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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3.5

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4.25

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3.5

over 3 years ago

Good orange flavour, but a bit weak in body.

3.75

Six Degrees North

over 3 years ago

Sven Lievens

4.25

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over 3 years ago

Emanuela Aurora

4.0

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over 3 years ago

Sam

0.0

Beer Study Durham

over 3 years ago

Joris C

Lekker tropisch, sinaas

4.25

over 3 years ago

0.0

over 3 years ago

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over 3 years ago

0.0

No checkin location

over 3 years ago

Denis Goffinet

Happy Birthday Gregory!

0.0

Masia dels Agullons

over 3 years ago

Gracjan

4.0

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over 3 years ago

David R

4.25

Café Pardaf

over 3 years ago

Fabio M.

3.0

Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà

over 3 years ago

Bene B.

4.5

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over 3 years ago

arn

Not my favourite, old and new lemon, not to sharp,.

2.5

The Bottle Shop

over 3 years ago

Hairbilly

Arancia spinta, 🍬fnt

3.75

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over 3 years ago

Kat Zawadzka

4.25

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over 3 years ago

3.5

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3.25

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4.25

over 3 years ago

5.0

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over 3 years ago

Ray C

Fruit forward.

3.75

Bagby Beer Company

over 3 years ago

Stephen

Favorite Zwanze is quite some time...

4.5

No checkin location

over 3 years ago

Michael S.

Orange you glad you tried this?

0.0

The Bottle Shop

over 3 years ago

Marky

Fruity zingy boi. Lush.

4.25

The Bottle Shop

over 3 years ago

The Bulb

Citrusy but slightly bitter finish

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over 3 years ago

Jiro

! Zwanze !

4.5

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over 3 years ago

Alessio Deplano

Late check in from last night

0.0

Diorama

over 3 years ago

Guy Miller

Expected more orange. Lots of lemony citrus.

3.75

No checkin location

over 3 years ago

Jacopo F

0.0

Mosaik

over 3 years ago

Nick V

Был вчера далеко не первый образец, как-то не зашёл. То есть, как эксперимент ок, но желания взять ещё и ещё не возникло

4.0

Eric The Red

over 3 years ago

Mike Owczarczak

0.0

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over 3 years ago

Andy Ferguson

4.5

Holy Grale

over 3 years ago

Steve L.

0.0

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over 3 years ago

4.5

over 3 years ago

4.25

over 3 years ago

4.0

over 3 years ago

Zwanze Day 2021

3.75

Kufle i Kapsle

over 3 years ago

Max M.

0.0

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over 3 years ago

3.5

over 3 years ago

3.75

over 3 years ago

3.75

over 3 years ago

Zwanze Day #9 - super acidic with heavy funk

3.75

The Funkhaüst Cafe

over 3 years ago

Neil McFarlane

Yesterday. Of course my phone died before being able to take a pic of the most important beer of the day 😅 the beer is pretty decent. There is so much citrus that the Lambic is hard to identify, so it pretty much is like soda. Tastes nice though.

3.75

Moeder Lambic Fontainas

over 3 years ago

David George

0.0

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over 3 years ago

Тимур З.

Горечь от апельсиновой корки подчеркивает бретты, ну или наоборот. Лучше бы назвали сезоном. Вот за это хочу занизить оценку на 0,25. Делать этого не буду. Лучше бы сезоном назвали. 25.09.21

3.75

Eric The Red

over 3 years ago

P McT

4.0

Amager Bryghus Taproom Nørreport

over 3 years ago

Mikel Pino Gonzalez

3.75

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over 3 years ago

Joserra BrewBike

4.25

Bar Desy

over 3 years ago

Rami Rami

Dzis ciut lepiej niz wczoraj :) ale nie na tyle, zeby dac 0.1 wiecej ;)

3.5

Kufle i Kapsle

over 3 years ago

Tobias Enhorn

3.5

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over 3 years ago

4.5

over 3 years ago

3.75

over 3 years ago

Nie lambik ale i tak smaczne

4.0

over 3 years ago

4.25

over 3 years ago

4.25

No checkin location

over 3 years ago

марк п

Have been trying and failing to attend Zwanze for years, now I've made it! Not massively in love with this, sour Robinsons squash, some bitterness, not hugely complex. Fine! Cheers! [Left]

3.5

over 3 years ago

4.25

over 3 years ago

0.0

over 3 years ago

4.25

over 3 years ago

3.0

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over 3 years ago

Stefano Ferretti

4.5

Storiedipinte

over 3 years ago

Rich M

Some people were saying that they got a “lemon pledge” vibe. I got mostly orange peel and orangey citrus.

4.75

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over 3 years ago

4.25

over 3 years ago

4.25

over 3 years ago

4.0

over 3 years ago

3.5

over 3 years ago

Poured from a jug rather than straight from the tap. A bit flat. Don’t think it’s how it was meant to be served.

3.75

over 3 years ago

4.0

over 3 years ago

4.0

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over 3 years ago

Yannick F.

Zwanze Day in Biercafe au Trappist

4.0

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over 3 years ago

Roger Espinosa

Volvemos a cumplir como cada año! Las naranjas valencianas son las protagonistas, aportant una amargor ligera y el citrico de la fruta que recuerda a su piel.

4.0

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over 3 years ago

Valentin F.

J’ai une grosse gueule de bois à cause du galopin d’hier soir…

0.0

Sur Mesure

over 3 years ago

Michelle

3.5

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over 3 years ago