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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Gary N.

Orange is legit!

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Dave Modugno

some much citrus

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Kris De Meester

Much better than the comments I heard so far. Outspoken agrumes, blood orange. Nice colour.

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Chris Badolato

4.4-4.5 easy drinking and oh so tasty

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Brick

Well well, first draft Zwanze beer after all. Tangerine perfume cefdinir nectar tonic. As others have mentioned, this would work great in a cocktail ie. Old fashioned, or any egg white fizz.

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Brandy Blaylock

Orangey and herby (mint? Sage?). Great.

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Benjey Van Beers

Wat een topper! Sinas komt goed door. 👌

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Emilie

飲めて幸せ(๑¯◡¯๑)

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Emilie

2杯目(๑¯◡¯๑)

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Emilie

3杯目(๑¯◡¯๑)

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Emilie

4杯目.堪能しました(๑¯◡¯๑)

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Anil

Lucky to find it still at UR! Delicious!

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Timm Hamann

Easy, sunny and with nice company from Texas

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Do V.

🇧🇪 ❤️

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Sebastian Stengel

LCI I was a fan! Very zesty-spicey, maybe some more fruit-sweet components had brought it more into Fou Foune direction. Digging it.

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David Ochoa

Last pour.

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Graydon G.

Late Zwanze check in. On the right. Really enjoyed this years vintage. Lots of orange rind and citrus on the nose. Taste followed but was so refreshing. Fantastic balance of acidity here

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Gael G.

Draft version, more balance than last time but still needs time, especially on the palate

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Beerspammer

Negroni vibes

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Doc

Zesty and delicious

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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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Duff Man

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

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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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Ronald C.

backlog from Zwanze 2021.

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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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Ryan R.

LOVED this on Z day, but not as much this time. Maybe due to other beers on palate or the order of beers tasted? LCI.

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Goodzon Anton

Спасибо, Vasily S.

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Lucinda J.

Definitely get the lemon and organge with the right qmount of funk but I can’t help be reminded of Iron Brew! Hahah Lovely though!

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Mat Carbo

Je dois avouer que c'est meilleur en cocktail Spritz... 😇

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Jonathan M

Developing much more nicely from the bottle

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Justin

Zwanze spritzer. Delicious.

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florian

Der Sommer kommt. Das ist der Drink dazu. Genial orangig.

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Gael G.

Had it twice over the week end: as a cocktail in a Spritz which I LOVED. Really does the job super well. And bottled which turns out to be way more balanced now, really enjoyed it, doesn't have that astringency it had earlier, especially on draft.

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Miska J

Zwanze 2021 spritz

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FatAndi

Ein Orangen-Schimmer on your mind

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ALI BALI 667

9/4/9/4/18 ORANGENFUNKY .... mit Zestmomenten🗣💡

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Max von Jagemann

cocktail version beats the regular one by a mile 🫣

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