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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almost 2 years ago

 

Steve S.

From Zwanze at SP yesterday.

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Craft Pia

LCI

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Dave M

A day late but Sante!

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Nathan le Gueux Cohen

Pas une énorme acidité, l'orange donne un côté tablette de vitamine C vinaigrée, pas fan

3.5

almost 4 years ago

 

Luke

Happy zwanze day!

4.5

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Jary Klein

Zwanze Day @ SP

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Mark S

Amazing

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Chris S.

Zwanze Day 2021

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Bryan M

Zwanze

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Boss Le Boss

Orangina + Cantillon = Parasol. Heavy on the citrus. Fresh, easy and forgettable like a summer fling

3.75

almost 4 years ago

 

Vitaly Venglovsky

Горечь цедры, искусственный аромат цитрусов, Фанта. Экспериментально, не зашло.

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almost 4 years ago

 

Richard W

Orange lambic.

4.5

almost 4 years ago

 

Romain Alitti

Très orange et acétique. Le côté vinaigre emplit la fin de bouche. J’aurais préféré qu’elle soit plus acidulée

3.0

almost 4 years ago

 

Linda C.

Great!!!

4.0

almost 4 years ago

 

Sam Clayson

Nice and citrusy aroma and flavour, lots of orange going on.

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Nicholas Hess

Industrial floor cleaner.

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Dan P.

LCI, super tart and effervescent with lovely sherbety orange flavours

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Roger Pagnoncelli

Late check-in, Zwanze 2021 Bergamo ❤️

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Dmitry Novak

Как уже не в первой Цванзе - ваши ожидания, ваши проблемы. Ну химозный. Но терпкий и занятно как эксперимент в целом

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Clinton Boersma

Actually is some what remniscent of a citrus based soda, very spritzy and minorly tart, quite the treat

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Matt Q.

Yesterday

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Robert The Brews

Zwanze day

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Josh C.

Weekend beers

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brian

Feels like the sour equivalent of drinking a west coast ipa these days. Still loving the experience!

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Kendall J.

Really enjoyed the orangey citrus flavors.

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Cheston Lee

#zwanzeday definite sweet pine sol flavors, really liked it!

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Federico Bruno Palmieri

In the end nice one, of course better than the last one. Not so special, not so heavy on lambic notes, some far soapy note, in the end recalls more a lemon tea. 3.9

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Brian G.

Tasty oange citrus notes. Happy zwanze day!

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Bryan S.

Orange/lemony

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Chris Avedissian

Delicious. Floral nose, lots of orange zest, some OJ (with pulp).

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Addison Denenberg

Love the funky orange and kumquat flavor

4.75

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Jarrod Fasching

Leave Catalina Island and getting zwanze leftovers!! Deep Orange rind and essence with so much funk

4.5

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Chris Wu

Solid - oranges are perfect here, earthy

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Imran Allana

4.4. Citrusy and refreshing!

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Brian Parker

Super citrusy, good but some time may allow the lambic to shine. The Whale is trash

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Jae Lim

Super orange juice but not very complex

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J B

Zesty, kumquats

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LCi. Delicious- rare use of oranges. Light, highly drinkable, low funk, minor acidity.

4.25

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4.0

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Aksinia Crow

Как эксперимент, интересно. По вкусу ламбик спрятался за микс юппи грейпового фреша. +0.25 за ивент

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tony f.

Nice but hefty price

4.5

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Kamil Wiśniewski

Butle tez smakuja jak ludwig cytryna, nie warto

3.75

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Kaingorn

Lepszy niż z kranu zdecydowanie, ale dalej słaby

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Sam D.

Zwanze 21. 2000th check in.

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Dardar Burn

Butla tym razem, mocno cytrusowe, pomaranczowe, ale tez z wyraznymi ziolami, niczego nie urywa, ale butla lepsza, 3,7, s: nagazowane, slodkie, cytrysowe, brzoskwinuowe, ziolowe, pomaranczowe, dochodzi ciut dzikosci, no butla lepsza, 3,8 overall.

4.0

almost 4 years ago

 

Alter Beer

Zapach pomarańcze, skórka od pomarańczy, perfumy, mocno jednowymiarowe, intensywne. Smak pół wytrawne, kwaśne lekko, cytrusy, pomarańcze, perfumy, z butelki podobnie przeciętne jak z kranu na zwanze day.

3.5

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dederr

Z butelki lepiej. Pomarańcze. Bez szaleństw, ok

3.75

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Fredy Zurcher

What a pleasant surprise to find in a little side street in Rome.

4.5

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Amo

Orange et fleuris au nez, acidité agrume et amertume pamplemousse,bien équilibré, très cool à boire

4.5

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Docteur Plaisir

Orange, pamplemousse, rose. Très expressif. Floral. Dry.

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Adam J.

To chyba żart XD

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Yvonne D.

Kumquat zestiness, gorgeous

4.5

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Pandory Doky

Nez: agrume orange, clementine; bouche: attaque avec une legere acidité orange et clementine avant d'évoluer sur le cote gueuze. Final acide avec une legere amertume zesté et un côté agrume qui reste. Tres sympas

4.25

almost 4 years ago

 

Krzysztof C.

Citrus, fresh, good balance

4.25

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Maciek L

16. Coś ta kompozycja nie pykła. Są pomarańcze, ale całość psuje ta ziołowość.

3.5

almost 4 years ago

 

PedaloJaune

ouais c'est une sour à l'orange quoi

3.75

almost 4 years ago

 

Alex Ek

Backlog from this weekends Zwanze celebration at Zum Franziskaner. Campari Juice!

4.0

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Matt

Loved it

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4.5

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Jorge Villaro

Llegamos tarde al Zwanze pero llegamos. Nivelazo de cantillon como se espera. Acidez en su punto, con ese toque de naranja. No le saco ninguna pega.

4.75

almost 4 years ago

 

Pete Kertis

Zwanze Day 2021 Lots of citrus, felt like it was more lemon then orange

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Ellen V.

Suprising taste

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Fabien D.

Couleur: blonde, nez: acide et agrumes, arôme: agrume très présent, fin orangée

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