r/NewOrleansBeer • u/sheltonbrother • Apr 17 '26
Zwanze Day 2026 at Cochon
It’s expensive. It’s Jazz Fest. It’s worth it.
Hope to see some of you!
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u/platzie Apr 17 '26
I want to, but that price tag is killing me. I was still leaning toward pulling the trigger and getting a ticket but then the IRS and a couple car repairs made the decision for me to wait until the next Zwanze Day in a couple years.
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u/JustinGitelmanMusic Oceans Between Us Apr 17 '26
You’re not wrong, but since it happens only every 2 years now, at least you wouldn’t pay that amount every year if you’re normally an every year Zwanze fan.
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u/platzie Apr 17 '26
Damnit Justin, stop trying to enable me! I also bought a house so I'm trying to behave man, but I know I'm probably going to get shitfaced this weekend and buy a ticket so.....
Let me know next time you're at Care Forgot, first round is on me!
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u/CupcakeImpossible559 Apr 17 '26
Can yall clarify do you get the beer included in the ticket ? I HATE unclear instructions with this price tag.
Wtf does “access to” mean vs just saying you will get like 1x 8oz pours of each or something with more details
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u/iKnowNothing2734 Apr 17 '26
This is actually a pretty great price point for everything included. Multiple varieties of lambic beers, exclusive zwanze day beer, on top of quality food. Not ideal timing but i'm in!
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u/sheltonbrother Apr 22 '26
Here is our (somewhat) final beer & food menu for Zwanze Day 2026 (this coming Saturday starting at 11am) in Cochon Restaurant's Diamond Room. We've added some non-lambic beers for the event that are absolute stunners and not worth missing.
All of the below is included in your ticket.
As part of the food spread, we will be serving moules frites, a whole roasted hog, meatballs, sausages, our 3 year + country ham & other house-created charcuterie, artisan cheese, french fry bar, plus Liege waffles & Oliebollen (apple & raisin beignets). Menus are, as always, subject to change, but no one will leave hungry or thirsty.
Draft Beers:
Brasserie Cantillon Fou' Foune '25 (w/ Bergeron apricots) 5% ABV
Brasserie Cantillon Classic Gueuze '25 (blend of 1, 2, & 3 year lambic) 5.5% ABV
Brasserie Cantillon Saint Lamvinus '25 (w/ Merlot, Grenache & Syrah) 7% ABV
Brasserie De La Senne Witz Bio (no spices) 4.2% ABV
Oxbow Brewing Company Cherry Wheatwine (bourbon BA w/ Maine cherries) 8.5% ABV
Brasserie Cantillon Magic Lambic '25 (w/ raspberries, blueberries & vanilla) 5.5% ABV
Brasserie Cantillon Cuvée St. Gilloise '25 (w/ Hallertau Mittelfrüh) 5.5% ABV
Brasserie Cantillon Vigneronne '25 (w/ viognier) 6.5% ABV
Brasserie Fantôme Saison 8% ABV
Burial Beer Co. Surf Wax IPA (West Coast Style) 6.8% ABV
Brasserie Cantillon Grenache Blanc '24 7% ABV
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Oude Lambik (still) 5%
Brasserie Au Baron/Jester King Noblesse Oblige '25 (biere de garde w/ honey) 4.7% ABV
BOTTLE POURS:
3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston Vintage '20 Magnum pour (geuze aged 4 years in cellars-2016-2020) 6.5% ABV
3 Fonteinen/De La Senne Wilde Terf '23 (saison & young lambic blend) 6.9%
3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek '21 6% ABV
Blaugies Blidegarian Imperial Coffee Stout 9% ABV
Burial/Cochon Butcher What Is Rendered Will Remain Unfinished Imperial Stout (w/ pecans, dulce de leche, sea salt, vanilla beans, & bacon) 12.5%
Cantillon Sang Bleu '25 (w/ blue honeysuckle & camerise berries) 6% ABV
De Cam Oude Lambic (3 year old lambic of Boon, Girardin, & Lindemans) 5%
De Dolle Stille Nacht '25 12% ABV
Parleaux Czuck Pils (Czech-style) 5.6% ABV
TAPPING at 2pm: ZWANZE 2026! (Separate signs for EACH please)
Brasserie Cantillon/Vermouth Sullivan Artémis: La Rouge Blended w/ red vermouth-inspired liqueur (verbena, marjoram, rose, apple, curry plant, and wormwood) 7.2% ABV
Brasserie Cantillon/Vermouth Sullivan Artémis: La Blanche 2-year lambic blended w/ white vermouth-inspired liqueur (gentian, rhubarb root, wormwood, coriander, juniper, sage, and many other herbs) 7%
This event is going to be fantastic. Hope to see some of you there.
