Cantillon Zwanze 2008 - Brasserie Cantillon

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rAvg: 4.35
pDev: 8.05%
Reviews: 63
Hads: 72

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Brasserie Cantillon

Belgium

Style | ABV
Lambic - Fruit | 5.00% ABV

Availability: Rotating. on-tap (39), bottle (24).

Notes:
Rhubarb in 2008, remade in 2012.

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Reviews by Etan:

Etan

Illinois

4/5 rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Roscoe Village Pub, in conjunction with WLV for Zwanze 2012.

A: Brassy orange body with a nice white head.
S. Lots of dry rhubarb and mushroom funk in the nose. The rhubarb is slightly tart and melds into the aroma well.
T. Rhubarb in the front, dry and tart, with some pineapple-like acidity and earthy hay. Wheat and mild brett character as well.
M. Light-bodied with light carbonation.
O. Very good, but not my favorite fruit lambic from Cantillon. The rhubarb is interesting, but not very assertive, leaving the beer feeling a bit too simple.

Serving type: on-tap

12-02-2012 04:29:10 | More by Etan

More User Reviews:

drlovemd87

Colorado

4/5 rDev -8%

05-10-2013 01:29:24 | More by drlovemd87

backbaybrewer

Massachusetts

4.61/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Sampled at Cantillon on 4/23/2013.

Ap: Hazy Orange with a nice head that dissapates slowly.

Ar: Fruity and sourness up front dominates. some earthiness.

F: I personally didn't taste the rhubarb at all until I was told that it was in there. Rhubarb is a pretty tart vegetable so I had trouble differentiating it from the tart/sourness that is in any sour beer of this sort. Lots of funk.

M: Very effervescent. Dry finishing.

O: Love it. Perhaps my favorite of the day at Cantillon, although it's a toss up between zwanze and fou fone.

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 02:24:43 | More by backbaybrewer

SStein

North Carolina

4.75/5 rDev +9.2%

04-25-2013 20:01:38 | More by SStein

Jwale73

Rhode Island

4.11/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

2012 vintage - 750ml corked and caged bottle served by Julie Van Roy at Cantillon! Pours a beautiful honey/amber hue with a bright white head that dissipates into a latte-like froth embedded with tiny pinpricks. Nose is both herbal and medicinal. Taste is tart and vinegary with perhaps a suggestion of something vegetal, but just a hint. Mouthfeel is light in body with just a kiss of effervescence and an acidity that is slightly puckering and stimulates the salivary glands along the sides of the cheek as well as the tastebuds. Overall, a very good sour but quite acidic, making it difficult to tease out all the nuances.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 00:01:47 | More by Jwale73