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

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4.342

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Lars Wouters

Heel geinig, zoveel peper in de geur. Minder in de smaak, en de nasmaak gaat een beetje tegen staan.

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Gerard dN

Eerste geur is echt peper. Tweede keer ruiken deed mij aan zeepsop denken. Toch wel een flink zuurtje erin maar dit wordt flink tegengewerkt door de peper. Opwarmende afdronk. Op temperatuur gekomen is deze eigenlijk best lekker. In elk geval apart😅.

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Dmitrii

А чего вы все так возбудились? Щекочет нос, это да, а так совсем слегка изысканный гусь с кисловато яблочным после. 4.1

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Samuel Tessier

Nice one , je la verrais bien en pairing avec de la viande blanche ou du poisson . Tres expressif au nez et en bouche . On a le coté fruité et floral du poivre sans le heat

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Marcus Tein

Still the best pepper Lambic, if that's saying anything.

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Bhav

Wow this is still super peppery

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Rob V

Big pepper, tart and mild sweet grape . Floral goodness.

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Todd Sharp

Wonderful peppery nose. The pepper is less evident in the taste, which is citrussy and very sour. Nice finish.

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Kim Lapointe

Unique zwanze beer from last years festival. Nice pepper taste.

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Patrick Helmold

So much better out of the bottle. It’s green pepper all the way. Could see this working nicely in a food pairing. It will never be one of my favorites from cantillon tho

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Daan Nauta

Interesting

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Moritz (rhoihessegold)

Last beer of the night. All the tasters in between follow tomorrow.

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Niels Boschmans

Ne zwanze me poivre. In Anderlecht, ni in Wavre!

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Timothy van Damme

Wie verzint het nou om Lambic te combineren met peper? Nou, de mensen van Cantillon dus. Bijzonder, maar ook apart.

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Hanna Vikhed

Denna ihop med lite cacio e pepe och vi är hemma 🍝🤌

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Alex Winner

Amazing black pepper aroma. The flavor is not overpowering but really complements the acidity. A lovely tart sipper!

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Karl Roskamp

Wow, in a decade of drinking, I have never encountered a beer laden with freshly cracked black pepper. This is fun. Might have diminishing returns but I’m here for it

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Wout Moens

Niet gedacht dat het te zuipen ging zijn maar gooood

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Johan Andersson

Vitpeppar, vitpeppar, vitpeppar🙈

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Alex Ek

EB Frilltessence 2023. Fruity with loads of spicy pepper corns. A small glass is quite fun and good but would have problems finishing a bottle on my own. Tons of potential for food pairings though!

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Philipp

Sauer, süß, ausgewogen balanciert. Affenstark

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Brendan Sharp

Holy pepper. Beautifully aromatic pepper phenol aromas on top of a delicately tart, and sophisticated geuze base.

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Justin Smith

Insanely peppery, but in a good way. Complements the slight tartness really well. Glad I got to try a super rare beer like this one.

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Pascal

And that’s 10 zwanze in one evening. 2022 is a difficult year - but not a bad one.

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Lambic Rich

No Zwanze Day

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Frank D

Taste reminded me of the aroma of old school hash. The kind that came in burlap bags back in the day. Was nice to try this.

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jarkko h

Wienin parhaaksi olutbaariksi kehuttu. Tämän hanasta löytyneen superharvinaisuuden perusteella olen samaa mieltä. Nam!

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Erik M.

Got that pepper!

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Pietro Bronzino

yesterday at Zwanzee day

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Post-zwanze cleanup

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