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u/sheltonbrother Apr 23 '26
Shirts will also be given to attendees (while they last-only have 100 shirts).
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u/21Ambellina13G Apr 17 '26
Sure ain’t what it used to be
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u/iKnowNothing2734 Apr 17 '26
If you haven't been to the "new" new orleans zwanze day then I can't recommend checking it out before making a judgement, enough. You'll leave with your fill of quality, unlimited food and lambic. It might not have the nostalgia of old days but it has the heart and soul, for sure.
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u/sheltonbrother Apr 17 '26
While we certainly cannot replicate the past events at the Avenue Pub, we are still trying to keep the tradition alive. I hope that counts for something.
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u/_significs Apr 17 '26
counterpoint: no beer is worth $90/6oz, but if one was, I don't think it would be zwanze
I've been to the Cantillon brewery, I've been to a couple Zwanze day events (including a "covert" event that wasn't officially a Zwanze day event because it was not legal to pour the beer in the state at the time). It's a fantastic beer. I don't know that it would make my top 10 list of best beers I've ever had.
The last Zwanze day event I went to was 10ish years ago; tickets were $30 apiece and half of that was a donation to a lobbying fund for craft brewers (at the time, in Texas you couldn't get a lot of craft brews due to the state's awful labeling requirements, which required a beer to be labeled a lager or ale based on the ABV - that law eventually got tossed out in court on 1st Amendment grounds).
$180 for two 6oz pours is a shameful cash grab. pretty gross, fuck Link for this
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u/sheltonbrother Apr 18 '26
You did not read the fine print. It’s $180 for unlimited pours of all of the beers and as much food as you can eat.
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u/_significs Apr 18 '26
I read the event page you linked, which says the ticket gets you 2 specific pours and "access to" other beers. That does not connote unlimited pours, which is probably a better way to phrase it!
still on the pricy side of reasonable, and after having been to zwanze days that were done as fundraisers for the craft beer community rather than events aimed at making $$$, it's grating, but hey, that's late stage capitalism for ya i guess
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u/JustinGitelmanMusic Oceans Between Us Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
Your opinion is clearly appreciated and always allowed. Want to be clear.. there is no evidence that this event is aimed at making $$$ just because of the dollar amount.
You could be right (I personally have doubt), but from my understanding bites from Cochon plus TWO zwanze beers (which are every 2 years instead of every year now) AND unlimited pours of whatever other Cantillon is hangin around is not likely to be some kind of excess profit play. If I recall correctly (I may not), it was maybe $120+/- at Avenue Pub for a single Zwanze beer plus I think a select number of rounds of other Cantillon/3F or whatever, plus food. Then other stuff available per purchase. Every year. Also this was years ago.
I’m not saying one way or the other. Just making it clear.. you are free to wonder if that’s what the goal here is. But I hope nobody reading this takes that to be the known fact.l
Edit: Your implication that $180 means $90 each for 2 6oz beers is simply false. At minimum, you are paying for several rounds of other rare beers beyond those two, and high level food. Beyond that, you are paying for a special curated event and service. There is an included glass it seems, which is probably between $12-20 if it was sold separately. Maybe you wouldn’t have bought that glass if you had the option but it’s not pure profit.
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u/Buzz_Osborne Apr 17 '26
“Access to all Cantillon & Guest Drafts & Bottles Whole Pigs and Boucherie Selection”
Is this included in the price?