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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Maria Cheshmedzieva

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

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Johan

Actually mellowed a bit. Good but weird.

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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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Saison Si

Middle glass

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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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Ryan Fowler

Rating imported from BA

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Lambic Rich

Middle, obviously. No Zwanze Day.

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Jacob Greiten

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

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Sakarias Kirjonen

Slightly roasty aroma, mostly lambic on the palette. Decent

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Byron Wheeler

No Zwanze Day at Moeder Lambic

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Axel

Untappd deleting check ins, why you do this. Definitely had this one because I have the t-shirt even.

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JD

Feel like time made this incrementally better

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Kamil Wiśniewski

Lepiej niz sie spodziewalem przy takim polaczeniu

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Dardar Burn

Slodkie, czekoladowe, toffi, gorzka czekolada i kwasnosc, nie pasuje mi to polaczenie, 3,8, s: kwasne i czekoladowe, troche nut chlebowych, toffi, melanoidynowe, taki Kozlak, spora kwasnosc, goryczka, no troche wild Kozlak, 3,8 overall.

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kjell henning thon

Har blitt ganske tørr og rund. Toner fra en tørr porter, men også tydelige tegn på det klassiske, spontane, cantillonske. En god, annerledes start på zwanzedagen.

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Björn

lci 24.09.

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

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Côme Zellmeyer

Very unusual - somewhere between duchesse and blue chimay.

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Martin Fjeld

Spesiell, men god😄

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