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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Marko B.

lemon

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Antoine H

Petit jus d'orange au nez, agrumes pressés en bouche, lambic un peu écrasé donc on passe à côté de ce qui aurait pu être intéressant

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Bryan Robinson

Needs time. Very citrus forward

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Jon (.

Light and zesty. Kinda like Fanta mixed with Guezue 😅

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JMikePOW

Needs more time. Least fav of the offerings

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Chris

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.

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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

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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.

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David Brooks

Zwanze Day #9 - super acidic with heavy funk

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Grzegorz Zielinski

Zwanze Day 2021

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Guy Miller

Expected more orange. Lots of lemony citrus.

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Ray C

Fruit forward.

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Hairbilly

Arancia spinta, 🍬fnt

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Rick Meeken

Good orange flavour, but a bit weak in body.

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Cristian Hut

Lci zwanze day Vienna 2021

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Boss Le Boss

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

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Sam Clayson

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

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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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Jae Lim

Super orange juice but not very complex

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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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over 3 years ago

 

Kamil Wiśniewski

Butle tez smakuja jak ludwig cytryna, nie warto

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Sam D.

Zwanze 21. 2000th check in.

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dederr

Z butelki lepiej. Pomarańcze. Bez szaleństw, ok

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PedaloJaune

ouais c'est une sour à l'orange quoi

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Ellen V.

Suprising taste

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Gajan Sivarajah

A forgotten Saturday one. As fun as the Zwanze pour is this was very much last and least on the day. Quite simplistic orange syrup/liqueur flavours. Zest more than flesh. No funk.

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Tony_T

Second time I missed the Zwanze-day, but not the lambic itself 😅 Lovely, yet quite sharp. Not as juicy as I have seen from everyones comments. More peel-aromas than fruit-flesh. Would like to try this again after a year to see if the sharpness fades

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Sean Brook

Soapy orange peels. Slightly floral

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Grze

A little too fragrant, some pine-sol notes action, but tasty overall.

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Byr Kansas

Zwanze 2021 @Hoppy Pub. Nice orange sour with medium body and short lasting aftertaste. Good enough but not something exciting.

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Ivan Tonev

Interesting. But nothing more. There have been much better Zwanzes.

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Eric Chalifour

Has a SunnyD quality that I can’t get beyond currently

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Harry Starling

Orange peel explosion!

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Conor A.

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peter ibu

Pas la meilleure version, très agrumé, petit goût sapiné, finale sèche!

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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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Kyle

Whoops, forgot to check this in! From Zwanze Day

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Nacho Garcia Gonzalo

Un poco sin más, o sea una buena gueuze pero algo ligera de cuerpo, cítrico fresco pero sutil

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