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.

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6.9

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Seokjin Jeong

Full of ester! The pepper takes this brew to a next level. Smooth mouthfeel. Light-bodied. Mild acidity with stone fruit juiciness.

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forgot to check this in rofl, pepper was over the top and found the finish too astringent

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Unique - well done, but still not sure if I like peppery lambz…

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Bryan

Company surrounding us at Zwanze far exceeded the beer. Liem, Nolen, Shannon at MT, the couple from KC... Awesome day. Beer was too black pepper forward. Finish was clean though. Better than expected.

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Mike Owczarczak

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Perry R

belated from yesterday.

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Jer Bouvier

This could be the worst beer I have ever had

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Mike P

First zwanze! Fresh cracked pep

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D. W.

Very unique. Tons of pepper on the nose. Present in the taste, but not as intense as the smell. Floral notes are strong too. Pretty good.

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Tom H

From yesterday. Happy Zwanze 2022!

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Erkki

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James Dyson

Thought this was absolutely brilliant. I was very sceptical that they could get the pepper to work, but it was a dream combination. Would li

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Brian Coleman

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Vieläkin tätä jäljellä. Maistuu.

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John O'Connor

Still got to have some zwanze day beer even though I was out of town last weekend good stuff cheers

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Josh B.

Weird at first but I started to like it by the end

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Aaron Mayo

Actually pretty good!

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Taylor V

LCI- Zwanze. White pepper, floral camomile, soap.

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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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Gunther Sauvillers

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

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Jeffy N

My first zwanze

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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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Caryn Mousley

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

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