Zwanze 2013 - Abbaye de Cureghem
Brasserie Cantillon

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From:
Brasserie Cantillon
 
Belgium
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
7.2%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.68 | pDev: 13.59%
Reviews:
30
Ratings:
249
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 16, 2018
Added:
Jul 31, 2013
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  3
"This Zwanze is not a Lambic. As you know, everyone can produce an abbey beer in Belgium, and my goal was to brew a top fermentation 'abbey style' mixed with a double spontaneous inoculation (natural one coming from the wild yeast present in the brewery and from the 10% Lambic we added after the first fermentation."

"In Brussels dialect, 'zwanzer' is joking—and if we called this beer Abbaye de Cureghem, it's to laugh about the fake legend built around some belgian abbey beers. Cantillon is located in the Cureghem area but the Cureghem Abbey never existed!"
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Ratings by July2Nov:
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Rated by July2Nov from Virginia

3.56/5  rDev -3.3%

Sep 21, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by CheapBeerBuzz from California

May 16, 2018
 
Rated: 3.95 by epyon396 from Pennsylvania

Feb 04, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by HopBelT from Belgium

Nov 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.73 by Spoda1983 from Pennsylvania

Oct 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by AGust82 from Connecticut

Oct 12, 2017
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Reviewed by aleigator from Germany

4.18/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a completely clouded amber color with a small, fluffy white lacing.

Smells like a sweet, spicy tripel with wild honey added, just offering a hint of tartness on the nose.

Drinks extremely mellow, supersoft on the tongue, with a perfectly fitting, sparkly effervescence during the finish.

Tastes entirely different than it smells, since the flavors are way less sweet than the nose indicated, with just a note of toffee cutting through lots of basement funk. After its initial softness, the beer turns quite dry and herbal, with lots of mushrooms and blue cheese joining in. Finishes with a spicy note, more funk and an omnipresent, teeth numbing dryness, all together creating a great harmony on the tongue.

This is unique, the tripel characteristic blends perfectly into the lambic sourness, topped off by a pungent, dry aftertaste.
Oct 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.52 by needMIbeer from Virginia

Sep 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.78 by Marco_Gtz from California

Apr 28, 2017
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

4.23/5  rDev +14.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Abbyaye de Curreghem

Consumed 3/2017

White head. Golden bronze.

A very nice version of a tripel. The lambic shows nicely here. Lemon citrus, but not too acidic. Funky and oaky. A bit dry. White wine notes. Pears and dried fruit skins. Light herbal spice.

Light to medium bodied. Ends dry with tannin and Brett notes.

A very fun beer to try. For a tripel, I really enjoyed it.
Apr 26, 2017
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Reviewed by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

3.95/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I thought this tasted just as described - mostly a tripel blended with some lambic. A unique and distinctive taste. The aroma is almost all tripel. For me it was a great bottle to have at the table to taste in between other pure lambics.

But based purely on style this is certainly not a classic tripel so mind your expectations.
Apr 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by nvbrew from Nevada

Apr 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.71 by Kurmaraja from California

Apr 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.02 by Rifugium from North Dakota

Nov 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.28 by Pletser from Belgium

Oct 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.27 by YvesB from Belgium

Jan 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.38 by HopBroker from Washington

Nov 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.78 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Nov 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by acurtis from New Jersey

Sep 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.72 by desint from Belgium

Sep 20, 2015
Zwanze 2013 - Abbaye de Cureghem from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 249 ratings