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.

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6.9

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4.342

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Mike Gregory

People were going ape over this beer. Didn’t love, but didn’t hate either.

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J B

Mad beer. Green pepper aroma with a sweet herbal taste.

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Lagerhuys. Earthy, pepper in smell

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Unique for sure.

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DJ Adams

Incredible off beat pepper and lime tones, feels mature and confident but in a completely unique way. Sourness and pepper on the nose, rounded together when it hits the mouth with citrus and I've no idea what else.

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Clément Deflandre

Œil : orangé, col fin. Nez : poivres roses/noires, notes de pommes. Bouche : pommes, herbeux, poivre bien présent. Bien équilibré. Assez spécial.

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Thomas Parisse

👃 Notes poivrées, épicées, végétales 👅 Bel équilibre, le poivre est présent, pas trop acide, belle longueur

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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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Miska J

Vihdoin 🎉

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Eric

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

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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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Sam Clayson

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

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

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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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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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Bob Cataldi

4. Pepper hits you immediately.

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Michael Ch

During Zwanze Day at the Hoppy Pub Thessaloniki. I'm not a huge fan of pepper and spices, but this was really interesting. The aroma was spicy and the pepper was pretty evident. It followed in taste but it was balanced with a herbal essence. Interesting.

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Craig Sammels

Uber fresh (2022) The blend 2yo didn’t really impact the new, still felt Uber fresh

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Paul M.

Who would have ever guessed that I would like a wine tasting peppery soapy beer? It makes one’s mouth feel like it’s had a good wash then the pepper lift’s everything to a new level and the overall white wine flavours dominate.

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Kevin B.

Pepper in the smell, perfume in the taste. Weird

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Andrea

Interesting, green pepper, apple grapefruit

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Wayne J

Lovely black pepper aroma with a 2 year old lambic

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Tom Fogg

Huge pepper flavour, super interesting

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Simon Pratt

Intriguing. Lots of black pepper on the nose. It's less prominent on the taste bur certainly discernible. Reckon that like many Zwanze beers it'll be betrer in a year or two

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Sue F

Weirdly floral, and very peppery. It's like you might sneeze but not quite!!

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Still dobre

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Mathieu Payet

Poivre énervé, plus qu'à la pression. Pas mauvais cependant, avec un filet de cabillaud ou de saumon ça doit déboiter

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