Ashanti
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Rotating|
Score
7.91
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Ashanti is the little sister of our 2022 Zwanze, Lambic with Gorilla pepper.
Same recipe, same pepper, but slightly more focused on the Lambic side compared to the first blend.
The spicy, fruity, and obviously peppery side is still very present and harmonizes superbly with the natural power of our Lambic.
The name of the beer comes from the inhabitants of the neighboring land, the Ashanti Kingdom, who were famous traders of this pepper.
This pepper is available to purchase at Sandrine’s store, Misao La Maison des Poivres, in Brussels. She also collected the pepper left over in the tanks after macerations and then dried it. This Lambic-infused version is also available to purchase at Misao.
Same recipe, same pepper, but slightly more focused on the Lambic side compared to the first blend.
The spicy, fruity, and obviously peppery side is still very present and harmonizes superbly with the natural power of our Lambic.
The name of the beer comes from the inhabitants of the neighboring land, the Ashanti Kingdom, who were famous traders of this pepper.
This pepper is available to purchase at Sandrine’s store, Misao La Maison des Poivres, in Brussels. She also collected the pepper left over in the tanks after macerations and then dried it. This Lambic-infused version is also available to purchase at Misao.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 ml corked and capped bottle purchased at the Cantillon Brewery in Brussels, Belgium. The pour is a slight haze golden with no head to speak of. The aroma is pepper, eucalyptus, general perfume, big herbal spice and maybe even some floral and honey deep beneath that. The taste starts with the perfume, moves quickly to herbal, and the pepper is sort of in and around all of those flavors. The classic gueuze taste peeks out, particularly as the beer warms. Big crazy flavors. The palate is medium to light bodies, with fine carbonation and the pepper and gueuze finish. Fun, crazy, interesting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2024
at 23:33
8.4/10
LCI. Lovely, less complex than the 2023. More floral, slightly less pepper. Beautiful funk and touch of spice
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 17:55
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle @ Moersleutel-investors-pallooza. Pours a hazy golden body and no head. Aroma's: very herbal (rosemary?), sourish. Retronasal it's sourish, herbal, peppery. Flavour is moderate sour and light bitter. Light bodied. Finishes slightly dry, light bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2024
at 16:09
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Piggy Palooza. Slight hazy golden. Lime leaves, pink pepper, sweet malts, sage, light funk, zesty. Medium sweet and sour. Medium bodied, bit thick feel. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2024
at 16:06
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2024
at 16:05
3.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle shared at Moersleutel Investors Palooza, Kim Jong Un Buurtcentrum Zaandam. Lime with herbs. Aweful not my thing at all. Yuk.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 16:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and acetic aroma. Moderate bitter great sour flavor. Long complex great finish. Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2024
at 08:02
9.2/10
Peppery, spicy, floral and tart
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2024
at 00:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
14.11.2024: 0,75l from bottle at the brewery. Bit ropy. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells peppery, spices, rather fragrant peppery notes. Very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes earthy, peppery, herbal, oily. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of pepper, herbal and tobacco notes. Very nice one
8, 8.5, 8, 8, 8
14.03.2026: 0,75l bottle at home. Bottled June 7th 2024. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells lots of fragrant pepper, herbal, earthy, oak, phenolic, intense lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes pepper, flowery, phenolic, tad spicy. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of pepper, flowers and phenolic notes. Lovely, lovely beer great balance, great complexity
8, 9, 9, 8, 9
8, 8.5, 8, 8, 8
14.03.2026: 0,75l bottle at home. Bottled June 7th 2024. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells lots of fragrant pepper, herbal, earthy, oak, phenolic, intense lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes pepper, flowery, phenolic, tad spicy. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of pepper, flowers and phenolic notes. Lovely, lovely beer great balance, great complexity
8, 9, 9, 8, 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2024
at 18:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl @ Ratebeer Odense, Rosenørnsvej, early Winter, 2024. Pours hazy Golden with a White head. Peppery nose. Menthol herbal note.Tigerbalsam. Quite drinkable though.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2024
at 20:51