Zwanze 2022 - Poivre de Gorilles

Lambic - Other

This year’s Zwanze is a two-year-old Lambic blend with black pepper. For this year’s beer, we worked with Sandrine from Misao: La Maison des Poivres here in Brussels. Sandrine had us try various types of Congolese pepper, and we eventually decided on one called poivre de Gorilles. This pepper grows wild in the forests of the Republic of the Congo. Aromatic, but not too spicy, it blends beautifully with the refreshing acidity of our Lambic. The result is a beer that will pair marvelously with meat or fish. The name poivre de Gorilles comes from the area where it grows, in Likouala Forest, located in the northeastern region of the Republic of the Congo. This forest is home to a significant population of Lowland gorillas – a species in danger of extinction. That’s why we’ll be donating a portion of the profits from the event to Gorilla (https://www.gorilla.fr/), an organization which works to protect these Great Apes.

ABV

6.9

Rating

4.342

Rating count

2,752

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Jamie Burkes

Zwanze Day at Side Project. A lot of people weren't feeling the black pepper element on this, but I really enjoyed it. Would love to try this one again years down the road.

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anthony devecchis

Checkij from last week. Incredible peppery charcter that transitioned to tropical tones.

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HvK

Bright floral pepper and citrus zest aroma; inviting. Mixed peppercorns, wood, hay, white grapefruit and tangy funk. Medium tart and body, light sweet. Pleasant, drying herbal pepper finish. Super easy and very nice.

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josh h

zwanze backlog - executed so well, so much softer on the palate vs first whiff, would be an incredible food pairing beer. also #Harambe

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Bob Cataldi

4. Pepper hits you immediately.

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Jeffrey C.

Amazing. So glad Craft was able to hold this event two years in a row.

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Michael Gargiulo

Digging it more a few days later. Still on at DelSup.

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Birrotes

Funk, hay, light pepper aromas, like a geuze with pepper. Medium light body. In mouth funk, subtle sourness, lemony, subtle pepper. Much better than expected

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Pierrick M.

Still miam

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AnttiH

Vieläkin tätä jäljellä. Maistuu.

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Aki M.

Here’s to a hoping this becomes a seasonal in the future! 🍻

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Nacho Garcia Gonzalo

Pues a mi me ha parecido chula, mejor que las dos últimas, muy aromática pero en boca bastante accesible

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Jetro Suni

44/50. A pint of Zwanze, please! Subtle, black peppery, sour & tart. Slightly stone fruity w/ a hint of green apple & grapefruit zest.

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night walker

Pretty funky. Smells like an essential oil. Intense bergamot flavor. Also got a nice peppery touch to it.

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Sam Clayson

Great pepper smell, flavour blends well with the base lambic. Ambitious and unique.

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Kyle McLoughlin

Smell incredibly strong of pepper. Flavour more nuanced with the lambic mixed in, much better than expected. Still happy I shared 6 ways.

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Alex L.

The pepper was a very interesting addition and done in just the right proportion, couldn't have asked for more.

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Brian Coleman

Catchup checkin from Zwanze day

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Agata

lavender fields

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Ḁlex Ɓomƅɀ ツ

#4 Confirmed with clean palate, this is nuts! 👊😋Good pepper balance on nice 2yo gueuze base, herbal & citrusy notes 👍 4.3 🦍🦍🦍🦍

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Martin Partensky

🌶🌶

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Brian R.

Huge pepper nose with floral notes. Flavour is floral, a lovely pepper character without crazy spice. It's very different and I'm liking it.

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Josep Font

Presa ahir. Pebre present acidesa no excessiva.

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Eric

This is certified weird, but I dig. Peppery from the smell all the way through

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Jeremy Roenick

Easily the best thing i've had from the Belgian Cants. Beauty!

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Rasmus Stoltzenberg

Peppers galore. What an awesome brew! Plenty of apples, like if baked apples were a savory instead of a sweet dish.

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Janne Karila

Aromatic fresh peppery, fits well to the lambic.

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Miska J

Vihdoin 🎉

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vivek

Still on tap here!

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Charles D.

ca sent le poivre ca goute le poivre touche un peu sucré à la lambic c’est bon

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David O'Connell

Loved it. Pepper a plenty, but didn’t overwhelm.

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Stuart Deblack Mineur

For me, its too much peppar Also late checkin

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Amir T

Late check in Don’t let other reviews fool you.. this like black pepper and lemon pledge 👎🏽

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Dave

Third. Having some again. Fruity, quite sour, getting some black pepper but not too much

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Marco Antonio Marmugi

Il pepe risulta più attenuato e rende la bevuta più piacevole e invoglia il sorso successivo.

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Hans

Went to buy some cans, found this on tap. Pure heaven!

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Oliver Krautter

Der Pfeffer im Geruch und am Gaumen sehr aromatisch kaum scharf sehr rund ein Traum

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Lords of the Brew

J’aurais bien ajouté le tag « Bergamot » 🍋

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James Dyson

Thought this was absolutely brilliant. I was very sceptical that they could get the pepper to work, but it was a dream combination. Would like to drink it alongside the Spontanbasil gueuze!

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James Dyson

Thought this was absolutely brilliant. I was very sceptical that they could get the pepper to work, but it was a dream combination. Would li

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Christopher

Happy Zwanze

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Isma Lafabad

El jetazo de la pimienta al principio se apodera de todo. Al cabo de unos tragos aparecen ya los cítricos. Muy potente, de esta hornada de Cantillon de las más redondas.

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Ancient Brew

Toujours aussi bien à J+3 !

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Tianyi Wang

闻香先是黑胡椒碎的香气 不是很重 柚子 青柠皮碎 果核 叫不出名字的有清新苦味的草药(类似龙胆 入口清晰不重的果味与野菌味埋在增味下面 尾端苦味来得极其持久且复杂 像是胡椒的淡淡辣味裹着果核的苦味 Sante!

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Edoberos

Una làmbica molt lleugera amb aromes de pebre aromàtic amb fruits i un picant molt lleuger, poca acidesa i poc toc característic de la làmbica de Cantillon. Molt bon producte, però sóc partidari d'un gust làmbic més fort i major acidesa.

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