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

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Lefkovits János

Szerintem ez zseniális!

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Joachim Tops

Smooth soft sour geuze, not overpowering. Beautiful afternote of pepper, soft but present and long lingering.

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Christophe Smeets

Knappe geuze! Wow! Zeer speciaal en uniek. Peperig zuurtje!

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Anton P

Late Zwanze day

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Anthony Nunez

Très aromatique, beaucoup de poivre évidemment, très plaisante, se boit toute seule

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Dave

Still on in the Cross Keys. Just had a third. Fruity, fairly sour, pepper on the finish

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Mark Schepers

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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Quentin Rougemont

from yesterday

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Carlos Moro

Fondo de barril, con todo su fundamento. La mejor zwanze!!!

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Paul Gartland

Such powerful aroma that blows your socks off!

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Kate B

Delicious, one of the most unusual beers I’ve ever had, aromatic peppery almost floral with Canttillon acidity and dryness to finish

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Ella P

Lci 07.10 @ cantillon

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Luce

Peppery and Floral. Really different

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Matthias Lodens

Dominant (zwarte) peperaroma. Citrus/pompelmoes, zeste. Floraal (fruitige groene/roze peper). Aroma blijft lang hangen. Goede balans.

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Chris

The pepper works really well in this

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Gunther Sauvillers

Soft pepper; pink pepper? Smooth and fruity. Soft sour aftertaste, gentle peppery down the throat. Awesome.

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P P.

Akin to the flavour of a specialist “eau de Cologne” mint variety, that I used once in cooking and never again. Highly aromatic, intense, and yes, mainly tastes of aftershave. Nevertheless, a classic geuze style Lambic beneath that with great acidity.

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Igors Agapovs

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Marylie O.

Zwanze en retard

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Bill Kissick

Surprise catch at the Whale

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Christopher McGuire

Pepper on the nose. The pepper dominates the flavors, but still leaves room for notes of lemon. Lightly earthy as well. Just a delight for the senses!

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Dylan Williams

Not a bad way to end a long week of beer.

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Lauri E

I fuck with this.

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Jeffy N

My first zwanze

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Matt

At Bear’s house, Montpellier, yesterday

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Frank Villari

Backlog 9/24

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Tim H

Pepper, lemon, grass, solvent, strong herbal notes. Excellent

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Mike Rosinia

Still on tap lol

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Kasper Grundlehner

leuk experiment. mega kruidige peperneus.

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Martijn Laarman

Amaaaazing pepper geuze wow wow

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Gabriel S

Nose with tons of peppers there, the beer starts fruity mild, nice sour with fruity peppers. Great aromatic, lots of pepper without being hot. Great sourish fruity, mild with tons of pepper! Fantastic.

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john kingsley

Thats floral and subtle. excellent

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Phil Arthur

Belated Zwanze Day.

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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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