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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Mirko Simoens

Onverwacht lekker

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Greg B

J'en boirais pas des litres mais sacré kick de poivre, assez vert, c'est vraiment cool

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Norman Knyazev

4.375 - most non-surprising but also most pleasant zwanze in the last few years. Good straberry green apple hay lambic lightly vinous lambic base with the pepper sizzling in the background w/ red fruity and red peppercorn notes.

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Teo St

Poivreee

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henrik van Wingerden

Vol in de neus peperige aroma's. Zurig, appelig, wat is deze fantastisch. Heb denk wel liever de fles variant ipv tap

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Andrew Whyte

Amazing, black pepper lambic really works, super aromatic

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Robin van Kampen

2022, wow wat ern bloemige geur. Heerlijjw combi. 4,75

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Brian N.

So much pepper

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Caryn Mousley

This may be the best beer I’ve ever had in my life.

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Mickey F

Incredible . So much black pepper, pepperiest beer ever imagined. Unique. Somehow still awesomely balanced. It works.

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Simon T

Ropy bottle, diacetyl, low carb, fruity pepper, herbal, messy

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Kyle

Strong herbal pepper notes but without any zing or bite. Really nice lambic base. Will be interesting to see how this develops

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some hippie

Unsurprisingly, the pepper has not faded.

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Dylan Nicolas

Super cool, a voir dans quelques années 😇

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Simon R

So much pepper on the nose, light, maybe a little honey and herb. Lovely beer

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High Grade Harry

Incredible beer & what a way to be introduced to lambics, distinct floral pepper on the nose, the sourness & acidity balance perfectly, funky but in the best way possible, beautiful.

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Jordi Vandewalle

Best interessant!

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David D.

Verassend lekker. Gekregen van onze buren, mooie peper smaak zonder pikant te zijn.

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Avril Luongo

Who needs Zwanze day when you can get it at the source? The pepper lends amazing floral and umami notes.

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Lindsay Smith

I had to miss Zwanze this year. A kindly gentleman just gave me a glass of it as consolation. This is really nice. The pepper comes through as it warms, but it's subtle. Probably my favourite Zwanze beer for a while.

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Lisa R

All those barrels filled with goodness

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Beer EAGLES

Some lovely Cantilloneux bought us and our tables this bottle. Who does that??! So floral, nutty, and even black pepper which works for some reason.

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Tony

Distinkt aroma av pepper. Litt såpete på smak - men på en ok måte. Moderat syrlig. Under pepperen er det rikelig med sødme. Det skjer mye i munnen. Aprikos. Treverk. Appelsinskall. Og syrligheten i appelsin også. Er det en pepra Zwanze '21? Digg øl!

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Mark Page

Sadly missed Zwanze day this year as it coincided with our Oktoberfest event 😬. This has to be my favourite Zwanze beer so far absolutely incredible. Bold pepper flavour that works harmoniously in this beautiful Lambic.

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Waingro

All hail Cantillon. [the crowd hail]

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Bernal Z.

Easy drinking perfect to have with some oysters

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Jon Ford

A special beer

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Mats J

What a surprise to get a taster from this year's zwanze that I missed out on! Hope to get a chance to try a bottle at some point!

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HopMyLife

Pepper on the nude nose carries through to a spicy palate. Bright tartness, herbal complexity with sour cola cubes. Outrageously good

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Lindsay F

Belated zwanze 🍻

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Sue F

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

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Paul McD

Floral pepper which marries really well with the lambic, almost perfumed herbicity; unlike anything else, and quintessentially zwanze. Love it.

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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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Tom Fogg

Huge pepper flavour, super interesting

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Matt

Huge black pepper aroma, a little less to taste

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Louis J

LCI after BAL#22

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