Zwanze 2015 - Wild Brussels Stout

Lambic - Traditional

With its Zwanze 2015, in its own way Cantillon wanted to perpetuate this typically Belgian surrealist mindset. In doing so, a few changes were made to the recipe for a traditional stout. Specifically, I fermented some raw wheat to improve mellowness and enhance storage characteristics and did not use roasted barley to avoid further accentuating the dry aspect, which was already present as a result of spontaneous fermentation. The recipe is that of a stout, the colour is that of a stout, and spontaneous fermentation followed by 28 months of maturing in a cask has given birth to a “surreal” stout. The dry and tart notes of a spontaneous fermentation beer combine with the roasted, slightly burnt and delicate chocolate flavours sometimes found in certain stouts. For the 28 months of maturing we used three types of casks: 50% of the casks had already contained lambic, 25% had already been used for CoÌ‚tes du RhoÌ‚ne wine and 25% had already been used for Cognac. Beers that have matured in old Cognac casks take up the warmth of the alcohol while those from casks having contained red wine adopt winey and fruity characteristics. This “wild” stout’s fruitiness and “cooked” side reveal rancio flavours that are characteristic of Madeira or Banyuls wines. The ideal tasting temperature to fully enjoy these fragrances and flavours is 15 °C - 18 °C (59 °F - 64 °F).

ABV

7.0

Rating

4.21553

Rating count

3,148

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Zhe Chen

挺神奇的!人家这可是正儿八经的“酸世涛”!,而不是把酿坏染菌的酒改个风格重新拿来卖。4.4!

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Martin Fjeld

Spesiell, men god😄

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HopMyLife

Wild, acerbic

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G. Zaniol

Cherry. Coffee subtle. Red wine, fresh grapes. Tart. Subtle funk, ham. Earth. Pleasant and crushable.

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Maria Cheshmedzieva

4.1 super interesting to be treated as a product, a light variant of some Bfms or calaveras

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Joona

Tiny sip from Pierre's glass. Wild and dark, quite rounded. Raisiny finish. Like wild quad.

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Funkd_up

No zwanzeday preparty BXL moeder lambic

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Byron Wheeler

No Zwanze Day at Moeder Lambic

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Rob R

Wild stout as only Cantillon can do

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Levente Szente

Savanyú stout. Instant get.

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Sakarias Kirjonen

Slightly roasty aroma, mostly lambic on the palette. Decent

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nick Stumpos

Not as perfect as I remember. Quite good though

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Chester Hung

4.3 康康做世濤你敢信 sour and raosty

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Côme Zellmeyer

Very unusual - somewhere between duchesse and blue chimay.

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Jacob Greiten

Definitely not a stout like we’re used to 😂🥴

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Lambic Rich

Middle, obviously. No Zwanze Day.

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Saison Si

Middle glass

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Krzysztof Bruszewski

Best of 2 worlds.

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Mart

Hapu, röst, happeline, linnaseline, veits funky, jälle suht red/browni vaib. Ok, hape on veits liig minu jaoks.

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R Dot

Sep ‘22

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Robin van Kampen

2015 natuurvoedingswinkel lollies in de neus. Stout en lambiek, love it. Proeft meteen wat meer plat. 4,25-4,5. Waarschijnlijk 4,25

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some hippie

Dark, musty, licorice and raisins. A bit of balsamic, dry, malty.

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Anders Q

4.35.

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Tom Eames

Impressively tasty this, hard style to do well

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Gael G.

Liked that one a little less this time, still enjoy it more than most people seem to tell me, but lost a little balance and depth for me as it seems lighter. Like it a lot anyway, as far as that style goes it's up there.

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