Zwanze 2021 - Parasol

Lambic - Fruit

Here at Cantillon, we’re no strangers to experimentation. In the early 50’s, Paul Cantillon tried blending Lambic and oranges. The result wasn’t exactly spectacular. The refermentation in the bottles was so strong, that the brewery workers at the time were forced to sprint past the bottles through the cellar in order to avoid being hit by popping corks and drenched in beer. Our grandfather Marcel Cantillon loved this story, and often loved to tell it to us as children. So 70 years later, inspired by our great-grandfather, we’ve made a special blend of Lambic and citrus (a blend featuring mostly oranges) in his honor. The acidity of the beer and the fruit and the freshness of the citrus in contrast to the bitterness of their zests makes for a particularly thirst-quenching Zwanze. The name Parasol will remind my fellow Belgians of a certain age of the orange-flavored soft-drink of the same name we used to drink back in the day.

ABV

5.0

Rating

4.142

Rating count

3,447

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Beerspammer

Negroni vibes

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Lu F

Beautiful bitter orange flavour.

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Doc

Zesty and delicious

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Paul Cowan

Oh I do like this. Heaps of orange, not too thick/cloying, light and pleasantly bitter. Very cleverly made.

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Olly D

After yesterday’s session the acidity here is a bit tough to handle… but it’s a tasty drop.

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David Barry

Tres bonne gueuze aux agrumes! Belle acidité! Merci Tonio pour cette belle après-midi de Cantillon !

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Davey D.

Good way to spend a Sunday. Nice and spicy orange notes.

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over 3 years ago

 

Greg B

orange, amertume au nez en bouche c'est léger, frais, agrumes, citron, bourgeons de pins, astringence, marmelade

4.25

over 3 years ago

 

Eric D

Toute la minéralité de Cantillon et les agrumes ajouté c'est oui. Ça sort bien, c'est très très pintable comme ils disent

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Anna

Nice citrus notes.

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Duff Man

some was leftover from the event - last of the bunch, hooray!

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ROY J.

Pinte

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Amélie Forest

Tellement fruity. Le funk est là, mais c’est parfait pour un premier breuvage de journée.

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Rohan T

Amazing detail on the citrus. Slightly overwhelms the house character though. Very enjoyable all in all.

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Mathieu Léonard

Bon goût d'agrumes, pledge, savon. Le fait que le baril est resté 1 mois au chaud à la SAQ ne doit pas avoir aidé.

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Guillaume S.

Agrumes pas mal, ça feel pamplemousse rose. Malheureusement quelque chose qui me rappelle le produit nettoyant aussi donc difficile d'apprécier. Pas mauvais mais

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Vincent L.

Gros goût d'agrumes, bien doux aussi

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Pierre

Les agrumes complètent parfaitement l’acidité rustique. Belle longueur sur les saveurs, petite amertume marmelade, fraîcheur de type kumquat puis retour du boisé acide propre à Cantillon

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Ganjalin Lebong

Late check d'hier soir: Une première pour moi un lambic aux oranges c'est bon orange belle aciditée vive rappelle un peu les produits nettoyants aux agrumes moins complexe que je pensais cheers!

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Hugo Lalumière Roberge

Un coté agrumé bien bien présent et super frais en bouche!! Rafraichissant a souhait, presque comme une limonade!! Excellente complexité!

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Jesse Donner

Initial citrus flavor is great, but soapy finish holds it back.

3.5

over 3 years ago

 

Matias HG

Nice Fanta😂 Not a huge fan, still very easily drinkable and refreshing, the citruses are definitely there

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Seb G

Un peu trop agrumes, mais fond intéressant.

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Lewis Harper

A zwanze day special. Very good. Orange citrus and bitterness balanced with a slight tartiness

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Sander De Baets

amai speciaal. beetje zeep smaak initieel. maar cava wel ;) appelsien ook (vant vat hier ;))

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Dmitrii

Чёт как-то не зашло, но корки прикольные

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Robbie G

It was pure orangey fairy liquid (?) on the nose. Taste wasn’t much better -didn’t really like this one. Just had a taster

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Ronald C.

backlog from Zwanze 2021.

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Mats G.

Orange but not sweet grym många lager av smaker. Det kan ju inte finnas bättre ställe att dricka den på !

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Asko Metsola

Zwanzea suoraan lähteeltä. Appelsiinilambic toimii.

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Ksawery Kaźmierczak

cyk, było pite

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Peter D

Bit of a splurge for unique checkin 7000 and to punctuate a hell of a week (and I guess year for that matter)

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Davis Zalans

Ekstrem lukt av citrus, funky citrus i smaken.

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Preben Reppenhagen

Enorm tørr og sitrusbitterhet. Grapefrukt slår godt an her

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