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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Simon Pratt

This has mellowed nicely. Big pepper nose, it's more subtle in the taste but it's better balanced than on keg on Zwanze Day last year

4.5

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David Lee

Fresh cracked black pepper crisps. Sounds mad. It is mad. Excellent.

4.5

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Jeroen

Heerlijk droog zuurtje met een subtiel prettig pepertje

4.5

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Dmitry G

Розовый перец и лемонграсс

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Mat Carbo

Better on tap than bottle !

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Jon Crookes

Extraordinary. Pepper pepper pepper.

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Filip D.

Stunning . Superb

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Franck

Bien fait, on retrouve bien le poivre!

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Mathilde Broquet

Poivre en assiette : non Poivre en zwanze : oui @kettlone 😉

4.5

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Manon Cpf

Trop trop bon, on sent bien le poivre sans que ce soit agressif, équilibrée de ouf 😍🥰

4.5

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Thibaud Sens

Alors là c’est une claque ! J’aurais jamais pensé retrouver aussi proprement un ajout. Au nez c’est poivre pleine balle, en bouche idem mais parfumé. Attention toutefois le palais est HS par la suite

4.5

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Enzo Sagona

Ouf. Très belle réalisation. Les notes végétales du sureau s'accommodent parfaitement avec le funk, et le kick de poivre apporte une belle fraîcheur.

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Andrew Munns

If you could make a cologne out of the aroma…

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Niels Dopter

Poivre surpuissant, au nez comme en bouche. Un piquant incisif mais pas persistant, des arômes mélés de gueuze et poivre ! Ça tire sur l'agrume ❤️enfin une bière au poivre que je pinterai

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Franco Oud

On a bien le poivré, de l'épice, de l'agrume, du sureau.

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Peter Vad Godtberg Jensen

Massive fruity pepper nose, apricot, apple, flavor follows, pepper is forward yet balanced, like pepper geuze almost. Floral, Earl Grey tea notes. Unique and awesome, one of my favorites this time. Will age really well!

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Amit Rai

Floral, peppery aroma and taste. Long pepper finish!

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Jonathan M

The gorillas are intensifying in the bottle

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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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Pierrido

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

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Matt Holmes

Lemon, pepper, basil notes. Wild beer

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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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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

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Sakarias Kirjonen

Vibrant lemon pepper aroma, very balanced flavour with lambic and peppery vibes. Long finish. Excellent 4.4

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Jonathan M

Gorilla killa

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Joona

Sitruunapippurimehua

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Quentin

Assez hallucinant, le poivre est là, ça se marie grave bien avec le lambic, top

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Junhua Fan

清晰的胡椒味,明亮的酸度,干香料的香气很足,从没想过有个酸和牛肉水饺这么搭

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D 龍

胡椒味道,更加持久,后段比Ashanti更强劲

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Zhe Chen

胡椒厨房指定餐酒!4.5

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Vin

Stoked to revisit this from a bottle. Thanks Ryan. We thought it had even more black pepper on the nose compared to the tap a couple years ago. Very fruity after the pepper earthiness. Great

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Bjørn Due

Had just a taste of the last bit on tap

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Frank Zaal

G: zwarte peper, roos, licht zoet. S: kruidig, zoet, wat zuur, zwarte peper, fruitig, lichte bitter, sprite, roos. f: peper heat, zwarte peper, kruidig, licht zuurtje, droog, earl grey, bergamot.

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