I visited the Cantillon brewery in Brussels a number of times throughout 2013, including a visit in September for their Zwanze Day event both at the brewery and at the Moeder Lambic pub in Brussels.
The 2019 Zwanze beer is a departure from prior years, and will be a unique new beer, a smoked lambic, made with a blend of classic pilsner malts and smoked malts.
All of the bars listed below are supposed to be tapping the beer at 9:00PM Brussels Time, with the ceremony led and broadcast over the internet by Jean van Roy, Master Brewer at Cantillon, typically from the Moeder Lambic – Fontainas pub in Brussels.
In 2017, the Cantillon, Moeder Lambic, and Magic Land Theater crews put on a rather ornate event surrounding the beer’s release:
Most of these bars will be selling tickets for the event, which often sell out quickly.