXXIV

Lambic - Gueuze

A little over a year ago, we were in Brittany to submerge a few dozen bottles of Gueuze in the sea as a collaboration with Sylvain, an abalone farmer in Finistère. These bottles are still fermenting at a depth of 10 meters in the company of his charming creatures. Once a month, Sylvain brings up the cages to add various types of algae for the mollusks to feed on. We tasted these same algae in tartare during our visit, and the idea came to us to try them in maceration with Lambic to create a partnership between the brewery and Sylvain's company. After several attempts, it turned out that seaweed, specifically the sea lettuce, gave the best result. The beer is, of course, very different from the fruity, vinous, or floral tastes traditionally found in our products. This Zwanze 2024 exudes aromas of exotic fruits; it has notes of iodine with a slight salinity reminiscent of oysters. In short, a very different beer from what we are used to discovering at Cantillon - a true Zwanze!

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Zack McCarthy

Crazy on the nose, pickle juice!!!

4.25

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Nate Eisinger

Sour and salty. Quite good.

4.25

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Bill Briscoe

the nose first smelled of the ocean, taste was meh, Zwanze day

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Kevin Joshua

Reminds me of Japanese seaweed snacks

4.5

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Matt Varney

Sour seafood broth in the bestish way

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Andrew Kaiser

Salt, lemon and odd fruit on the nose with iodine in the undertone. Tart and bitter on the tongue. As it warms the odd notes in the nose come forward and into the taste. Aggressively salty by the end e with powerful iodine flavors. Weird beer!

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Rick Skrip

It was interesting. Smell was strong, but the flavor was well balanced between lambic and abalone. Glad I got to try. Thanks for having Zwanze Day at Pour Company!

3.5

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Joshua Smock

Seaweed? Dark bananas? I have no idea lol

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Georgie

Tell me why a seaweed lambic tastes like banana bread??

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Jeff Jones

Such an amazing Gueze. Honored to drink this, as Garden Path/Great Northern was the only establishment in the state of Washington that got this beer. The notes of sea lettuce/salt water were present in the nose, but more subtle in the tasting. Wonderful!

4.5

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Michael Hart

Glad I got, not sure I need more

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Daniel Young

Wow. Very ocean-y. Loads of salinity & minerality. Oddly sweeter than you'd expect.

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Fredrik P

Not for me...

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Graham H

Quite MOR this year - despite the tiny sushi roll at BMT not really that much salinity?

3.75

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Pedro Calmell

Left: The low ratings are comical, probably people disgusted by the description but this was pretty solid

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DMC Brew

Well, it was certainly interesting. Very unlike any other Cantillon I've ever had. Ultimately, judging it purely on its individual merits, I found it enjoyable. Very briny, a bit salty, lemony, iodine, and "fresh-from-the-sea" tastiness. 4.25

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R S

Seaweed smell but couldn’t taste much. A balanced gueze with mineral texture. Light and gentle.

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Florida State Thimnoles

I can see why people hate this but this lowkey tastes like black truffle and sea salt.

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Sebastien Goodchild

Pretty salt. Like gose lambic. Tastes kind of like mussels

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Craig Reedy

Stoked to score one of the last pours. I love super briney flavours in food, so perhaps unsurprisingly I’m not hating this. Full on brine for sure, but surprised how much the apricot comes through.

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Patrick Navarro

I enjoyed this one

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Junhua Fan

闻香还是挺海风的,喝下去就是简单的酸和怪异的矿物质咸鲜

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Manny D

3.8

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Nicholas Borodenko

I legitimately cannot accurately describe that flavour

3.0

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L.A. Shizzle

I smell Overripe Apricot,Pears and Bananas.Taste I Can't Describe.I'm Stumped.Don't Hate It But Don't Love It.Just So So For Me

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Alex K.

Happy Zwanze day to all who celebrate!

4.25

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Bryan Pilien

Omg i made it.

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C Dulay

Brine, mineral-rich, zinc, saltwater, barnacles. Super weird but respect it. Def fun one to sip.

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Tyler Shanahan

Pickle brine and olive juice - zwanze AF

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Hyunggeun Shin

Salty, herbal, tea, oolong tea, iodine, hay, dried grassy, mineral, mushroom, sea weed. Distinctive.

4.25

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Ali Way

Like I stepped in a seaweed entangled kelp pile on the beach.

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Ronnie Falcon Rory

Beach visits frolicking amongst the sand and kelp, ocean mist and cold air. Delivers on its intention I think.

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Jasper Koopmanschap

flat lambic society take notice. plat en ziltig. wel leuk, beter met elke slok!

4.0

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Meng Zhou

......生蚝挤柠檬,咸鲜 不讨喜,邪门

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Johan Iwar

Lambic med ostronsmak..utan kolsyra

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Robert Fitzpatrick

Mmm.. algae?

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Dylan Nicolas

12/2023

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Carl Askew

The 1st beer I'd tell people never to smell prior to tasting.

3.25

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rohrbeezy

Zwanze!

3.0

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Rob Singleton

Not my cup of tea

3.0

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Max Bursac

Top šrimpovlje

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Jeongwoo Park

Subtle Korea & Japan's seaweed crack aroma. Light bodied & oily flavor with Cantillon funk. Truly authentic eastern essence. Underestimated than global rating.

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Simon J

Aux algues… mais goûte les fruits exotiques… pas terrible

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Mark Armstrong

Well this one divided opinion! Sea lettuce infused lambic is very strange tasting, not so much saline but funky fermented apples, it’s hard to describe, you’ll just have to seek it out

3.75

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Joe Plumber

Love it

4.5

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Manu D

😊👍🍻🍌🦪🕺🍃🇧🇪

4.0

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