Cantillon Zwanze 2014 preview

This may be dumb - but I wonder if it's because of the growing number of great craft beer bars in the U.S. and Cantillon has to be really selective who gets kegs of their beer since it's limited.

 

It's not Cantillon that decides. It's Shelton.

 

Ah interesting - Surprised Cantillon does not get a say in that

 

Not in all cases. The Birch is an example. JVR just made it happen for them.

 

I'm getting a little anxious myself. It seems weird to me that we don't know the locations yet.

 

Nope, not true.

 

Here's from Cantillon's facebook post:

Dear Zwanzeurs, here is the list of the bars where the Zwnaze Day 2014 will take place on 20/09/2014. We are happy to welcome 2 new countries : Australia and Germany ! We will update the locations for Japan and British Columbia asap.

USA

- Alewife Queens -- Long Island City, New York
- Apex – Portland, Oregon
- Armsby Abbey -- Worcester, Massachusetts
- Avenue Pub -- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Bagby Beer – Oceanside, California
- Beachwood BBQ -- Seal Beach, California
- Bier Station – Kansas City, Missouri
- Birch Bar -- Norfolk, Virginia
- ChurchKey -- Washington, D.C.
- Crooked Stave Barrel Cellar -- Denver, Colorado
- Hill Farmstead Brewery -- Greensboro, Vermont
- Holy Grale -- Louisville, Kentucky
- Jester King Brewery -- Austin, Texas
- Lord Hobo - Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Mikkeller Bar SF -- San Francisco, California
- Monk's Café -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Novare Res Bier Café -- Portland, Maine
- REAL a Gastropub -- Honolulu, Hawai'i
- Redlight, Redlight -- Orlando, Florida
- Russian River Brewing -- Santa Rosa, California
- Schera’s – Elkader, Iowa
- Spuyten Duyvil -- Brooklyn, New York
- West Lakeview Liquors -- Chicago, Illinois

CANADA

- Dieu du Ciel -- Montréal, Québec
- barVolo -- Toronto, Ontario
- One location in British Columbia still to come

ITALIE

- Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà -- Rome
- The Dome -- Nembro
- Sherwood Pub -- Nicorvo
- The Drunken Duck -- Quinto Vicentino
- Ristopub Margherita -- Quartu Sant’Elena
- Ottavonano -- Atripalda

BELGIUM

- Moeder Lambic Fontainas -- Brussels
- Moeder Lambic Saint-Gilles -- Brussels
- Mi-Orge Mi-Houblon – Arlon
- Rose Red -- Brugge

AUSTRALIA

- Belgian Beer Café -- Melbourne

JAPAN

- 2 locations still to come

NORWAY

- Nøgne Ø -- Grimstad

FINLAND

- Pikkulitu -- Helsinki

DENMARK

- Olbutikken -- Copenhagen

GERMANY

- Café Herman -- Berlin

NEDERLAND

- De Bierkoning -- Amsterdam

SWEDEN

- Akkurat -- Stockholm

SPAIN

- Masia Agullons -- Sant Joan de Mediona

FRANCE

- La Fine Mousse -- Paris
- La Capsule -- Lille

GREAT BRITAIN

- The Dove Broadway Market -- London
- Kernel Brewery -- Bermondsey
- Six° North -- Aberdeen

SWITZERLAND

- Erzbierschof -- Liebefeld

 

Is this a ticketed event at these two locations: - Moeder Lambic Fontainas -- Brussels
- Moeder Lambic Saint-Gilles -- Brussels ?

 

It was last year at Fontainas!

 

Thanks for the info. Do tickets go on sale day off? or have to pre-buy them? I'm from out of town and just trying to figure it out. Thanks.

 

does cantillon host a Zwanze day party at the brewery? Or do I need to go to Moeder Lambic to attend the event? A little confused.

 

For the party, you need to go to Moeder, but I believe Cantillon will be open during the day if you also wanted to visit. They won't be pouring the Zwanze beer though.

 

I'm also trying to figure out the deal with Zwanze in Brussels. I'm looking at flying in from Dubai and wanted to make sure I didn't fly in and get blanked out of the event. I saw it mentioned that Moeder's had a ticketed event last year...I haven't seen any details on any of the FB pages or official websites of the bars for Zwanze of how things are to be handled. Any thoughts? Is it a ticket to get you in or a ticket per item (ie: Zwanze beer, glass, etc). Any help would be greatly appreciated for the planning process! I'm trying to talk a few non-beer geek folks into taking the trip with me and want to make sure they can participate as well if possible.

 

Drew,
I was going to BM you, but saw your post in here as well.

If you go to Zwanze day at Fontainas, you need a ticket! One ticket = one glass of the new Zwanze beer. Other beers you got to pay like on a regular day.

During they day, Cantillon is open, but there's no Zwanze day going on, it's just a regular saturday!

 

Somebody told me its a abbey beer style ...

 

Last year's was "Abbey Beer Style" (Abbaye de Cureghem), they wouldn't do the same thing two years in a row, right?

 

Somebody is awake .... was hoping somebody replied what style its this year

 

Appreciate the response Mathieu! Is it an easy show and get your ticket situation? Or does it need to be in advance? As I'm sure you've heard...in the US it can be a bit of a debacle so I'm trying to make sure I have things covered. If it's just an easy show up and drink beer I'll def be seeing you there!

 

The 2014 Zwanze is a remake of Cuvee de Florian (originally a gueuze made from select barrels to celebrate the birth of Jean's son Florian in 1996), now a blend of the following:

Three year old Iris (standard Iris is two years old) which was *not* originally dry-hopped (i.e., Iris Grand Cru which was served at some places for Zwanze 2013). The portion for this blend was dry hopped at the time of the blend at a rate ~ 20% of that for normal Iris.

and

Kriek with ~ 50% of the normal amount of cherries added.