Cantillon Zwanze 2008

Formerly brewed at Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle at WSF. Pours clear golden coloured with a creamy egg white head. Aromas of sulphur, earth, white bread and citrus. Tart and dry flavour with notes citrus fruit, wood, and vinegar.

Bottle at the DC Lambic & Sour Tasting on April 14, 2012. Served in a Cantillon wine glass. Pours a mostly clear, though somewhat-hazy, yellow-golden color with a small white head that left a few spots of lacing before falling to a collar. The nose brought some light barnyard and earthy notes behind a surprising amount of rhubarb. Both the flavor and mild acidity from the rhubarb came through along with a bit of lactic acidity. The flavor took the rhubarb component to the next level, as the signature Cantillon lemon and citric acid components combined quite well with the rhubarb and bit of backing earthiness and funk. Flavor held for a long time on the palate after swallowing, followed by medium-heavy acidity and a light funk. Body was light with average carbonation and a very dry finish. I was really, really impressed with this one and it was one of the big standouts to me. The fruit character held much more than I thought it would. Glad to finally have this as well. To quote Sean below, "Final Zwanze tick." Let’s hope the draft Zwanze days continue so I can easily keep this streak alive.

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Bottle at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas, March 2012. (My Cantillon rating 30) The bottle did cost 80 EUR. Slightly hazy golden/orange with a small head. This was an elegant and really smooth Cantillon. Aroma and taste of barnyard, citrus, funk and wood. The finish was very dry. I cant say that I felt some rhubarb in this one, it was more like a Gueuze.

Bottle at Zwanze day at Spuyten Duyvil, courtesy of Ryan. Big thanks for this one. Pours a hazed gold with a soft white head. Soft sweetness, a touch of minerals. Very faint cheesiness, almost a hint of vegetal cat pee. Cheesy, softly funky, soft and sweet. Long sweet cheesy funk. Light acid, very cheesy.

750mL shared by Dstructo, thank you sir. Hazy gold, small white head. Not really getting any rhubarb in the nose--mainly musty hay and lemon, old wood. Flavor has some light sweetness, otherwise old wood and lemons with moderate old wet barn is where it’s at. Miscellaneous fruitiness toward the finish, dry with bitterness at a 2-3, sourness 4-5. Light body, light to moderate carbonation. Quite tasty.

Bottle shared by Ryan, huge thanks. The rhubarb is there, though I don’t know if I’d know without the hint. Sheep milk cheese and cherry pits are fleeting in the aroma, with mild sage. Clean cinnamon, a spot of fruit, but mostly a fairly mellow gueuze. Tasty but perhaps too old already.

Huge thanks to Nerd for opening this up and to Shane for constant pestering so he did open it up... looks like a regular cantillon... the aroma is medium funk with a light sweet note that I suppose is the rhubarb, sadly a think most of the rhubarb is gone, would love to have this a couple years ago... tastes like a straight gueze that’s a beat sweet... worth trying but don’t give up a ton for as the rhubarb is gone

Big thanks to nerd for sharing this awesome rarity. Somewhat hazy golden in color with a half finger of white head that lasts. Funky barnyard aroma with a bit of rhubarb and floral notes. Great flavor too, lots of barnyard with little sweetness, fruit, and floral hop notes. Medium-bodied and dry with good acidity. Really good. Not particularly fruity but great in a gueuze sort of way.

Bottle thanks to a group effort. Pours a golden straw color with a red haze. small bubbly head gone quickly. Smell is rich of barnyard sweet funk with a floral vegetal sweetness. intense lambic characteristics. Taste is rich with sweet clean funk and a hint of vegetal floral sweetness. musty oak dry and a touch tannic. Feel is light/ medium with low/ moderate carbonation. Highly drinkable. there is a unique characteristic that brings an interesting component to the mix.

Cloudy deep blond color; medium sized head, fizzy. Very peculiar aroma for a Cantillon; dandelions, cellar, cobwebs, soil, light manure. Very smooth mouthfeel, with a clear cheesy and manure flavor, sour, citrusy and dry. Very peculiar, and very interesting.