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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about 2 years ago

 

Chester Hung

4.3 胡椒香好重啊 喝起來平衡 草本檸檬草香

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luk kantor

W aromacie pełno pieprzu, dość mocno ziołowego, trochę wręcz w syczuański wpadający, za tym morela, jabłko i nuty dzikie, w smaku mocno, nieokreslono-ziołowo, owoce, funk, ostrość od pieprzu konkretna ale nie zaburza balansu, kwaśność średnia, b. dobre

4.5

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Côme Zellmeyer

This is the PERFECT sum up of the zwanze vertical. So many spices in one. Amazing

4.75

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Levente Szente

This one delivers big time. Black pepper from start to finish.

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Lindsay G

The base beer is good but it tastes like you shook black pepper in your mouth before drinking it. Might be great as a marinade?

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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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Brendan Sharp

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

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Philipp

Sauer, süß, ausgewogen balanciert. Affenstark

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Filip D.

Love it 😍

4.75

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beer andraiderfan

4.02/5 pepper lambic

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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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Steve Fenster

Super unique. Actually really enjoyed it. Not sure I would want more than 3-6 oz but it worked nicely as a palate cleanser

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Johan Andersson

Vitpeppar, vitpeppar, vitpeppar🙈

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Jens

Smakar peppar 😂

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Nick Fong

Out of all the beers by the bottle I had at Cantillon, the Harambe lambic was probably the one I revisited the most, excellent show of creativity.

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Mark

A lot more pepper than the draught at Zwanze Day 2022

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Matt Holmes

Lemon, pepper, basil notes. Wild beer

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Jakob Stammler

Better late than never.

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Wout Moens

Niet gedacht dat het te zuipen ging zijn maar gooood

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Pierrido

#CheckInMoreThanOnce I Little Upgrade (4.40).Incredible Beer 🔥

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kjell henning thon

Utvikler seg i en nydelig retning. Fortsatt intens, men florale sitrustoner tar over for den rene peppersmaken fra da den var fersk. Nærmer seg perfeksjon!

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Martijn Laarman

Still 5 stars, absolutely stellar beer. Sour, peppers, yeasty. Drown me in this stuff.

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Hikari

香りからおしゃれ!口の中に入れて、お花畑にいるような気持ちになる🌸 すごく面白い!これがビールなんて!カルダモンとか、スパイス好きな人にはこのビールおすすめ!

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WENHAO SUN

有趣但不戳我

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Jonathan M

The gorillas are intensifying in the bottle

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Dan Beltran

Incredible black pepper on the nose and beautiful black pepper flavor without any negative aftertaste

4.75

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Mark Neyens

At the source. #quicklayover Straight pepper on the nose, taste is better but not my cup of tea.

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Youri Etc

WLCI. Dîner pairing Cantillon pour la PBF#10. Incroyable de longueur et subtilité. Passion poivre.

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Christian Ratchford

Bring me a better pepper beer mother fucker

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Brian Liddle

Unique and enjoyable

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