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.

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5.0

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4.142

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Lord Letoo

Wow, fruchtig, viel orange

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Anthony Modica

Tastes a little better today!

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Ale Pagani

4.2 Zwanze Day 2021 - Birre & Mondo Crudele

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Edward Thurmond

I thought this was a great Zwanze day brew! It has an interesting light but deep body and and a very tasty and balanced citrusy orange zest flavor with great notes of overripe funk and tart lime to it that brings it all together.

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Miguel S.

I Am Kurious Oranj

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Rod Craig

Lemon lime, orange zest, kumquat.... Light, funky, refreshing..

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Ben P.

Liking this more than I expected

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Charlie Chu

Thanks Ben P.

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David Mys

Zwanze Day leftovers 😱 Nice citrus but tart

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John Rodo

So much orange!

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Hal A.

Light and refreshing, slightly tart, citrusy

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Eric Borlaug

Lowering score a bit. 4.35. Lovely texture. I actually like the flavor profile but citrus is a little too much. Agreed, Matt.

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Carl Malina

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james bremner

Lots of orange. A bit of tangerine, a bit of pith. Just a ton of orange aroma. Effervescent.

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EJ Wong

Reminds me of asian dried orange peel and the kumquats that I used to eat as a kid.

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Nice and crispy

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Cantillon day green bench

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Paul K

Citrus rind, herbal, floral. Obviously, sour. Interesting, complex, and rare, but I would take something like a Fou'Foune over this any day.

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LCI

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Diego Alvarado

Very interesting. Shocked the keg last this long.

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Ryan

Tasty!

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Chad Faber

Plenty of citrus on the nose and drinks about how I’d expect it. Orange does linger around a bit too. Seems like this has some modern inspiration but also heard that this is inspired by a beer from here 70 yrs ago w fruit that refermented and popped corks

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Marc-Antoine Gagnon

Plus tôt ce pm. Clairement pas ma meilleure de la brasserie mais j’aime l’audace derrière la tentative de jouer avec les agrumes dans une gueuze. Belle gueuze avec arrière goût d’orange, clémentine et de zeste! Bon Zwanze day à tous!!

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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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Greg B

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

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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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