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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Quintijn Algra

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Dave The Beergeek

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Tomás Castro

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TrotaBirras

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Jordan S

One of the weirdest beers I've ever had, and I don't hate it

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Tabo

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Tin Kocijan

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Bojan Grdinic

4.3, nicely done. Papreni sljub s lambicom par excellence!

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Nathan le Gueux Cohen

Ça marche toujours aussi bien, beau poivre avec des notes de citronnelle et de pamplemousse et un bon lambic, un peu jeune, derrière, peu acide, bien puissante et bien équilibrée

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Gery V

No pic, still waiting for the pic from Yves G. So until then, a screenshot of his check. 😜

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over 2 years ago

Otto

I managed to get hold of this year's edition finally. The Congolese pepper is added in just the right amount to add life and complexity without overwhelming the rest of the quite nuanced palate.

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Matt Rees

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Pepper-lambic er undervurdert

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Anton P

Late Zwanze day

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Much better from bottle than from draft. This is actually balanced now. Still heavy on the aromatics but some overkill is required for a Zwanze release right

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Marylie O.

Zwanze en retard

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Nicolas Taillardat

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Kasper Grundlehner

leuk experiment. mega kruidige peperneus.

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john kingsley

Thats floral and subtle. excellent

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Louis J

LCI after BAL#22

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Bernal Z.

Easy drinking perfect to have with some oysters

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Lisa R

All those barrels filled with goodness

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over 2 years ago

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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Tomas Steinsland

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David D.

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

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Jordi Vandewalle

Best interessant!

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Shyne

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Roels Kevin

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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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Ash

Gorilla!!

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George

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Keith

You're a gorilla pepper.

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Martijn

Really interesting! Black pepper lambic

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Tanguy Simonis

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Don Vu

Interesting for sure

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Dennis B

Like this one, it’s like a peppery geuze but nice balanced.

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Fabian Poortvliet

Went to Bruxelles last week, but forgot to check in the most. So here is a bunch of LCI’s. This one was really experimental, peppery, sharp - and at the same time softly in the aftertaste -

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pieter tienen

Lekker zacht met pepertoets...

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